Quote:
Originally Posted by svrds10
Sucks that happened to you buddy. I buy and sell a lot of stuff online including through forums. I have always had some rules i follow when purchasing things on forums.
1) Check the users join date. If they have not been around for more than 6 months dont even consider it. In this case he joined on 06/17/10. Thats a HUGE red flag.
2) Post count. Make sure his post count is over 300-400 posts. That shows that he has contributed to the forum and allows you to see what type of person they are. "Do they start arguements alot, contribute valuable information, post any pictures of there ride, met any other forum members in real life".
3) Only send money to verified paypal accounts.
4) If not using paypal use a credit card as its alot easier to file claims and get your money back.
5) Get a phone # and request to talk to him before purchasing. This gives you a phone # that can be tied to an address unless its a boost mobile.
6) Get a picture of the item and have them write there forum name on a piece of paper and stick it in front of the item your purchasing.
I know those are all pretty common sense things but you need to make sure to stick to them.
Hope you get it resolved. Might want to try and goto your bank right away and file a claim. See what happens. It cant hurt to try at least.
|
Best advice on this whole thread.