My sister just upgraded to a gaming PC from a gaming laptop, so she listed the laptop for sale on Craigslist. She got a message today from someone who doesn’t live in our state and said he wanted to buy it “for his son.” His alleged son lives in yet another different state. He wants to use PayPal because he’s had bad luck buying expensive items with other payment apps, which, sure, but it just feels a little sketchy.
He asked if we could ship it UPS/FedEx so it has protection, which I get, but he said he won’t pay until we’re AT the UPS store. He’s being very pushy, asked if we could mail it at 9:30am, asked if we’re going to take it with us in the morning so we can mail it after work… It just feels weird, but I can’t get my sister to listen to me. She wanted outside opinions lol.
I know you can do chargebacks on PayPal and they’re more likely to side with the buyer than the seller. It’s not like she can get it back if she mails it, either. Some input would be appreciated!
Just updating to say (obviously) everyone was right LOL thank you all for your input!! She did not fall for the scam but she played along a little and the guy sent her an “official email from PayPal” that was probably one of the worst fake emails I’ve ever seen. 😂
Anyways I just wanted to say thank you!! She was much more willing to listen to multiple perspectives vs my own, since I tend to be cynical about everything in the first place.