i've been guilty of trying to avoid the fees so am definitely not speaking from my high horse.
i've since learned that if somebody does that favor, they have no protection if the transaction goes wrong. soooo ... on top of being sneakier than i care to admit, i was asking somebody to take an even bigger risk than we already take when buying from strangers in cyber-space.
double shame on me. :hunf:
i hope everybody else has figured it out, too. sellers should be prepared to pay the cost of doing business. buyers should exercise all options available to protect themselves.