1. PayPal & eBay take fees for selling. They both also collect extensive data on the sellers, and can go after them legally to recover any losses which arose were they had to reimburse their customers for. TSF does not have the extensive financial resources as these companies do, nor the legal teams, we also do not want the responsibilities of storing such personal information of customer's that eBay and PayPal take. TSF also does not charge any fees at all for selling on the forum, nor do we ever indeed to do so. It simply would not be financially viable to offer such a service as you are suggesting.
There are many topics on the forum about the risk of trading, including the paragraph below taken from this topic: https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/39476-⚠️-please-be-careful-when-trading-some-basic-checks-you-should-do/?tab=comments#comment-440052
I note that you currently do not have Premium membership, if you are serious about trading on the forum you may wish to purchase this as highlighted above.
TSF will remove members who we deem to be detrimental to the forum or high risk to other forum members. Though of course we can not accept responsibility for any trades should they go wrong, which is why you must also do your due diligence and be willing to take on any risks of trading on the forum. We also advise to ideally trade between long standing members, i.e. ones who have been here for several years and have extensive posting on the forum.
TSF is a community built on trust, and members also work hard to maintain TSF as a trusted place to trade on, and actively comment on or report 'for sales' topics to protect other members.
The advantages of trading on the forum include but are not limited to, absolutely no fees on sales, better prices for buyers as well as sellers as cutting out any middleman, the chance to trade directly with other members. Some members also believe trading on the forum is of lower risk, as they trade with members that they have had many many trades with.
At the end of the day it is your choice, you are free to decide where you wish to buy from and TSF has been open and honest about the potential risks