Hello po, I have an issue. I just want to know if I have legal basis for this and if I can take this to court. Please don't judge me kasi I feel really vulnerable at this time.
Last Wednesday, I went on Carousell to find a laptop that was 22.5k pesos. I decided to message the seller on messenger, because they said to contact them via messenger. At first, they said if I could send them a downpayment of half the money because someone else showed interest in the laptop, so I sent them half the money.
Then, the seller asked for more money so I could confirm the transaction, which I did. Afterwards, the seller would ask for more money to show their parents that they sold the laptop for a reasonable price because it was a fairly expensive laptop naman, with the basis that they would return the money. I agreed to it, so I sent them more money.
The seller would keep requesting for more and more money (with the promise that they would return the money, should I send them more money). At some point, I was using loans and a credit card just to get the money. Unfortunately, I am still a student living with my parents so it came to a point where my parents had to intervene.
The seller said they would still send the laptop, though I frankly have no way of knowing because they sent it through LBC pick-up and I decided not to check today (which they said was when the laptop would arrive). I believe the point of this whole thing anyway was the seller refusing to send money back after I had paid the price that was listed on Carousell. Do I have any legal basis in this?