Weird......just had a guy come to my back door asking for my patio that he purchased.

[a kennedy]

I said sorry, we don’t have a patio for sale….he showed me on the phone what it was supposed to look like and I say, “oh that’s ugly”. It was this gray half closed looking thing that looked like it was made out of canvas. I said address is blah, blah, blah and he showed me my address on his phone as to prove that this WAS the place he was supposed to pick it up. He said he paid with PayPal, and I said “oh, I NEVER use PayPal”. He says, oh, so I’m out a patio?? I said guess so, sorry, and said goodbye. Just kinda weird. How’d he get my address???

[Ocelot II]

1. How do you sell a patio?

[marble falls]

6. By the yard?

[sheshe2]

14. 🤣🤣🤣

[debm55]

15. Oh,

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[halfulglas]

7. How do you pick up a patio? Was he strong and muscular?

Do you have to dig it up?

[localroger]

9. Sounds like it was a portable screen house kind of thing

I once bought one of those used and used it for quite a few years. Mine was circular and screened in with a canvas roof, and could be disassembled into door-sized panels. I paid $100 for it back in the 1980's.

[Ocelot II]

11. Never heard of such a thing referred to as a patio, so I was confused

about the object of this encounter. AFAIK a patio is a recreational area in a yard, usually with a stone, brick or concrete surface, and not easily sold separately.

[debm55]

16. Same here

[marble falls]

2. I didn't mean for it to go too far. You don't have my address, right?

[riversedge]

3. I would go to your local police station and make out a report. There may be a scam

going around. Odd indeed.

[Tetrachloride]

4. It sounds like the buyer was not a scammer. But if he was,

then a police report is necessary — especially because good scammers convince us that they are not.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. My first thought too. Could have been checking to see if anyone was home.

[CentralMass]

10. Yes, he could have been "casing tje situation. Keep things locked up.

[debm55]

8. Did you call the police? . And keep your eye on the backyard. He

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may be back.

[femmedem]

12. The person who knocked on your door might have been scammed.

Someone could have taken his money and sent him randomly to your address.

[Chainfire]

13. He was scoping you out, planning to come back later.

He probably came to the back door to avoid a camera at the front.

[Scrivener7]

18. Yikes. You might be right.

[womanofthehills]

21. Agree - very weird to trespass to someone's backyard

I would get a camera on my doors pronto.

[debm55]

17. What kind of patio are you talking about or did I miss it?

. My idea of a patio is one made of stone or brick. Sounds like he was looking for a gazebo type thing.He seems like he may have been scammed

[onethatcares]

19. at least he didn't try to pay

with a cashier check in an amount over the asking price.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. "No. I don't have a patio for sale, but..."

"I've got an extra shotgun I'm willing to part with, and a hungry Rottweiler that's looking for a good home."

[debm55]

22. Did he ever come back?

[a kennedy]

23. Nope, haven't seen him again.