PayPal international protection

Unrelated to protection, when you use PayPal for international purchases they charge you a currency conversion fee. I believe that fee is somewhere around 4.5%. 

So factor that in your budget. 

PayPal usually protect the buyer but for those purposely buying fake cable s to have PayPal refund their money will likely lose.  The cables sold overseas from non-authorized dealers are absolute fakes.  Not “out the back door” cables. Simply fake.  Reasonably constructed fakes but fakes non the less.  

I've never had a buying  problem that Paypal  didn't cover. They did better than the card for me.

If you are buying cables from a non-authorized dealer overseas, you can count on them being fake copies. 

If buyer raises an issue money are blocked till case is closed between seller and buyer.
Kind of protection.
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I think I’m hearing that buyer beware even using PayPal 

Junk paypal pure crap.Good luck!!

PayPal tends to favor the buyer in most cases but I wouldn’t count on them blindly. Your best protection against fraud comes from your credit card issuer.

I’ve had first hand experience with PayPal (as a buyer and seller) in a dispute that didn’t go very well. Whereas my credit card backed me up each time and got my money back.