Gumtree sale, buyer wants to use Paypal

[lord trumpton]

Opara said:

I told him I was only interested in a face to face sale as I'd had a bad experience with PP.I got this response shortly afterwards.


" I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking and i can't go to the bank due to the nature of my job, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address so i can make the payments asap for the item and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up , after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through."


Going to leave it and wait for another buyer.

Yeah, he's bending you over and getting himself ready.

[GTIAlex]

100% leave it and wait for the right buyer

[lerd]

Don't let them shaft you

[Sargeant Orange]

Classic scam wording, avoid

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

I can't believe you even had to ask - but I guess it's a good job you did.

[Zed 44]

I just sold an item on Gumtree. The guy wanted to pay by Paypal which he did and I have now transferred the money into my bank account.

Am I missing something? Same as on E-bay.

[Miocene]

If you sent the item he can do as already discussed on this thread, PayPal will just take the money from you. If he picked it up I believe you should be okay

[Slowped]

lord trumpton said:

Yeah, he's bending you over and getting himself ready.

Made me laugh

Lord is absolutely right

[Loudy McFatass]

Miocene said:

If you sent the item he can do as already discussed on this thread, PayPal will just take the money from you. If he picked it up I believe you should be okay

If he paid with PayPal then collected that's even worse! You have no proof he collected the item.

[Loudy McFatass]

Zed 44 said:

I just sold an item on Gumtree. The guy wanted to pay by Paypal which he did and I have now transferred the money into my bank account.

Am I missing something? Same as on E-bay.

Yes. He can claim you didn't send/he never collected the item.

[marshalla]

Opara said:

I told him I was only interested in a face to face sale as I'd had a bad experience with PP.I got this response shortly afterwards.


" I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking and i can't go to the bank due to the nature of my job, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address so i can make the payments asap for the item and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com and get it set up , after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through."


Going to leave it and wait for another buyer.

Classic signs of a hacked Paypal account. (or possibly an attempt to hack yours through a faked confirmation email when the transaction is supposed to have happened).

[wibble cb]

Savvy enough to have a PayPal acct linked to his bank acct but not actually have internet banking?

Righto.....

[steveo3002]

Zed 44 said:

I just sold an item on Gumtree. The guy wanted to pay by Paypal which he did and I have now transferred the money into my bank account.

Am I missing something? Same as on E-bay.

transfering the money to another bank account is no good , if paypal decides the buyer hasnt got the goods , or its a hacked account etc they will just take the money back from you and leave you in the red , then threaten debt collectors and all that

[andy-xr]

Probably using a credit card for the purchase and didnt want to try and swipe it down your arse crack

[BrabusMog]

Wouldn't PPG prevent him from clawing the money back?

[Mr Trophy]

Excuse my ignorance here, but how is the OP getting scammed?

The buyer pays the OP, once money is in the OP's PayPal account, the OP transfers the funds into his own account (?)

[DonnyMac]

Mr Trophy said:

Excuse my ignorance here, but how is the OP getting scammed?

The buyer pays the OP, once money is in the OP's PayPal account, the OP transfers the funds into his own account (?)

Then gets a 'claw-back' from PayPal when the buyer raises a complaint.

No goods, PayPal chasing you with solicitors.

Wait for another buyer... Or ask him what bank he's with and then email him the telephone banking number

[Mr Trophy]

DonnyMac said:

Then gets a 'claw-back' from PayPal when the buyer raises a complaint.

No goods, PayPal chasing you with solicitors.

Wait for another buyer... Or ask him what bank he's with and then email him the telephone banking number

Ah, thank you. So how would this work if you're sending the goods recorded delivery?

[Jakg]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22+I+insisted+o...

Scam.

[DonnyMac]

Mr Trophy said:

DonnyMac said:

Then gets a 'claw-back' from PayPal when the buyer raises a complaint.

No goods, PayPal chasing you with solicitors.

Wait for another buyer... Or ask him what bank he's with and then email him the telephone banking number

Ah, thank you. So how would this work if you're sending the goods recorded delivery?

Thankfully I've never been on the wrong end of a complaint, but my understanding is that this is required, funds may well be frozen until the issue is resolved. However, recorded delivery doesn't stop the broken/not as described complaint- where the buyer returns a broken version of the new one that was sent.