Too good to be true?

spakkker

Bank transfer is 100% perfectly safe way to transfer money. It's safer than cash money which could be fakes and safer than post.
Whether you would be stupid enough to transfer money in these circumstances is another question altogether.
In a private sale you have no comebacks so how dare you buy without seeing it at least working?

John_Gray

The explanation given was that it was in a protective case, like a briefcase. All the more reason to believe the seller, eh?

aarrgghh

John_Gray wrote: »

The explanation given was that it was in a protective case, like a briefcase. All the more reason to believe the seller, eh?

Clever. Perhaps we should suggest folks watch "The Real Hustle" on TV do you think? They pulled the laptop switch in a show last year.

fiddiwebb

spakkker wrote: »

Bank transfer is 100% perfectly safe way to transfer money. It's safer than cash money which could be fakes and safer than post.
Whether you would be stupid enough to transfer money in these circumstances is another question altogether.
In a private sale you have no comebacks so how dare you buy without seeing it at least working?

Would agree it is 100% safe way to transfer money, in fact as a seller on eBay I would be highly delighted to accept payment that way and have done so in the past but in this situation as a buyer I certainly would not.
Not unless you are 100% sure you are going to get what you have paid for would I use this method of payment.

The problem with bank transfers as a buyer is that it is nigh on impossible to reverse it if anything goes wrong.

funnyguy

send me £150 plus £50 for the train fare and I will go and pick it up and deliver it to you personally.

mary671

Thanks for the replies.

Well I made the payment by Paypal after seller agreed to set up a Paypal account - I had to dash off to work & felt relieved at the time that I'd got it sorted. It's a 21st birthday gift for son whose birthday is on Thursday.

Have received texts from her that she has taken item to post office and that it should be delivered tomorrow/Monday. Watch this space I guess ....

I am feeling pants at the moment if I've been scammed It will be a lesson learnt at the very least.

spakkker

An unverified paypal account ???
Saturday/Monday ???
Tracking number ???? - though this could be for 2 bricks !!!
I hope you get it but I wouldn't have done this.

Markee

Like they say, only gamble what you can afford to lose.....

John_Gray

Mary - I do hope you'll tell us whether the laptop met your expectation...

mary671

Hi John - if it actually arrives I will let you know!