I just got the Paypal out for that Xbox 360 I bought last week. It’s such a pain to work with Paypal. First, the checking account I have linked to my Paypal account is not our joint one, and I keep very little money in there. So I had to transfer $350 into that account to cover the cost of the system, and that took 2 days. Then I had to transfer that money into my Paypal account before I could send it to the seller. That took 5 days. This morning it was finally ready to go, so I sent it out to the seller.
Once the seller received my payment this morning, he sent me an email. He had packed up the system and games last Thursday and had everything ready to go in a box by the door. His girlfriend, trying to be helpful, went ahead and shipped the package for him. All this time, before I had paid for it, the system has been in transit and is due to arrive tomorrow. I’m very pleased as this means I’ll get to play with it about a week earlier than I had expected. The seller is lucky I’m such a trustworthy guy.