Attn mods and webbie - an idea re for sale and potential scammers
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Attn mods and webbie - an idea re for sale and potential scammers
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I have checked FS and cannot see a sticky re buying and selling good practice - if there is one then i am blind and ignore this.
If not how about one, this isn't meant to make IB or SN liable but more a proactive knowledge base of scams and how to avoid them, this could/will in turn also cut down on people being ripped off and scammers think twice.
List the scams, including the overpayment scam and the Pay Pal loophole of paying as a gift with no recourse for the person paying, etc.
Let additions be made as new scams surface
It is really 'buyer beware' but we can also help those who are not so aware of what to look for or less scam savvy.
Your thoughts
I have checked FS and cannot see a sticky re buying and selling good practice - if there is one then i am blind and ignore this.
If not how about one, this isn't meant to make IB or SN liable but more a proactive knowledge base of scams and how to avoid them, this could/will in turn also cut down on people being ripped off and scammers think twice.
List the scams, including the overpayment scam and the Pay Pal loophole of paying as a gift with no recourse for the person paying, etc.
Let additions be made as new scams surface
It is really 'buyer beware' but we can also help those who are not so aware of what to look for or less scam savvy.
Your thoughts
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If you really want something buy why don't travel and buy with cash,i never trust PP or eBay,these sites are full of scammers(i learn on my faults,when i brought mobile and after 2 week mobile been banned).
Pay via PP its sometimes good idea,but at most cases its only horendous experience,which cost money and lots of energy.If you pay via Gift,you are not protected,but if you are pay aka normal transaction you are protected,but if this guy(seller)just create PP account for just one reason make scamm,thats the problem,because create PP account its simple and easy and you don't need ID or whatsoever....
Everybody learn on own faults(sometimes i pay via PP,but to trusted people aka M44GY@RuislypTyres,Neil@Slowboy Racing).Sorry guys for my english,but this is my thoughts.
Pay via PP its sometimes good idea,but at most cases its only horendous experience,which cost money and lots of energy.If you pay via Gift,you are not protected,but if you are pay aka normal transaction you are protected,but if this guy(seller)just create PP account for just one reason make scamm,thats the problem,because create PP account its simple and easy and you don't need ID or whatsoever....
Everybody learn on own faults(sometimes i pay via PP,but to trusted people aka M44GY@RuislypTyres,Neil@Slowboy Racing).Sorry guys for my english,but this is my thoughts.
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If you really want something buy why don't travel and buy with cash,i never trust PP or eBay,these sites are full of scammers(i learn on my faults,when i brought mobile and after 2 week mobile been banned).
Pay via PP its sometimes good idea,but at most cases its only horendous experience,which cost money and lots of energy.If you pay via Gift,you are not protected,but if you are pay aka normal transaction you are protected,but if this guy(seller)just create PP account for just one reason make scamm,thats the problem,because create PP account its simple and easy and you don't need ID or whatsoever....
Everybody learn on own faults(sometimes i pay via PP,but to trusted people aka M44GY@RuislypTyres,Neil@Slowboy Racing).Sorry guys for my english,but this is my thoughts.
Pay via PP its sometimes good idea,but at most cases its only horendous experience,which cost money and lots of energy.If you pay via Gift,you are not protected,but if you are pay aka normal transaction you are protected,but if this guy(seller)just create PP account for just one reason make scamm,thats the problem,because create PP account its simple and easy and you don't need ID or whatsoever....
Everybody learn on own faults(sometimes i pay via PP,but to trusted people aka M44GY@RuislypTyres,Neil@Slowboy Racing).Sorry guys for my english,but this is my thoughts.
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http://netcred.co.uk/security/overpa...ment-scam.html
variations on the above, often used to pay for cars, vans, etc.
variations on the above, often used to pay for cars, vans, etc.
