Entitled buyer claiming she’s been scammed, friend gets involved
Hi all. My BF and I are new to Marketplace and he’s selling some of his old perfumes. All authentic but used, as clearly stated in the listing with photos and videos, and all open to price offers. Every other buyer has been happy.
One has been a problem. I’ll keep it as short as I can: she doesn’t live in our city but offered a price to drive a short way and pick up two bottles. BF accepted. Buyer decided on the day that she was going to pay £8 less because she’d sent her mum in a taxi, the car got stuck in traffic, and mum didn’t have enough cash after the taxi fare. Not a question, no apology, no offer to transfer the rest.
BF asked the buyer to PayPal the difference (he would’ve taken the cut if she’d been polite instead of demanding). She got angry, threatened to only buy one bottle for less than half the agreed price “because you’re being like this.” Took both for £8 less in the end, but later accused BF of scamming her with fake perfumes. BF is a perfume collector, they’re 100% real, so he assumed she was throwing a strop and ignored her.
A few days later, another woman asks about BF’s perfumes. Pushes for proof that they’re real, which BF is suspicious of, but he bought them for himself years ago so obviously doesn’t have boxes or receipts. As expected, the woman is the original buyer’s friend, starts making the same accusations and getting heated.
I think it’s two entitled, immature women trying to bully him, so I’ve told him to block and leave it there, which he has. But we wondered if this sort of thing happens often on Marketplace, and did we do the right thing? He thinks it looks dodgy because neither account has many posts/photos and the women look similar. I think they’re real profiles but the buyer planned poorly (maybe on purpose?) and is trying to claw back money.
TIA