Gumtree scam, PayPal dispute / claim?

pendulum

Definitely a scammer and a hopeless one at that.
I wouldn't have refunded the £1, I'd have kept it.
Don't sign for anything unexpected and don't sign for the "tickets" if they arrive, you want a refund at this stage, and you don't want him to be able to produce a signature for any kind of delivery.

Dark_Immortal_Screams

omnom wrote: »

Hi. Thanks everyone for your replies. I e-mailed him again yesterday and he didn't reply by midnight, so I opened a dispute. He sent me an e-mail immediately (within minutes) asking why I had done so, and responded on PayPal telling me to close the dispute or he'd have to report me to PayPal, also giving me a tracking number. I checked the tracking number on Royal Mail and it doesn't work, i.e. there are no details on it, as compared with details of posting on a recorded letter I sent the other day. I said I'd close the dispute once the tickets arrived. He is now saying he's going to contact the police unless I close the dispute. He linked postoffice.co.uk, on which website's track and trace the number produces this result:

Your item is being processed but we have not received confirmation of delivery.

My brother insists the number is fictive because it doesn't produce anything on RM but what does that mean if it does work on the postoffice website? I wasn't aware there was any difference so I'm now confused. He's denying that he received any e-mails from me, which I really think extraordinarily unlikely (b/c sent in the usual way, to the same address) and says he can take a screenshot to prove it (which is ridiculous). Does anyone have any idea what the track and trace result above means from postoffice.co.uk (i.e. has he actually sent something)? I think he's srsly overreacting to the dispute, saying that he'll report me to the police if I don't close it by 9 pm etc. but then uhh... I'm confused if he's actually sent something (e.g. as to why he would stop contact). If anyone knows what the above means that that'd be good. Sorry for my stupidity. Don't worry, I won't be repeating this in the future (buying from GT with PayPal, that is). Thanks.

Just occurred to me that a tracking number doesn't necessarily prove anything? If it doesn't arrive I mean. I have no idea. Anyway I'm just going to leave the dispute open.

Scamboli my friend! He's obv f****d off because you are foiling his scam so he is trying to fabricate a true sounding story (basically pure BS) to scare you into backing down as it's possible he may have guessed you are a noob (he prob has done this a few times maybe even daily in varies different scenarios i.e. tickets, coupons anything small enough to post). Unfortunately be it GT or TI or Ebay the scamming f***s are everywhere!

PS - Cider cause profanity - I do appologise

J20BABY

So, what was the outcome of this? (nosy)