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This is more about spotting the scammers and their tricks and scams and should compliment the traders score system
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i-trader is fine if people bother to use it, which lots don't. I got ripped off by an SNer 18 months or so ago (£100) and I've been much more careful since, but I'm shocked at how many members (usually noobs obviously) are getting ripped off now. I think the OPs idea is a good one as it could help to stop this, most don't seem to know about a scam until it's been performed on them.
Mind you, I've just been through 2 weeks of worry after blowing £800 on brakes via ebay - did get in touch with the guy, who initially appeared not to be able to communicate properley (despite 100+ all positive feedback), which got me worried, but he turned out to be really helpful and it was RM who messed up. Got my brakes yesterday and breathed again.....
Let's be careful out there (and use a bit of common).......
Mind you, I've just been through 2 weeks of worry after blowing £800 on brakes via ebay - did get in touch with the guy, who initially appeared not to be able to communicate properley (despite 100+ all positive feedback), which got me worried, but he turned out to be really helpful and it was RM who messed up. Got my brakes yesterday and breathed again.....
Let's be careful out there (and use a bit of common).......
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If not how about one, this isn't meant to make IB or SN liable but more a proactive knowledge base of scams and how to avoid them, this could/will in turn also cut down on people being ripped off and scammers think twice.
List the scams, including the overpayment scam and the Pay Pal loophole of paying as a gift with no recourse for the person paying, etc.
Let additions be made as new scams surface
It is really 'buyer beware' but we can also help those who are not so aware of what to look for or less scam savvy.
Your thoughts
List the scams, including the overpayment scam and the Pay Pal loophole of paying as a gift with no recourse for the person paying, etc.
Let additions be made as new scams surface
It is really 'buyer beware' but we can also help those who are not so aware of what to look for or less scam savvy.
Your thoughts
The problem with stickies is we tend to get so many that the place gets littered with them, and people end up ignoring it. Prime example is we still get people who don't realise they need to pay to post in the sales sections, even though they are established users.
I mean as an example of issues that need to be highlighted; some less than honest users are using the private mail (PM) system to trade. Any users conducting a trade using the PM system without taking their own extensive safegaurds (payment in person etc.) are allowing themselves to be put in a very vulnerable position.
Just really need to get some peeps together to pen it and put it all together into something thats useful.
I too am sick and tired of people getting ripped off. OK maybe I'm more savvy to these kinds of things, but we really need to make people more aware that there are load of liars, cheaters, scammers, fraudsters and bedroom traders that use the internet as means to gain a dishonest income. Scoobynet is most certainly not immune to it in any shape or form.
Let's be careful out there (and use a bit of common).......
Last edited by ALi-B; 04 August 2010 at 05:43 PM.
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OK to get the ball rolling - Here is a start point below
Perhaps others on here can copy it and hone it untill we have something that is about right
More needs adding to the last payment section perhaps
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STICKY - ADVICE FOR NOT BEING SCAMMED WHEN BUYING FROM SNET FORUMS
Firstly most buyers and sellers on here are guenuine. However scammers are present sometimes goods are paid for and they dont turn up or when they do they are not as described as in faulty.
Here are some tips to avoid being scammed
THE MEMBER - Who are you dealing with?
1. How long has the member been a member of the site?
Obviously New members have to start somewhere so dont discount them but trading with established members lessens your chance of being scammed.
2. What post count have they? A larger post count often dictates a genuine interest in Subarus?
3. Have they a decent itrader rating?
4. Do they readily hand out contact details and information or just a mobile number that never seems to be answered?
THE ITEM - Does the description ring true?
1. Description. Is it of a decent length? is it full of detail? Are there photographs? If a for sale item has had time and thought put into the listing then it is more likely to be genuine.
2. Research what you are buying. Knowing the value and the ins and outs of a part and what it does helps you to spot bullsh_t when a buyer replies. If a part is way under priced this may also hint at a scam, find out the actual used value of what you buying.
PAYMENT/COLLECTION/DELIVERY - Some ways are safer that others!
1. If possible collect in person
2. If you pay through PayPal making a payment as a gift means that you cant not gain a return of funds via Paypal.
3. If something is posted get a tracking number and the details of the company being used to post the item.
Use the itrader rating system it is there to help and protect all the honest memebers of this communbity.
