Thank you both ^^It's very dangerous to purchase an item from a seller outside of eBay. And yes, eBay will not back you up if the purchase doesn't work out. Don't do it!
So true! I need to keep all my anger cells available for my kids.I would read all the paypal stuff over to check about them, but whatever protection is provided by the credit card you use to make a purchase is there regardless of whether you walk into Macy's and buy something or purchase something online on or off eBay or wherever.
And I second the advice to be very very cautious about buying something off eBay from an eBay seller unless the eBay seller also has an established, known, and reputable off-eBay business, preferably with a brick and mortar presence.
Even though you have credit card protection, why risk the annoyance and expenditure of your time and anger cells?
Paypal protects you in any transaction where the seller accepts Paypal. There are quite a few merchants other than eBay that take Paypal now. They are listed on the homepage at the bottom under the Shops link. I used them with a watch company last Christmas. The company wasn't answering my emails, so I filed a dispute (just like with eBay). And it got the merchants attention (just like eBay), so we resolved the situation.Paypal only protects you against eBay transactions I believe.