Advertising on Facebook Question...?

[ashley_fae_greenock2001]

Someone was selling something on Facebook. And they wanted me to pay the money into their bank account, as they needed money asap. We were planning on doing it with paypal, so i sent it using Paypal, but then this seller refunded me, my £700 as this seller says "cant access it until 12th January and needs money for car tomorrow afternoon" which was last week sometime. So i did get my refund back right away. And i transferred this money into his bank, as he gave me his bank details. i didnt give out mines, only my house address as hes posting this item to my address.

Ive been trying to keep in touch with this seller, as yi know, its a big amount of money to someone i dont know. I am a bit on edge here. Ive just been asking like whens it going to be dispatched, when can i expect it to be delivered etc. and he says it is gona be dispatched tomorrow (fri 27th) and should be there by Monday 30th.

Im still on edge yi know coz ive never done it this way before and its always off of ebay or threw paypal. not just transferred through my bank! I just really realllllyyy hope this comes by at least Monday. Hope ive not been took for a ride.

Anyone got any advise, please make it positive? What should i do if it goes wrong?
Should i ask if i can get refunded the now until when item arrives then i can pay him again? but then i'll need to give out my bank details wont i

[Rafeeq]

If u get what u paid for u will be lucky. Do not do this again that's how these people operate, tell u to deposit money then u never hear from them again. For your sake i do hope this is not one of those cases and u do get what u paid for

[Dumdedum]

I cannot understand why alarm bells were not ringing when he would not handle such a large transaction via Paypal which would have been the safest route.
You have no means of a refund now, and no back up on the payment direct into his bank account.

Keep your fingers crossed and home you get lucky and the seller is honest. If not you will have to kiss your money goodbye

[Jake]

I don't see an obvious scam setup, but am very suspicious of any convoluted payment schemes.
(most commonly it involves Nigerians getting you to cash a bad check and kicking some back to them)

As long as it's a local bank your likely to be OK, you should have gotten a great pawn shop operator price on whatever they were desperate to sell. You are at some risk of them just closing the account and vanishing with your money, while paypal or credit cards give you protection in the event of non delivery.

[Fairdo4all]

He is not going to send you his item without having the payment into his Bank. This is the vicious circle of buying on lone, one of the 2 people in the transaction has to trust a stranger either with his money or with his item. Whatever your opinion about buying or selling on ebay at least there are some safeguards in place. Buy off someone who advertised on Facebook means fingers and toes' crossed because if the item does not arrive or proves faulty you will have a whole lot of hassle.

[Who]

"Anyone got any advise, please make it positive? "
Its a bit stupid to say this , cos all you are saying is - say things that will make me feel better/calmer

"What should i do if it goes wrong?"
There s nothing you can do
If its going to go wrong it already has
If the person you sent the money to is dishonest -
you have sent them the money,and there is no way you can get it back
They have withdrawn it from their account
You wont see whatever it is they are supposed to be selling.
You will never hear from them again
There is no way you can trace them.

The only thing for you to do is hope they are honest.