__________________________________________________ ____________
Perhaps others on here can copy it and hone it untill we have something that is about right
More needs adding to the last payment section perhaps
Steve
__________________________________________________ _________
STICKY - ADVICE FOR NOT BEING SCAMMED WHEN BUYING FROM SNET FORUMS
Firstly most buyers and sellers on here are guenuine. However scammers are present sometimes goods are paid for and they dont turn up or when they do they are not as described as in faulty.
Here are some tips to avoid being scammed
THE MEMBER - Who are you dealing with?
1. How long has the member been a member of the site?
Obviously New members have to start somewhere so dont discount them but trading with established members lessens your chance of being scammed.
2. What post count have they? A larger post count often dictates a genuine interest in Subarus?
3. Have they a decent itrader rating?
4. Do they readily hand out contact details and information or just a mobile number that never seems to be answered?
THE ITEM - Does the description ring true?
1. Description. Is it of a decent length? is it full of detail? Are there photographs? If a for sale item has had time and thought put into the listing then it is more likely to be genuine.
2. Research what you are buying. Knowing the value and the ins and outs of a part and what it does helps you to spot bullsh_t when a buyer replies. If a part is way under priced this may also hint at a scam, find out the actual used value of what you buying.
PAYMENT/COLLECTION/DELIVERY - Some ways are safer that others!
1. If possible collect in person
2. If you pay through PayPal making a payment as a gift means that you cant not gain a return of funds via Paypal.
3. If something is posted get a tracking number and the details of the company being used to post the item.
Use the itrader rating system it is there to help and protect all the honest memebers of this communbity.
__________________________________________________ ____________
Last edited by Steve Whitehorn; 04 August 2010 at 05:59 PM. Reason: typos - c-ap keyboard!
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They have an 'unreliable' and 'scammer' list on the 205 forum. But saying that to join the forum in the first place takes some doing. This does deter the *********, trolls and scammers some what. The end product is a forum with a real quality membership about it and a very safe for sale/wanted section to boot.
I think part of the problem is some Scoobs are so cheap now, the chavvy element are getting hold of them more and more. These are the types who are more likely to scam or be dishonest in transactions. If a product is being picked up by an increasingly more undesirable type of person, then the chances of dishonest trade shoots up imho.
I think part of the problem is some Scoobs are so cheap now, the chavvy element are getting hold of them more and more. These are the types who are more likely to scam or be dishonest in transactions. If a product is being picked up by an increasingly more undesirable type of person, then the chances of dishonest trade shoots up imho.
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Good idea
Ive been thinking of offering this service on here but there is loads involved.So its just floating in my head at the minute.
Send me the money then when everyone is happy i then re send it to the seller.But there is many many complications involved,Could end up being the death of me.
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By posting up a warning a how to/how not to you do not make yourself liable or responsible for any scams or fraud.
Surely the 'responsibility' is to take a proactive approach towards this issue It is scoobynet's very own for sale section and surely it would make sense
I would be more concerned that by charging to use the service you are more likely taking some responsibility/liability surely?
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Why exactly, what responsibility?
By posting up a warning a how to/how not to you do not make yourself liable or responsible for any scams or fraud.
Surely the 'responsibility' is to take a proactive approach towards this issue It is scoobynet's very own for sale section and surely it would make sense
I would be more concerned that by charging to use the service you are more likely taking some responsibility/liability surely?
By posting up a warning a how to/how not to you do not make yourself liable or responsible for any scams or fraud.
Surely the 'responsibility' is to take a proactive approach towards this issue It is scoobynet's very own for sale section and surely it would make sense
I would be more concerned that by charging to use the service you are more likely taking some responsibility/liability surely?
But what i was saying was if someone like me for example( i'm not saying thats what i was getting at)was to do it i would not be able to commit enough time to do it and would need a more professional approach.
If you know what i mean?
