PlainSailing

Finally got an answer from my bank and its good news. Full amount refunded into my account. Thank you to all for the donation offer but it can go to @SlugForAButt as they didn't get the same outcome as the rest of us. Cheers

Great result mate. Hopefully I get the same.

I'm still waiting for confirmation from my bank. They contacted me a few days ago with a load more questions on top of what I have already answered asking about how I made sure the person was who they said they were and how I determined if the items being sold were real.

Thank you for the feedback. My message asking for feedback was merely a request for some time in the near future rather than an immediate expectation that it hadn't already happened. From my perspective I was asking as my previous purchases on TSF had resulted in no feedback. Therefore I thought it wasn't the norm for sellers to leave feedback. Therfore felt like I had to ask otherwise I'd remain feedbackless. I understand the privacy part and it makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.

I'm averse to prying eyes and overreach, nothing to hide just don't think it's any of their business what transactions I make in the future. I am guessing most on here feel a level of responsibility of being their own bank as you can't trust the mafia who hold your paper funny money and print it's value away. So that means we need to be extra careful so a valuable lesson learnt by me and an example of what not to do.

I am not sure if reporting it to action fraud helps in getting funds back. I was put off by the list of agencies they share your details with. From reading the T&Cs it seemed to me you indefinitely open the door to all your transactions past and future when you use that service. I reported it to my bank immediately but have not yet raised it with the police fraud department as the risk to reward ratio seems staked against you.

These are the most expensive sweets I've bought. You'll have to work for them

I'm already down £820, what more do you people want from me? 😂

I won't name names I will reach out to them again and go from there. One has been active in this thread the other was named earlier in this thread as one of the most trusted sellers who I've bought a couple of times from. Both are business sellers.

No I didn't. I did ask the sellers but no reply. I just thought you only really get feedback if your a seller.

Cheers, no it hasn't put me off just taught me a lesson. I've purchased on here a few times and other places and all have been positive experiences. Not sure why or how it shows I haven't bought before. Maybe because my premium subscription expired and I haven't renewed it yet? I'll be back, just stung a bit that's all.

I did. I haven't been on here since I first raised the issue with Chris when I received my sweets. Pretty blown away by all the supportive messages and gives me faith in the community here, it seems like it's very rare. The few prior experiences I've had on here have been very positive. I am usually very careful and have never really been properly scammed before, anywhere. I thought I had done my due diligence looking at his history but there are some subtleties I missed being so inexperienced here. I believe it was just the 3 of us that got scammed by him. Not sure if more people have come forward than that. I'm still catching up with all the messages on this thread. I'm only halfway through. The delivery note that I received from SilverSells was from Peterborough. This was my first suspicion of a scam as it had been sent via second class and the details on the right were missing, ie the weight, but I didn't know that at the time. I'm still in communication with my bank to try and get the funds back. They are going the route of the CRM code so not so straight forward. Annoying as I usually pay with a Halifax account but this time I didn't. A very kind and generous offer by BackyardBullion but hopefully the bank will return the funds and people can keep their silver. I will post any updates here. Cheers

I also got a pack of sweets, I'll post them up shortly. BNIB, unopened, Halal certified and everything.

I'll take the 1876s and 1882s please.

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