QUOTE (Sai @ Jun 22 2003, 01:54 PM)
get it,thx
but generally speaking,if I want to exchange paypal to egold , shall I transfer the funds first ?
If so, how can I know whether the trader is a scammer or not (Umm....actually I'm new here and no friends on this forum,how can I trust others)?

Who transfers the money first is totally up to those two who are doing business at the moment.
With time you'll get to know a lot of other members, and as a great help for you and others there's a money exchange complaint folder where you can post if something goes wrong, naturally if you don't get your money back from the scammer it's not much of a consolation but it will help others! There's also a banned members list (member names, possible e-gold account numbers, paypal addresses that they use, names etc) which you should always check before you start to exchange with another member,
A good rule is also that it's very unlikely that a member who's been here for more than a year, has few thousands of posts will suddenly start to scam other members for their money!