"personally, i have won auctions on this site where the seller requested a cash payment for the ship ... " (more)ping costs, and there were no problems between us and the transaction whatsoever, and ive never seen anything on this site saying that conducting it that way was a no-no. if you cannot have a little faith and trust in people, then why bid on these sites? and by the way, not everone loves paypal....they have caused me and several others i know quite a bit of hardship and they hav become such a monopolizing corporation tht you are left little recourse when they do such damages."