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https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-scammers.html
Here is another thread where ideas are welcomed and tie in with this one to a point.
I too support this idea, if we can make up a good, comprehensive guide to help both buyers and sellers. I pick up on something Ali said which is, I feel a subsection would be best. As he says, stickies are ignored. If, once a good guide was formulated, we could set up a new section that would be much more 'in your face'. Hopefully encouraging members to take a look and be a bit more armed against scams and a bit more careful.
What could also be incorporated into such a section are any 'scammed/ripped off' threads that may come up. That way, an easy look would flag up problem members (we are doing our best, but some could always pop up).
What I will stress is, sometimes people think they have been scammed and naturally become alarmed/angry/upset and therefore post up about it but it can turn out to not be the case. Sometimes things that appear that way are genuine misunderstandings or lack of communication which end up resolved. Also sometimes things turn out not to be as they first appeared. If a section like this was created, for it's absolute success, it relies on the members concerned giving a final outcome. For example, if an assumed scam turns out to be resloved and the 'victim' is either reimbursed or goods turn up, then that needs to be posted along with some amount of details of the problems along the way (without too much description if a private issue). That whole element relies on people updating, as it's not fair for someone to have a black mark against them if they aren't in fact a scammer.
Here is another thread where ideas are welcomed and tie in with this one to a point.
I too support this idea, if we can make up a good, comprehensive guide to help both buyers and sellers. I pick up on something Ali said which is, I feel a subsection would be best. As he says, stickies are ignored. If, once a good guide was formulated, we could set up a new section that would be much more 'in your face'. Hopefully encouraging members to take a look and be a bit more armed against scams and a bit more careful.
What could also be incorporated into such a section are any 'scammed/ripped off' threads that may come up. That way, an easy look would flag up problem members (we are doing our best, but some could always pop up).
What I will stress is, sometimes people think they have been scammed and naturally become alarmed/angry/upset and therefore post up about it but it can turn out to not be the case. Sometimes things that appear that way are genuine misunderstandings or lack of communication which end up resolved. Also sometimes things turn out not to be as they first appeared. If a section like this was created, for it's absolute success, it relies on the members concerned giving a final outcome. For example, if an assumed scam turns out to be resloved and the 'victim' is either reimbursed or goods turn up, then that needs to be posted along with some amount of details of the problems along the way (without too much description if a private issue). That whole element relies on people updating, as it's not fair for someone to have a black mark against them if they aren't in fact a scammer.
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Also name & shame. Public flogging. I have plenty of old tatties, spuds, what you want to call them, i have loads. Its about time people on here stood up for them selves.
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Like I said in Harvey's thread:
I'd put the for sale/wanted area private, just like Fight Club and the Adult Forum and allow it for paying members. That way you keep scammers away from seeing threads and PM'ing the seller.
I'd put the for sale/wanted area private, just like Fight Club and the Adult Forum and allow it for paying members. That way you keep scammers away from seeing threads and PM'ing the seller.
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I fully support your initiative Paul and I was unaware of your thread when I started mine. I can see the pit falls and problems to Scoobynet in running such a section and right now I cannot think of an easy system that can be operated comprehensively.
Making it only possible for vendors to be full members is a step in the right direction because as Lisa already pointed out, there is the beginning of a paper trail where the vendor has to register and make a payment.
I havn't yet had a chance to look at NASIOC but will do so. If the Americans can operate something satisfactory, bearing in mind their culture for suing each other, then there is no reason why Scoobynet can't do the same so I will come back later when I have considered it more.
What is for sure is there are too many scammers on Scoobynet and they are unfortunately feeding off a number of naive Subaru owners. Even the wary can be taken in. The situation is quite complex because while we have someone prepared to sell the same engine several times over which was done quite deliberately from the outset, we might also have someone genuinely intending to sell something else, often because they need the money and then as circumstances change during the timeframe of the deal, decide to pocket the money and not send the goods.
