Quote Originally Posted by Muirenn View Post
If you bring the bike to a lbs, the buyer can call them and verify the bike exists before they pay you. Once you verify paypal, give the lbs the go-ahead, and the buyer can go through them with packaging and shipping fees. So, a go-between for a more expensive purchase protects both of you.

Just make sure the lbs waits for your permission before shipping!

I can send anyone money through my bank. I suppose the bank could act as a go between. You wait until the funds are pending...
This is a good idea. The LBS is actually my own LBS and is the store who did the work to convert the LHT to riser bars/trigger shifters. The man who is interested was hoping there is an REI store here as he gets combined packaging/shipping for a little less from them than from other sources. We are getting one here, but not until later in the spring.

He will let me know tomorrow if he will purchase it, but I've not pulled my Craig's List, eBay or local club sales listing. He found me via Craig's list - interesting how there has been more attention on this sale from Craig's list than other sources.

I think the PayPal fees are lower than traditional bank transfer fees...but this is a consideration. I would be uncomfortable giving out my account information though, so there is a risk with both approaches.

This is all quite the education!