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Complaint 270156 Details

I posted some bedroom furniture on Craigslist. E-mail exchange below:

JULIET:
Thank you for getting back to me, I am interested, Are you the first
owner ? why are you selling it? What is your firm price ? Do you have
more picture? Please get back to me asap.

Regards


MY RESPONSE:
Juliet:

No problem at all. We are the first owners, we bought the furniture a little over a year ago for our guest bedroom. We just found out in a surprise turn of events that I'm pregnant with my second child, and we only have three bedrooms so we need that space to use as a playroom and/or nursery. As I said in the post, since its a guest bedroom suite not many people have even ever slept in it. We paid 1,600 for it, I tried to find the receipt but unfortunately I think we must have thrown it away by accident. The furniture has not even been moved, its in the original room for which it was purchased. I'm happy to send more pics if you tell me what else you'd like to see. If you want it, we'll give you 10% off of the asking price of 1,000, and that's our firm price.

Let me know!

JULIET:
Thanks for responding to my email.I am pleased with the condition and
your asking price is quite reasonable and affordable compared to
others I've seen lately, i will have it for the listed price. Kindly
forward a paypal invoice to [email protected] to set up purchase,
I will arrange for pick up after the cleared payment via paypal.

Kind Regard

MY RESPONSE: I then responded that I sent an request for money via paypal. The next day, I received the following e-mail entitled "Payment Completed."

JULIET:
Hi, I was just about to pay when i had this problem with the pick up,
my pick up agent says i will need to pay for the pick up before they
can schedule a pick up time, they charged me $950.00 for pick up and
delivery, and payments for pick up made through western union money
transfer. I have transfer $2,050.00 usd into your paypal account and i
expected paypal to have notified you to this effect, Please check your
(spam/junk folder) for details. I added Extra $1,050 usd but $950 usd
will be sent to the Pick up agent address via western union at any
walmart shop, extra $100 is to cover the western union & pay pal fee.
Pay pal said they will temporary hold the fund until you email them
the western union details for verification(MTCN), and also to enable
my pick up agent to come for pick up and inspection. Here is the
agent's details where the money will be sent.

Name: Roland Arviso
Address: 1011 windsor Street,
city: Tyrone
State: Pennsylvania
Zipcode: 16686
country: USA

Thanks for your understanding.

I did receive an e-mail about a NOtification of Instant Payment which I found in spam from Juliet Joe via PayPal <[email protected]> and it stated:

Hello Sarah Baum,

You have an Instant Payment of $2,050.00 USD from Juliet Joe ([email protected])

It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview and you need to do as instructed.

MY RESPONSE:
Juliet, unfortunately I am not comfortable with this, please call my husband to discuss. His name is Daniel and he can be reached at XXX.XXX.XXXX.

JULIET:
Hi
Thanks a whole lot for the mail !!!
I am an Oceanographer and will be away for a while,the high seas
request my service:) I wonder about spending that much sight unseen.
There are no hidden issues with me not seen it.I will not be able to
call or receive call here due to the nature of my job. It will be
appreciated if you can follow paypal procedure to complete the
transaction, I will get back to you about pick up.
Thanks mate:

The next day, I received an e-mail entitled, "GETTING WORRIED." See below:
i am getting worried here as my account has been debited and i have
not heard anything from you after sending the payment.you can email
paypal to confirm this as i emailed them and i was made to know that
the money was placed on hold and your account will only be credited
after transferring the money via western union and send the details to
them for verification.i was also made to belief that it's done that
way to protect both buyers and sellers.i'm sorry for any inconvenience
this might have caused you.thanks always for your understanding.

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There has been no activity to my Paypal account. I responded that I no longer wished to be involved in the transaction and that I forwarded the e-mail exchange to Paypal.