JJTee Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 OK, I bought an item from the For Sale section here a few weeks ago on 30 September, paying (perhaps rather naively) by bank transfer as the seller said they didn’t have PayPal. It wasn’t massively expensive - £50 pedalboard - and the seller seemed friendly and efficient, saying it would be posted out the next day. Over 3 weeks later, nothing. No item. No replies to my messages. Diddly. Squat. Of course there could be illness, a family emergency, or another crisis at play here. But I can see they’ve visited the site as recently as Tuesday. So I’m resigned to thinking I won’t see my item - which is still for sale on here, by the way - and will put it down to experience (and will use full fat PayPal for all future dealings on here, rather than bank transfer as I did on this occasion). Any suggestions as to what to do? The irony is that I can see this person has made a few contributions on the Mick Mason thread… ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 You can message the mods here as a first step. You could also co text your bank and query the transaction. It’s unlikely you’ll get your money back (you won’t) but you could raise a flag on the account which might help. This has happened to me before and it’s always sad. Less so for the money, and more because you don’t expect it from a forum of (virtual) friends. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) Appropriate feedback is important. Leave an honest account of your interaction so that other members can make informed choices when using the classified ads here. I have suffered a bad transaction here and left accurate feedback of the experience. I urge you to do the same. I should also add that I contacted the admins and they did their best to resolve the issue. In my case, the other party was hooky. It happens. Edited October 24 by Steve Browning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 1 hour ago, JJTee said: OK, I bought an item from the For Sale section here a few weeks ago on 30 September, paying (perhaps rather naively) by bank transfer as the seller said they didn’t have PayPal. It wasn’t massively expensive - £50 pedalboard - and the seller seemed friendly and efficient, saying it would be posted out the next day. Over 3 weeks later, nothing. No item. No replies to my messages. Diddly. Squat. Of course there could be illness, a family emergency, or another crisis at play here. But I can see they’ve visited the site as recently as Tuesday. So I’m resigned to thinking I won’t see my item - which is still for sale on here, by the way - and will put it down to experience (and will use full fat PayPal for all future dealings on here, rather than bank transfer as I did on this occasion). Any suggestions as to what to do? The irony is that I can see this person has made a few contributions on the Mick Mason thread… ! It could also be that the account has been hacked… that’s happened before too so I’d definitely check in with the mods first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTee Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 (edited) Many thanks chaps. I have messaged a mod. The guy has sold 8 items in the past, all with great feedback. So it is a bit odd. I haven’t left feedback yet in case there’s some sort of crisis going on here. You never know what’s gone on in someone’s life that means a £50 online deal is utterly irrelevant while they try and deal with whatever life has unexpectedly thrown at them. Edited October 24 by JJTee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHM Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Are you certain you paid your £50 into his account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTee Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 27 minutes ago, NHM said: Are you certain you paid your £50 into his account? Yep. All gone through smoothly to the account details provided by the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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