Ima Racing

iTrader: (1)

Got a bloke in the UK that wants to by a Jet ski off me....BUT he wants to pay via paypal at my house if he wants it. Now he is Romanian and its coming from his Romania paypal acccount and he is taking the ski back home! Any scams here? If i get him to pay me the £6500 as a gift can PAY PAL take it back?????????? Can they take the money back at all?

JonnyBravo

If its a gift then no he can't claim it back.

I sold £3500 worth of parts to a guy in Italy who paid by paypal and I was told it would be ok that way.

LukeDaisley

iTrader: (1)

fuck no!!!!! don't do it.

If he is a serious buyer tell him to bring reddys.

nellyscossy

theres no way on this earth i would do the deal..!!!!!!
a pal of mine sold something in a similar way (not for a lot of money either)and the money just dissapearred from his account the next day it was a scam

Ima Racing

iTrader: (1)

Is the gift thing true?

JonnyBravo

If you gift someone the money there is NO comeback, loads of people have never received parts after paying via a gift and had no way of getting their money back either as Paypal wont backup that service.

The only issue here is that if the bank account linked to his paypal is someone elses ( ie stolen ) then Paypal could and probably would want the money back.

.Ross.

iTrader: (2)

Na .. I wouldnt .. It might be an E-Cheque if he aint Verified ..

The paypal fee will be pretty steep as well ..

JonnyBravo

Why don't you call Paypal and have them check it out.

Mr S1

iTrader: (2)

Eastern European ?

Cash only. Pieces of paper with the Queens Head on thanks very much.

Shings

If its more than £50 ....... I aint made of money to loose regardless of race, age, colour, religion, sex or any other category of descrimination.

scottyrs

iTrader: (1)

dont know if you can or not but i definately wouldnt if he wants it he'll bring money theres no diffrence really if he wont then theres obviously a reason

Isaac.Hunt

Regardless if the money is sent as a gift, if the funding source is a credit card the money still can be returned to the buyer if they issue a charge-back through their credit card company.

They only time the money is reasonably safe to accept in that manner is if the funding source is funds already in the buyers Paypal account and the money is sent as a gift, even then I wouldn't trust it to be safe.

If I were you I wouldn't accept any payment by Paypal unless you are able and ready to lose that amount of money.

fordsportjay

iTrader: (6)

takes a few days to be cleared funds in your own bank account if i remember right.
i wouldnt let the ski go until i could physically draw the cash out of the bank.

Ima Racing

iTrader: (1)

Cheers guys, told him cash only.

Nath

Good move and the best move. There's too many clever fuckers out there to do straight forward, hand shake business with at times ...

smokinjoe

is the gift option not only upto a certain amount?

Ben26

what did he say when u said cash only? i dont under stand why he would wanna pay with paypal as it takes the money out of your bank account anyway, so why does he not just go to the bank and withdraw the money out



p.s what sort of jet ski is it for 6500k second hand FFS !!

1.9 xr2 on 40's

gift can be taken back if the acc is frauded

he knows his mates password he buys from you his may goes nuts at his cash goin walkies, you lose your money

cash is king

xNORMSKIx

DON'T DO IT! These scammers are clever fuckers! ive been done for £1200 before and the police aint interested! Dont go near anything that isnt british, cash or cheque! my mate almost got done for £8k, even the bank said the cheque would of cleared but then a few weeks later he would of got a letter from his bank saying it was a fraud and the £8k would be removed from his account.....his car would of gone and he'd be £8k down!

LukeDaisley

iTrader: (1)

+1 i wanna know more.

JonnyBravo

Its powered by a 500hp Yb

rog

iTrader: (2)

I think it would be quite dangerous to try and ride it all the way back to Romania....

Martin-Hadland

iTrader: (2)

Dangerous but worth it given that he's going to get it for free