Buyer offering on the spot BACS transfer, safe to accept?

Buyer offering on the spot BACS transfer, safe to accept?

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singlecoil

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33,738 posts

247 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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I'm selling some equipment for £4,000. A potential buyer is offering to put through a BACS transfer on his phone after looking at the stuff. If it shows up in my account shortly afterwards is it safe for me to accept? I did Google this but the advice seems to be to not send goods until the next day. In my case the buyer would want to take the goods with him.

tight fart

2,932 posts

274 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Yes

NewChurch

222 posts

99 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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It's probably fine, but the correct answer is no. payment can be stopped. After payment is made, ring your bank (recording the call) and ask their opinion of the transaction.

Edited by NewChurch on Wednesday 23 May 02:22

sgrimshaw

7,335 posts

251 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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NewChurch said:
It's probably fine, but the correct answer is no. payment can be stopped. After payment is made, ring your bank (recording the call) and ask their opinion of the transaction.
Under what circumstances do you believe the payment can be stopped?

Once a transfer / payment has been made into the recipients account, the transfer cannot be reversed by the bank without the permission of the recipient.

R8Steve

4,150 posts

176 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Is this a personal customer or business?

If it's a personal customer he won't be sending it as a 'BACS', although some people may still refer to it as this. Even businesses wouldn't really send anything via BACS on an ad-hoc basis.

Personal customer transfers are mostly faster payment now and they can't be recalled, amended, cancelled or anything else once sent.

BACS payments normally refer to D/D's and direct credits. They can be cancelled up to a certain time on the sent day which may be where some confusion comes from but if they have sent a payment as a bill payment this is not 'BACS' and cannot be cancelled/recalled.

TLDR - it'll be fine.

sgrimshaw

7,335 posts

251 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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anonymous said:
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She might have worked in a bank, but from her statement it might well have been in an ancilliary staff role wink

ringram

14,700 posts

249 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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sgrimshaw said:
She might have worked in a bank, but from her statement it might well have been in an ancilliary staff role wink
Cleaning? smile

sgrimshaw

7,335 posts

251 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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ringram said:
Cleaning? smile
wink