Trust yourself when something does not feel right

[landarts]

This morning I was browsing through Facebook and I belong to a few Facebook groups that are 67-72 truck related. Some of them are for items that are for sale and some are just about the builds and sharing knowledge. On one of them a set of 67-68 Buddy Bucket seats were for sale for a good price so I sent a private message to see what it would cost to get them shipped to my place. They got back with in a few minutes with a shipping quote and total. I felt that it was fair and I wanted to move forward with the deal.

The seller asked me to send him the name, shipping address, phone, and email how I would like to pay. I responded with all of that and for the payment I stated that I had (PayPal, Venmo or credit card). He came back and asked if I had Zelle. I actually had just signed up for Zelle a few weeks ago so I could donate to a friends wedding gift, so I answered back yes I have Zelle and let me get logged into it so we can do payment. This is where things started to feel wrong.

After I got logged into Zelle, the app ask for (name, phone number or email) of the recipient that you are sending money to. So I messaged back what is you name or phone number please? He sent back his email, which I did not ask for. When I entered the email it said "recipient not found", so I messaged back that Zelle could not find you. He message back "prove it with a screen shot" so I did provide the screen shot that shows he does not have an account in Zelle. He became defensive and said what about PayPal and send it friends and family. I took a minute to listen to the little guy on your shoulder saying something does not seem right.

I finally messaged back after a minute or so and said that I do not feel comfortable with the deal anymore and that I would pass on the seats. He came back saying that I was never serious and just send the PayPal and he would ship out today. I politely declined and said that I was not comfortable with the deal. We went back and forth exchanging a few words and in the end I told him that it did not feel right. I explained that the Zelle account not recognizing his email and then asking for PayPal through friends and family which is not the right way to do business and leaves me unprotected.

This deal might have been a legit deal on seats I will never know. It did not feel right so I bailed out. I would rather feel good about not being possibly taken then to risk the chance on a set of seats. Again like I said in the title, trust yourself when something does not feel right.