I got scammed on ebay Kleinanzeigen via PayPal friends&familyHow can I get my money back?

[Creepa]

Hello, i bought a gaming laptop for 1000€ on ebay Kleinanzeigen last week from a private seller and he told me i have to go pay with family&friends in PayPal which i did , which was foolish of me. The problem is that it's been a week now and I still haven't received my package from him and he just tells me that there are issues with the delivery and delays the process. However it's pretty certain that he scammed me and before I go to the police I wanted to know if there is another way to get my money back? Or if it's possible to do anything else

[kernowlass]

@Creepa 

A friends / family (or gift payment) is intended as a transfer of funds from family or friends to one another. For this reason, there is no processing fee when payment is made with bank or PayPal balance.
However as it is a gift payment, there is also no buyer protection as no goods or services should have been exchanged.

If he was not a close mate or family member you should never use that option as it enables the seller to evade paying his Paypal fees and negates your buyer protection at the same time.

You would also not be able to open a dispute (apart from one citing an unauthorised transaction), which would be automatically closed as you did authorise the initial payment.

Be careful as using that option for purchasing goods is against Paypal rules and can lead to account limitation.

Also I doubt you can open an Ebay dispute as if you used the friends/family option you did not use Ebay checkout and did an 'off Ebay' transaction.

If you funded your Paypal payment via a credit card then contact your card issuer and see if they will help you but unfortunately they may decline as well as it was a gift payment.