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I've sent the item first before. It's equally risky as sending money. But when folks put in a little time and intelligence to make a good faith effort to make sure they're not getting ripped off, as you seem to have done, it typically works out.
Hell, I've even worked out deals with completely unknown people to list it on gunbroker/ebay/whatever at a certain time and have them buy there immediately after listing, so that there are multiple layers of protection. There's plenty of ways to avoid being scammed. It just takes a little intelligent thought ahead of time, and impulse control to pass up too good to be true stuff.
Don't convince yourself it's a good deal and real. Try to convince yourself it's a scam. Self deception and confirmation bias are real.
Thousands have been scammed with money orders but if you got the part first then it was no risk for you. I'm just saying that this is generally a red flag...like a seller wanting PayPal.
I’ve paid with money order before. Seller had like mid 200’s positive feedback, and sent me plenty of photos when I asked for it. For me, I would rather not do money order. But they were in Washington, I understood why. It was a hassle though, charged $5 at Wells Fargo, and then paid for envelope with tracking. I received the product. I still don’t prefer sending money order because of the extra costs.
What about sellers with decent amount of feedback dealing with a buyer with little to no feedback at all? Would it not be acceptable for the seller to not allow G&S to protect themselves as well?
Seller has 3% of the item cost deducted from his proceeds which is why it's customary for the Buyer to add 3% to cover that fee. Either way, as long as the Seller nets what they want, it usually works out.
$20,000 AND 200+ transactions per provider. Then you get a 1099-K maybe if they don’t send it out you don’t get it.
YES! But it was threatened to be after $600, so I stopped selling stuff with G&S.. It never happened, went to $5000 then back to $20000 so as normal people we never hit that.
There is nothing anyone can do. Nothing can be expected from anyone here. Even if they said no transactions, I can still PM you and do it through messages or texts.Good thing the policies here protect people so well.
Buyers are typically the ones who benefit from the protections G&S provides. Sellers are protected from disputes but it’s still an uphill battle for sellers to prove they sent the item (in the descibed condition). Video or photos help. In the old GAFS, Sellers who have met the “minimum” number of transactions can opt to ask for “Friends and Family” payment which protects them from disputes but the buyer can still recommend G&S which usually means the buyer and seller need to agree on who pays the 3% fee (usually the buyer offers to pay it).
This is not true. You’ve been credit card verified. You cannot get the badge without payment. I would suggest you change your password on there or at a minimum use a separate password and best practice is to change the password to something complex and use passkeys on your device AND 2FA on your email.
