Hi,
I sold $800 sunglasses to someone who DM’d me after a WTS post. I accepted Zelle after being told it was essentially bulletproof by the person who owns the group that I posted the WTS post in and he is someone I know and someone who has had a lot of transactions so I trusted his claim. Payment is showing in my account as pending and my bank says it will post today, though the monetary amount is already reflected in my account.
After reading more, I realize Zelle isn’t actually scam-proof and there’s no real dispute process. At this point I kind of just have to hope I don’t get scammed.
I planned to take a single, uncut video showing the item, packing it, and dropping it off at the post office. But if there’s no dispute process anyway, is that even worth doing? I have the buyer’s name, email, and phone number, but they could be fake.
Not sure what to do and would really appreciate advice — $800 is a lot to lose.