PhilDawson8270
Veteran
Not necessarily - I sold a bike on Ebay stating cash on collection, but the buyer paid instantly by Paypal and collected the next day. No problems at all.
Obviously they won't ALL be scams. You may not try to scam me, but I don't know you, or who you are. So therefore I wouldn't trust you using a method that strips me of all financial protection, doing what is an extremely popular scam.
It's one thing that is quite explicitly said by eBay to NOT do. You have NO seller protection at all. To be eligible for PayPal seller protection you must have tracking numbers. Since collection won't have this, there's nothing stopping them going home with it, claiming no delivery. You will be asked for tracking information since it was a PayPal transaction, and they will get their cash back.
If they're local to me, they can pay me via PayPal and it will be posted tracked, as per the requirements for my protection. Or they can come and collect, and give me Cash.