Scam alert!

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@""Nils""

[quote=“jeffe”]Playing a little devil’s advocate here, be careful not to get to invested in your internet sleuthdom.

I popped into a forum once to comment that a ‘wary’ buyer was being a little uninformed and nitpicky. Fast forward a week later, the internet ‘detectives’ had determined that I was actually the ‘scam seller’…which was only fueled by a troll post who started posting fake communication that he had with me (all fabricated).

I had NEVER talked to any of these people before and was new to the site. It was no way my auction, but once the witch hunt began, and that jerkoff added fuel to the fire (including personal, family information), the guys on that site went crazy with how awesome they thought they had done.

So just play it cool…be smart, and dont believe everything you read on the internet.

Wise words. Things can turn into a witch hunt quickly… I only posted my story here when I knew for sure I was being scammed.[/quote]
I do prefer sellers now to send me an invoice, it also keeps the confusion of possibly messing up and sending payment to the wrong email address. When I was scammed there was no paypal invoice option, it was about ten years ago. The idea of sending somebody payment as a paypal gift is a joke, and I personally feel a little disrespectful to the buyer. If you are selling something you need to realize there are fees involved to do it properly and price accordingly. Even retail establishment pay fee’s on every credit card purchase.