If I am selling something on the internet via an advertising site, how can people pay for it without me giving away my name or address?

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I suppose cheque would be out as it'd have to come to my address?

paypal? Why wouldnt you want them knowing your name or address?
Cash on collection

urmm UCC - wouldn't cash on collection give away the address rather

faq.

Just personal reasons tbh

Meet in a cafe then cash on collection. Although it sounds suspicious tbh.

Does it? Nooo, I can promise its not. lol I never thought of it that way.

Well think about it, if the boot was on the other foot, would you buy??

Can you get a kind of post box with royal mail? Where people can send cheques and you pick it up there?

Ok, Im selling something on the internet THAT IS LEGAL AND NOT SUSPICIOUS and I would be sending this thing to them! I just dont want people knowing my name!

Well can't see anyway round it tbh.

Apart from cafe, cash on collection and false name. But I wouldn't buy anything in this manner.

Surely you can see how it looks?

You dont understand what I mean, its nothing dodgy at all. People know what theyre buying. Ok, thanks anyway.

I do understand what you mean. You don't want some random nutter stranger from the net knowing your name and address.

I would not buy something from someone who was reluctant to give their name. That alone would make me wary.

Oh yes, I was thinking more cash on collection from cark park pre arranged time.
Boot sale...

I understand that it's NOT dodgy, but from the point of view of a buyer it would SEEM dodgy. Someone's selling me something, they want money up front for it, but I can't know who they are or where they are to get hold of them if there's a problem? I'd walk away and buy something else.

You could get a post box for them to send cheques to, yes.

OMG, im not stuuupid, I dont expect people to buy something like a cd player, if they cant get hold of me. Thats not what im thinking at aaall.
You're thinking eBay type selling. Nooo. think outside the box.

A PO box from the royal mail wouldn't really serve the purpose. If anyone asks them for the real name and address of the owner they'll hand it out no questions asked; it's not designed for anonymity.

Someone can pay you with PayPal without knowing your postal address (they just need an email address), and presumably you're sending something out so it's you that need their address rather than vice versa?

So is this virtual stuff rather than real stuff you send out in a box? Paypal, then, I think.

Do they need your name with paypal.
Im not telling Im embarrassed

Oh come on you must tell us.

I don't think they need your name if you have a Paypal business account -- just your email and whatever you set up the Paypal account as.