We met in person, he sent me the payment by card, i gave him my steam deck. Later that day the transaction was cancelled, the guy got the deck for free. Europe. Anything i can do? Can the police help?
Stuff like this is why I always deal with cash. Sorry that happened to you.
Make sure to tell valve that your deck was stolen.
Like what service did you use? I always use Zelle or Venmo.
Was selling on Fc marketplace, but the money was sent just from his bank account straight to mine
Why did you take card
Find him and say your deck was stolen because that serial number is linked to your steam account.
This scam happens alot here in my area in the UK why i would only deal in cash with any high end items after all does not take someone that much to go to a bank to get money out if they want the item.I would report it stolen but really not much you can do meeting up somewhere.But wishing you luck that something gets resolved.
What about direct bank transfer? That’s how we do it in my little slice of the third world.
i direct bank transferred for the sale of a 2080super
Barclays locked both our banks and froze the transaction, the guy pressured me that he had driven from Liverpool and couldn’t make the journey back later etc. let him leave with the card, contacted the bank and they said he had to and validate the purchase in person.
he had let me copy his driving license, and take pictures of his ID with address etc “just incase and to show he wasn’t dodgy because i could call the police on him with that etc”
thankfully, he went to Barclays the next day, validated the payment, i received the fund and both our bank accounts were unblocked.
but he could have lied and said no, gotten his money back, kept the card and caused me a whole heap of trouble.
i only take cash now.
It seems, from what another poster said, that some countries have a «no backsies» policy, and some, like the UK, don’t. I get why everyone argues for cash. That wouldn’t fly in my country, but I see how it would work in yours. What is, though, this «card» you mention?
the card was the 2080 super, i don’t know why i called it a card lol
Not to be harsh because that definitely sucks but did you not get any inkling that that was a bad idea?
Dude…
Only ever accept cash in person transaction. Cards, bank transfers, cheques all get reversed.
I’m not American…this is something o don’t get… here in this country… you open your banks app… add the person’s account… send that person the money… it’s impossible to cancel or get it back… once it’s sent it’s gone… how are ppl canceling? Are they using PayPal or something … can you send money or payment in PayPal and then just cancel it? I see it sometimes with streamers that do something crazy to reach a goal…like shave your eyebrows… someone donates for that… stupid guy shaves… ppl cancel the donations… how are they doing that? Here it’s impossible… the moment you send it… it’s gone
Always cash 💰
What you do in this case is you find out where he lives and with the help of some friends pay him a “friendly” visit.
This sucks. Because of this kind of people I always accept cash. Especially for stuff that is at this price range.
Hopefully you can catch the thief.
You should ALWAYS get cash up front. Payment card…??? Wtf lol
I need someone to explain this to me, because in Ecuador (after the pandemic) we use a lot of direct bank transfer and it’s pretty safe. Safer than cash, really. What does OP mean when he says it was by card?
South Korea has also gone the bank 2 bank trasfer route. Even some small stores and coffee shops dont have registers or cash/card option. Just a bank account number on the wall.