STOP!!!!

[Team4LongGun]

STOP sending strangers paypal friends and family.

This is a very simple concept-they are not your friends, they are not family.

The scammers are winning and it pisses me off.

 

[hereinaz]

Financial Darwin Awards…

 

[swavescatter]

You mean for classified transactions here? The issue is that from what I've read, PayPal does not play nice with anything firearms related. An easier scam is a buyer can pay the extra fee for G&S, then dispute the charge and when PayPal sees that it's a firearm related part they just nuke your account and refund the buyer.

Seems like a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario...

 

[Team4LongGun]

You mean for classified transactions here? The issue is that from what I've read, PayPal does not play nice with anything firearms related. An easier scam is a buyer can pay the extra fee for G&S, then dispute the charge and when PayPal sees that it's a firearm related part they just nuke your account and refund the buyer.

Seems like a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario...

Yes here in classifieds. You and a few others routinely bring up this argument, and frankly-if that works for you rock on. There are ways to work around what your describing, and still be protected.

For the large group of folks getting scammed, that's not working. Again, very simple. Friends and family is for FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

No feedback history,
Item way cheaper than the norm,
long time member hasn't been active in awhile,

THESE ARE WHAT THE FBI CALL CLUES

 

[Jimmy]

They say a sucker is born every minute...

 

[rclouse79]

I feel bad for some guys, but some guys can only learn from the school of hard knocks. They might not get the item they were after, but they did get something. . . . a lesson they won’t soon forget.

 

[Team4LongGun]

I feel bad for some guys, but some guys can only learn from the school of hard knocks. They might not get the item they were after, but they did get something. . . . a lesson they won’t soon forget.

They say a sucker is born every minute...

While I can agree with both of you, in this case a scammer is profiting from the "lesson", and encouraged to keep doing it. I'm not ok with that.

 

[rclouse79]

While I can agree with both of you, in this case a scammer is profiting from the "lesson", and encouraged to keep doing it. I'm not ok with that.

Don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t shed a tear if they dropped a bomb on a call center full of scammers. As long as there are stupid people there will be people that prey on them. As a high school physics teacher of 25 years, I can tell you the percentage of stupid people in our country is not decreasing.