As regards deliberate scams or serial scammers or these with bad history I think it is quite simple. Block their IP addresses. I know the software allows for this and the amusing consequence is that if the scammer has been using other people's computers they are also blocked. This actually happend with our TTS website and caused some mirth. It certainly showed who were hob nobbing with each other. But I digress.
It could be a condition of a sale that nothing be sent by Paypal as a gift and in advance of any sale the vendor has to provide the purchaser with their name, address, including post code and landline phone number. The purchaser can then phone that land line telephone number to verify the vendors details. At that point any vendor deliberately being deceitful is open to prosecution if they take money by deception and when scammers realise this they will find it easier to migrate to less tightly managed sites.
This will help but won't eradicate the practice in total but it also helps where the deal has gone sour during the time period of the transaction.
PS: No Paypals to mates accounts etc for obvious reasons.
No Paypals as a gift.
Beyond a certain amount consider bank transfer as opposed to Paypal because if the Paypal account is emptied of the money you have just send you are on a sticky wicket with Paypal if you operate in credit or if the deficit is not fully supported by your credit card company.
A further advantage is that with a bank transfer you have to have the full name of the receipients bank account so you are setting up a paper trail.
Making it only possible for vendors to be full members is a step in the right direction because as Lisa already pointed out, there is the beginning of a paper trail where the vendor has to register and make a payment.
I havn't yet had a chance to look at NASIOC but will do so. If the Americans can operate something satisfactory, bearing in mind their culture for suing each other, then there is no reason why Scoobynet can't do the same so I will come back later when I have considered it more.
What is for sure is there are too many scammers on Scoobynet and they are unfortunately feeding off a number of naive Subaru owners. Even the wary can be taken in. The situation is quite complex because while we have someone prepared to sell the same engine several times over which was done quite deliberately from the outset, we might also have someone genuinely intending to sell something else, often because they need the money and then as circumstances change during the timeframe of the deal, decide to pocket the money and not send the goods.
As regards deliberate scams or serial scammers or these with bad history I think it is quite simple. Block their IP addresses. I know the software allows for this and the amusing consequence is that if the scammer has been using other people's computers they are also blocked. This actually happend with our TTS website and caused some mirth. It certainly showed who were hob nobbing with each other. But I digress.
It could be a condition of a sale that nothing be sent by Paypal as a gift and in advance of any sale the vendor has to provide the purchaser with their name, address, including post code and landline phone number. The purchaser can then phone that land line telephone number to verify the vendors details. At that point any vendor deliberately being deceitful is open to prosecution if they take money by deception and when scammers realise this they will find it easier to migrate to less tightly managed sites.
This will help but won't eradicate the practice in total but it also helps where the deal has gone sour during the time period of the transaction.
PS: No Paypals to mates accounts etc for obvious reasons.
No Paypals as a gift.
Beyond a certain amount consider bank transfer as opposed to Paypal because if the Paypal account is emptied of the money you have just send you are on a sticky wicket with Paypal if you operate in credit or if the deficit is not fully supported by your credit card company.
A further advantage is that with a bank transfer you have to have the full name of the receipients bank account so you are setting up a paper trail.
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Add to the list above, all items sent by post either Recorded or Special Delivery.
All items sent by Carrier/courier with a tracking number.
Make it a condition of selling on Scoobynet that all dispatched items can be tracked via the Royal Mail receipt or courier manifest number. At a stroke you have removed a major area open to dishonesty with claims that items have been sent which have not and there is a paper trail to trace missing items, receipt signature etc. This takes care of the lost in the post business and any vendor unable to provide tracking detals will give a full refund to the buyer and if this is not done expediently IP address removed.
All items sent by Carrier/courier with a tracking number.
Make it a condition of selling on Scoobynet that all dispatched items can be tracked via the Royal Mail receipt or courier manifest number. At a stroke you have removed a major area open to dishonesty with claims that items have been sent which have not and there is a paper trail to trace missing items, receipt signature etc. This takes care of the lost in the post business and any vendor unable to provide tracking detals will give a full refund to the buyer and if this is not done expediently IP address removed.
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