best way to send money to someone i do not trust?

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charlie c asked:

basically i want to buy football tickets off this bloke who has 2 spare, however he lives the other end of the country from me, so how can i send him money and he can send the tickets securely, just in case he does not send them! like is there anyway i can cancel the money if i do not recieve them?

please help!
please help!

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12 Responses to 'best way to send money to someone i do not trust?'

  1. Doc BG - August 18th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Yes, offer him a check.

  2. D B - August 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    easy
    do not

  3. Samantha - August 25th, 2009 at 12:48 am

    if you bought them off ebay, then you are covored by Paypal and ebay for anyone who doesnt send you your items… If you are with ebay but don;’t have a Paypal account, I suggest opening one. If you didn’t buy them from ebay, then youre just going to have to send the money and hope that he doesnt f**k you over.

  4. chaziboy - August 27th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    offer him a check and send it by recoded delivery that way u know if he got the money and u can Always cancel or u can just pay through pay-pal at least there insured

  5. Annie I - August 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Get him to list them on for a buy it now price. Make sure you “buy them” straight away.
    Pay through

    OR

    As others have said, buy from someone else.

    It might be worth looking on ebay or ebid any way to see if you can get them cheaper.
    How much are you paying and what match is it for?

  6. samnang - August 30th, 2009 at 5:32 am

    send by Paypal it secured and u can get the money back. go to to find out.

  7. Han - September 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 am

    I wouldn’t buy the tickets from him.

    He may well not trust you either, and want your money (cleared) first before sending the tickets. One of you has to trust the other or you won’t get the tickets.

  8. rose999 - September 4th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    in Australia you can go to the post office ans do C.O.D
    so he sends the item to the post office and you pay at the post office once it gets there. ;-)

  9. bittermeds - September 7th, 2009 at 5:03 am

    if he is so far away why does he have 2 extra? This alone should raise some suspicions. Try contacting him via cell phone as he may just live around he corner.

  10. Ursugardaddy - September 7th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    Don’t do it because by time he get the check and you put a stop on it, that thing would have already been cashed just is not worth the risk

  11. Mei Ling W - September 7th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    simple since he said he have spare and then mean he is going to see the football too tell him you will meet him there and pay him cash that way you only waste the journey fare if not you can see the football one stone kill two bird.

  12. La Vie Boheme - September 10th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Through Paypal with a credit card


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