Ok, Quick description, my car has been for sale on the 300zx facebook page, this guy from Belguim shows interest and after a while says he'll have it and come tomorrow, he then pays the money,no haggling, to my paypal. , i then go to withdraw money and it gives some security reason not to, but says it could take up to 21 hours

now every thing seems ok, except...i have a nagging doubt about him, empty facebook entry no posts on any clubs. my worry is he will cancel the payment and it refunds while he's driving away!!

 

i mean, does he even live in belguim

 

Any help would be appreciated

You can speak directly to PayPal And query the payment. But I 100% wouldn’t release the car until funds are cleared

Refund the payment and ask for cash. I recently sold a car to guy inbelgium and took a paypal deposit and took cash on collection.

 

If the payment clears and you withdraw before he takes the car i wouldnt worry.

+1 to taking cash when buying a car.

Refund the payment and ask for cash. I recently sold a car to guy inbelgium and took a paypal deposit and took cash on collection.

 

If the payment clears and you withdraw before he takes the car i wouldnt worry.

 

Top advice there !!

 

 

This is where your buyers address comes back to, does that look fitting to the type of sale and price ? kind of looks an expensive pad to me.

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff

Edited December 26, 20177 yr by JeffTT

Paypal are hanging to a lot of money these days I sold a computer the other day for spares or repair because it didn't have an operating system on it, The buyer paid promptly and Paypal said you cant have the money because of the type of thing you've sold. Then they sent an email saying we've released your money and then when I transferred it it said they had to review the transfer the transfer Pissed off with Paypal

Cash or Bank transfer. Don't release car until you have positive cleared funds.

Hold on, you’re selling your car? [emoji15]

Jeff, thanks for that, i'll come back to your question, i rang paypal and they said the money was mine and the delays were due to 3 withdrawals (wd) plus this deposit and 3 further wd's on it, plus it was a non uk source, but they guaranteed me it couldn't be refunded by him. now i did some digging and andre engelen is a architect and his house (jeff, this is your answer) look just like his facebook cover. (below) I will also ask to see his passport, rail tickets and utility bill (banks idea) so all things considered, if he checks out, byr byr car. Oh there was no time to get cash and when he tried the bank transfer if didn't work. Otherwise i would have!

Joel you know i'm selling my car.. i told you when we spoke about the controller, which is for my 2U PC i'm making

 

I'll let you all know how it goes, he's due within the hour.

Jeff, thanks for that, i'll come back to your question, i rang paypal and they said the money was mine and the delays were due to 3 withdrawals (wd) plus this deposit and 3 further wd's on it, plus it was a non uk source, but they guaranteed me it couldn't be refunded by him. now i did some digging and andre engelen is a architect and his house (jeff, this is your answer) look just like his facebook cover. (below) I will also ask to see his passport, rail tickets and utility bill (banks idea) so all things considered, if he checks out, byr byr car. Oh there was no time to get cash and when he tried the bank transfer if didn't work. Otherwise i would have!

Joel you know i'm selling my car.. i told you when we spoke about the controller, which is for my 2U PC i'm making

 

I'll let you all know how it goes, he's due within the hour.

Make sure you get a full receipt for both of you as you will be handing over the entire V5. You dont fill it out and post it to DVLA as when selling a car in the uk.

 

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Thanks to all your advice on what to and not to do. As it happens Andre was a genuinely likeable gentlemen, who spent over £300 to get here, i saw the tickets and passport, and was not what i expected. the reason for his rush to buy it, simple as from jan 1, Belgium changes the year by which a car is considered classic from 25 to 30, he was planning to get one next year but only just found out. Oh, plus the money cleared with no problem.

 

Moral, nothing to worry about, but no harm in checking...

 

Rich