San Jose, CA
This pinsider responds almost daily to my ad,they have o anything but account says 2 years.Seems sketch.
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Quoted from nicoy3k:If he pays you before you ship who gives a fuck?
Bad advice, money could be reversed in many ways. If your gut says he is weird, avoid at all cost.
Im just being cautious,Thats why I am trying to choose my words carefully so as not to besmirch a fellow pinsider.Also I declined this offer several times because of the Paypal trust issues I have.My hope was someone who has done positive or negative business would give us all a heads up.
Do NOT use paypal. I am going through some crap with them right now as a seller. Someone paid me F&F for something and we met in person. It was $400. This was back in October.
Jan 23rd I got an email from paypal saying the buyer filed an unauthorized transaction with his financial institution and now my account is -$400. Oh and they tacked on a $15 fee for me because the buyer did it, so my account is -$415.
I am appealing it now with proof of message logs and emails with his intention to pay for it and proof he received it. I also sent him a message on FB saying
"really you are going to try and file a dispute?" and he left the chat, so clearly he saw it and knows what he did.
So it's a headache still and there is literally no way I'm paying that money back to paypal if they don't take my side on the appeal.
I had no clue you could reverse a F&F transaction. I thought the risk was 100% in the buyers side of things but apparently it's also 100% on the seller.
Quoted from purbeast:I had no clue you could reverse a F&F transaction. I thought the risk was 100% in the buyers side of things but apparently it's also 100% on the seller.
The risk is almost never on the buyers side.
Quoted from nicoy3k:If he pays you before you ship who gives a fuck?
agree
Quoted from chuckwurt:The risk is almost never on the buyers side.
Hey I thought you were on an airplane?? LOL
Quoted from Motorcitypinball:Hey I thought you were on an airplane?? LOL
LONG layover in Austin. They have beer though!
Quoted from chuckwurt:LONG layover in Austin. They have beer though!
Beer is a good thing! Have fun!!
Edmonton, AB
Quoted from nicoy3k:If he pays you before you ship who gives a fuck?
Quoted from Jamesays:Many fucks given,If I accept paypal they dont pay me until he says so.After he verifies he got it .I buy but dont sell much.
Quoted from Jamesays:He says sorry at this time I cant do zelle or send a check from his Bank .
Ya, apparently Nigeria only accepts PayPal.
Quoted from purbeast:Do NOT use paypal. I am going through some crap with them right now as a seller. Someone paid me F&F for something and we met in person. It was $400. This was back in October.
Jan 23rd I got an email from paypal saying the buyer filed an unauthorized transaction with his financial institution and now my account is -$400. Oh and they tacked on a $15 fee for me because the buyer did it, so my account is -$415.
I am appealing it now with proof of message logs and emails with his intention to pay for it and proof he received it. I also sent him a message on FB saying
"really you are going to try and file a dispute?" and he left the chat, so clearly he saw it and knows what he did.
So it's a headache still and there is literally no way I'm paying that money back to paypal if they don't take my side on the appeal.
I had no clue you could reverse a F&F transaction. I thought the risk was 100% in the buyers side of things but apparently it's also 100% on the seller.
Curious about this. How many times have you tried to call or text this guy? Is he just ignoring you? What was the item?
Quoted from SKWilson:Looks scammy and would think this person should be booted from Pinside. ForceFlow what do you think?
There's not enough information.
All I see is someone who probably doesn't speak English as a first language.
However, note that NYC is a port city, so it's also possible the package might be destined for an international mail forwarding service there.
Personally, I wouldn't do a high-value deal with a member that has no activity on the site.
Quoted from ForceFlow:There's not enough information.
All I see is someone who probably doesn't speak English as a first language.
However, note that NYC is a port city, so it's also possible the package might be destined for an international mail forwarding service there.
Personally, I wouldn't do a high-value deal with a member that has no activity on the site.
agree 100% not enough info and no phone.All done.If No others have had an issue then maybe theres nothing here.
Quoted from nicoy3k:Curious about this. How many times have you tried to call or text this guy? Is he just ignoring you? What was the item?
I don't have his phone number we only chatted on email and FB messenger.
It was an OLED Switch. I was trying to help a local guy out too because I was about to return it for $372 after taxes but did him a favor to let him have it instead for $28 in profit.
Quoted from Jamesays:This is another reason to be cautious.
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Had no idea Tarzan was on Pinside.
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