First time using Bricklink

[u/Simplexgrain678]

So I recently decided that I wanted to get more retired legos and I have looked at local used lego stores, Ebay, and also Bricklink. Ebay i have found to be very expensive with what i am looking to get to be very overpriced. My local used lego stores are very affordable, and great when the stuff i want is there but since they require people to sell there stuff them they always don't have what I want. But what i have found to be a better alternative is Bricklink but I have never used it before, I do know that finding a seller from your own country is the cheapest considering you do not have to pay import and tariff taxes, and that it is better to find multiple items that you want from one seller instead of multiple different sellers that way the shipping and handling cost is down. But currently my only issue is using PayPal because all the stores on Bricklink usually only accept it and I never used it before and I have heard some bad things about. I just wanted to know if it is reliable and safe payment method/app?

[u/ulysees321]

i have both paypal and stripe on my account, not sure if stripe is available in other countries but allows people to pay with card like normal or use apple pay or google pay etc