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I am selling a set of new knee pads on FB marketplace (no, not a stealth ad).
A buyer who looks to live about 30 miles away has offered to cover postage costs. So a small recorded parcel at £3.90, which he is happy with - but rather than payment via PayPal (my suggestion), he has offered payment via bank transfer ("I can't really work PayPal").
Should I be worried about receiving a bank transfer here? Or am I just being too cynical?
Thoughts appreciated.
I wouldn't. But I prefer cash or somewhere where I can do some stalking/ research the person paying...
Why would you not.
What do you think could happen?
How much is it? From his point of view you could take the money and not post the parcel and he has no come back. This is the worst case and the risk is on him Shirley?
fasthaggis
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Why would you not.
What do you think could happen?
As a buyer I would never consider buying something via post and paying with bank transfer - item doesn't arrive, no recourse for refund, etc ...hence my alarm bells going off, thinking the buyer may have a way to work the system to score a free item somehow.
Yeah,I get all that,but you are the seller.
If there is some fancy'working the system' I don't know what it could be.
In theory he could be using someone else's bank account fraudulently, but i'd think that was a fairly low risk, they'd be buying flat screen TV's and laundering it through phone topup cards not buying a £30 pair of knee pads and giving their address.
I'd be happy, either that or I'd just make it the destination for a Saturday morning road ride to drop them off.
Fair enough, I'll give it the green light. If it somehow goes tits up I'll let you know 😉
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