Paying for goods and services, you should retain paypal buyer protection, as long as certain info. like item # is provided by seller, and the form specifies goods rather than services.
Send to family and friends is to be used ONLY to send money to family or friends, obviously no "buyer protection".
Edit: an address would be attached to the payment b/c the person to whom you're sending the money has a paypal account that has a billing address and other personal info. The IP address would also be "attached" whether sender or recipient can see it or not.
You shouldn't pay for an item listed on ebay via either of those options, but through ebay checkout. You cannot ask a potential buyer to pay for an item outside of ebay's checkout system.
Agree, sounds like a scam waiting to happen. If the seller is asking you to pay this way, don't buy the item, whatever it is. W/out knowing more, it is impossible to know what ebay accepted payments policy applies to the sale. You should pay cash for local pick-up and under no circumstances pay for a vehicle through paypal.
