{"id":171,"date":"2020-10-04T07:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T07:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/services.unitedbaristas.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2022-11-06T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T11:19:42","slug":"buying-selling-safely","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.unitedbaristas.com\/marketplace\/buying-selling-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying & Selling Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Let’s keep the coffee community safe<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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United Baristas Market makes it possible for the coffee community to buy and sell anything coffee-related. Sellers can now offer buyers a variety of payment options. The most suitable and secure depends on the purchasing circumstance and product type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When buyer and seller are meeting face-to-face to exchange the item, it may make sense for the buyer and seller to agree to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When meeting to exchange goods and payment, each party can check the goods are as described and that the funds are in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee companies can use United Baristas Market to advertise their products and services. In this case it may be suitable for you to make the transaction off United Baristas Market directly with the company via:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United Baristas strongly advises buyers to check the veracity of listings and companies for entering into agreements and making payment for goods or services. These payment methods are typically better when buying from a business as companies have additional obligations that provide buyers will additional legal protections, compared to when they buy from an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a number of peer-to-peer payment services, including PayPal which provides additional buyer and seller protections as part of their service fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fees are typically paid by the seller and can be high for larger value transactions. As the buyer you can always offer to part-pay the PayPal fees to provide yourself with additional protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To enable buyers and sellers who do not know each other to buy and sell securely, we have introduce Trustshare escrow<\/em>. This financially regulated service holds the funds in escrow and pays out when the buyer marks the transaction as complete. As well as being even more secure and easier to use than its predecessor (the payment escrow service), Trustshare is typically cheaper and splits the cost of the escrow service equally between buyers and sellers. Trustshare is recommended by United Baristas as the most safe and secure payment option for most transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n