PayPal is used domestically within the US; it's not just for overseas transactions. It seems to be pretty secure and foolproof.

My wife Peggy and I are just getting started as EBay sellers ~ I started a thread about this a couple of days ago, which I am allowing to die of old age. Peggy's sister has been at it for a while and is having fun and making a little extra money. She actually buys stuff for the express purpose of putitng it up for auction. My favorite story of her exploits: she recently bought a book on EBay for one dollar, read it, put it back up for auction, and got five dollars for it!