steve_b_wales Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 I think this has been mentioned before. I sell quite a few items on various websites and have always prefer to be paid via bank transfer. So far, I've no issues. Yesterday, I had a reply from a person who wanted to purchase a set of suitcases that I'm selling on one of the Facebook cases. He offered the full amount without seeing them and then said that his daughter could collect them on her way to work, and would I accept payment by bank transfer as he didn't have cash at the moment. Something told me that this wasn't right, and I replied that I would prefer payment by cash, and would be happy to keep the cases for him until he could get hold of cash. He didn't reply and to date, I haven't heard anything from him. It's said that bank transfer is 'safe' but I've heard or read of issues where the purchaser has claimed a refund. Not sure if this is true though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 Banks can take the money back if they consider it a fraud transaction. When selling i only ever accept cash on collection, far too many scammers on all selling platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 my daughter is selling a quite expensive pushchair and accessories on marketplace and she has had the exact same reply as you, except they want to pay by paypal. soon as she said she would only accept cash they dissapeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 You will always notice these scammers they reply withing minutes. Of you Add on marketplace. They can't make it but there " who every " can collect this. Afternoon. . How can they collect. When they have no idea were in the country you live . At least with PayPal you have some insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 Just now, rbrowning2 said: Banks can take the money back if they consider it a fraud transaction. When selling i only ever accept cash on collection, far too many scammers on all selling platforms. As mentioned, I've sold many item's via bank transfers, varying from a few £ to £100+ (as are the suitcases) and I just had that feeling that after the suitcases were purchased, the guy would try and make a claim that they were in poor condition, as he would have not seen them before the purchase. Just now, johnphilip said: You will always notice these scammers they reply withing minutes. Of you Add on marketplace. They can't make it but there " who every " can collect this. Afternoon. . How can they collect. When they have no idea were in the country you live . At least with PayPal you have some insurance. Paypal is okay to a point, but the purchaser can claim a refund due to the goods etc not being 'as described', and Paypal usually side with the purchaser. I've had this done to me a few years ago to the value of £35! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nublue 22 Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 The scams simple, you say yes, there's a knock on the door, you hand over the suitcases, all good, No, later that day there's another knock, it's the man's daughter, pop around for the suitcases, you've had them? Not me she says, this has happened to someone I know. Be careful I thought I'd never get scammed but twice in one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Interestingly, I had an email alert from my bank this morning (Lloyds) warning of Facebook Marketplace scams. The Lloyds warning contained the following............ • Never pay by bank transfer. Pay by debit or credit card to protect your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serrac Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 11 hours ago, CharlieT said: Interestingly, I had an email alert from my bank this morning (Lloyds) warning of Facebook Marketplace scams. The Lloyds warning contained the following............ • Never pay by bank transfer. Pay by debit or credit card to protect your money. I had that too, not terribly useful for transactions between private individuals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 23 hours ago, CharlieT said: Interestingly, I had an email alert from my bank this morning (Lloyds) warning of Facebook Marketplace scams. The Lloyds warning contained the following............ • Never pay by bank transfer. Pay by debit or credit card to protect your money. That’s helpful considering you can’t pay by card on person to person payments 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Lloyd90 said: That’s helpful considering you can’t pay by card on person to person payments 🤣🤣 How very Luddite of you, easy enough to buy and use a card reader in this modern age and hey presto the world of safe payments has arrived 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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