Hi there, this is just to find out some information please, I recently purchased goods off a private seller, not though ebay, I don't think anything is suspicious at all but waht are money release times for private sales, I paid fron the goods on a Monday to which they were suposed to ship the goods via a 48 hr tracked service, they said they would send me tracking details as soon as it was sorted out (Tuesday), so I just messaged them after getting one of those scam emails , saying "We have your parcel but couldn't deliver to your address " , the seller apologised saying he hadn't been able to send it yet but will send it this Monday.
I was just wondering what time frame there was on the money release to his account, It went from my account late on the Monday night, he said thanks on the Tuesday morning and would get it ready asap. It will probably now get packed and made ready over the weekend then posted on the Monday (If the snow doesn't hamper things ) , the item is to be sent Tracked via Royal Mail 48hr Express, I see from freading posts that if this information is entered into the Paypal transaction then money is available 3 days after the parcel is coinfirmed delivered so the buyer has time to check things out first before that time limit expires.
Everything I keep reading information wise seems to mostly be based on ebay sales , not on private money transfers.
Anybody have the correct advice/procedures that take place in these circumstances.
His name and Paypal address all match up and I'm sure there will be nothing wrong but after a couple of ebay sellers tried to scam me I always keep a keen eye on matters like this.
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