HMM. this is interesting. I actually sent him $$ too.
When I saw the listing with the first person did the "I will take it" . I actually message the OP that if all fell through, let me know, I will take it. (not sure where I am on that list) .. Later the day, I got pm from OP saying he can't take paypal as paypal would hold the money and doesn't release immediately and 2 people ahead of me had paypal and he needed cash immediately for a car issue.
He stated if I have Venmo, then the I'm next in line. I assume dthe deal fell apart some how with the other 2 buyers as I didn't even have time to check the thread of the post.
Anyways, long story short, I remembered checked his old posts on Hides when he listed the deal and seems OK no red flag. Then exchanged texts with him after his message. Matched his phone number with his account, old posts and everything. Also his Venmo has friends on it (probably link through FB) and doesn't seem sketchy or anything like that.
We communicated through text and he seemed like a genuine guy. (I was from TX before and thought it's pretty cool to know another fellow from TX). Even this afternoon, he sent me the label and tracking for the package. It can't be tracked yet as seems like label just created too.
Then I saw this thread about 1 hrs ago or so.... and thought oh WTH. I started to text him back for couple times already but no response. Just called too and the phone rings like once and got hung up ... I called twice.
I will give people benefit of doubt ... but this is leaning into a scam.
