Anthony Moore
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- Jul 12, 2001
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So I was selling my 24" Dell monitor in this thread:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=261240
After some emails, I sold it to RHETT_Y from this forum, who immediately sent me the money via paypal. I waited 3 days for the money to actually leave my paypal account and go into my checking account before I shipped it.
I shipped it on Monday and sent him the tracking # right afterwards. Tuesday morning I get an email from paypal saying that he has REVERSED the payment somehow. The day after i shipped it! I didnt know you could do this after I already withdrew the cash. Apparently you can. My paypal balance is $100's of dollars in the negative. I called paypal and they wouldnt say exactly what the porblem was, but said it was either a stolen credit card, or he closed his bank account in between the time they "confirmed" the money was in there at the initial transaction time, and the actual time they tried to take the money out on Tuesday (4-5 days later!). This is poor logistics by paypal if you ask me as well. How can they let me withdraw the money before they even make sure they can get it?
Anyways, its not paypals fault..its this guy. I already shipped the item. I called UPS and they are intercepting the package and getting it back to me. But I lost the $81 dollars it cost to send the damn thing.
Ive emailed Rhett_Y multiple times and got no response. Ive been buying and selling things online for 10 years now, and never had a problem. I guess I got a little overconfident and didnt take all the precautions I should have. Even though i did wait until I had the money in my actual checking account (ill never understand that part).
So now im stuck with a $380 negative balance on my paypal account which I will have to rectify after trying to sell the monitor again...but ill be out the shipping costs unless I can sell the monitor for $80 more..which wont happen.
Its too bad. Dont trust this guy.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=261240
After some emails, I sold it to RHETT_Y from this forum, who immediately sent me the money via paypal. I waited 3 days for the money to actually leave my paypal account and go into my checking account before I shipped it.
I shipped it on Monday and sent him the tracking # right afterwards. Tuesday morning I get an email from paypal saying that he has REVERSED the payment somehow. The day after i shipped it! I didnt know you could do this after I already withdrew the cash. Apparently you can. My paypal balance is $100's of dollars in the negative. I called paypal and they wouldnt say exactly what the porblem was, but said it was either a stolen credit card, or he closed his bank account in between the time they "confirmed" the money was in there at the initial transaction time, and the actual time they tried to take the money out on Tuesday (4-5 days later!). This is poor logistics by paypal if you ask me as well. How can they let me withdraw the money before they even make sure they can get it?
Anyways, its not paypals fault..its this guy. I already shipped the item. I called UPS and they are intercepting the package and getting it back to me. But I lost the $81 dollars it cost to send the damn thing.
Ive emailed Rhett_Y multiple times and got no response. Ive been buying and selling things online for 10 years now, and never had a problem. I guess I got a little overconfident and didnt take all the precautions I should have. Even though i did wait until I had the money in my actual checking account (ill never understand that part).
So now im stuck with a $380 negative balance on my paypal account which I will have to rectify after trying to sell the monitor again...but ill be out the shipping costs unless I can sell the monitor for $80 more..which wont happen.
Its too bad. Dont trust this guy.