Re: Scammers on RacingJunk
[Re: topside]
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03/09/21 01:55 PM
03/09/21 01:55 PM
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11secdart
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Yes.. a few months ago I was helping a friend sell his race car.. most of the inquiries were scams.. give me your address and I will send payment to you and will arrange shipping , it happened about five times. I had a few parts for sale on there also same thing. I am putting my 08 H.Q.C. up for sale in a few weeks I am going to be very careful where I list it.
Last edited by 11secdart; 03/09/21 01:58 PM.
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Re: Scammers on RacingJunk
[Re: TooMany62s]
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03/10/21 03:12 PM
03/10/21 03:12 PM
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Warren, MI
71TA
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I agree there have always been "bad guys" but I'd say in the past couple years, WHEW, off the charts. Something has changed. Not just a minor uptick. You'd have to sell online regularly to feel it.
Ebay caves in to buyers and allows "free" returns for any reason on the sellers dime. Allows Chinese scammers to "scrape" and copy listings and sell with free shipping all the way from China. Ebay sucks so bad. I don't even know why I list anything on there. I have a 40 day handling time and use Ebays UPS retail rates that are much higher than my negotiated rates on my online store.
Amazon, same as above. I wouldnt even sell on there. That Bezos is the devil himself.
"Scraping" is a HUGE problem. One Mopar parts reseller in Australia had to splash a message on his websites home page that if you don't order from his URL is probably a bogus website. I was "scarpers" from Pakistan on my website constantly. MINE. We are a tiny company. They copy all our info (scrape) and create a bogus website falsly "selling" our products only to take money and never deliver. I have only had one complaint so far. Guy complained he paid and I didn't deliver. Told him I had NO RECORD of a sale from him. So he sends me a link to a scraped site. Duh! Gotta be smarter now when buying online.
Credit card companies suck. They side with THIER customers and throw businesses under the bus.
I'm very lucky that 99.99% of the people I deal with are like the guys on here, solid, decent car guys.
Last edited by 71TA; 03/10/21 03:15 PM.
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Re: Scammers on RacingJunk
[Re: 71TA]
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03/10/21 05:24 PM
03/10/21 05:24 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
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Bitopia
jcc
If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
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If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
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Anything I sell/offer online, I will only accept/entertain an offer if the buyer is standing right there, everything else is a waste of my time. Most common line I hear on an offered item, "is item still available?" My reply, "why do you ask?" NOBODY responds 
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Scammers on RacingJunk
[Re: 71TA]
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03/16/21 01:52 PM
03/16/21 01:52 PM
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renton, Washington
ph23vo
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I Live Here
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renton, Washington
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I agree there have always been "bad guys" but I'd say in the past couple years, WHEW, off the charts. Something has changed. Not just a minor uptick. You'd have to sell online regularly to feel it.
Ebay caves in to buyers and allows "free" returns for any reason on the sellers dime. Allows Chinese scammers to "scrape" and copy listings and sell with free shipping all the way from China. Ebay sucks so bad. I don't even know why I list anything on there. I have a 40 day handling time and use Ebays UPS retail rates that are much higher than my negotiated rates on my online store.
Amazon, same as above. I wouldnt even sell on there. That Bezos is the devil himself.
"Scraping" is a HUGE problem. One Mopar parts reseller in Australia had to splash a message on his websites home page that if you don't order from his URL is probably a bogus website. I was "scarpers" from Pakistan on my website constantly. MINE. We are a tiny company. They copy all our info (scrape) and create a bogus website falsly "selling" our products only to take money and never deliver. I have only had one complaint so far. Guy complained he paid and I didn't deliver. Told him I had NO RECORD of a sale from him. So he sends me a link to a scraped site. Duh! Gotta be smarter now when buying online.
Credit card companies suck. They side with THIER customers and throw businesses under the bus.
I'm very lucky that 99.99% of the people I deal with are like the guys on here, solid, decent car guys. they know the law will never go after them anymore is what changed....thank your lie-beral politicians..
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Re: Scammers on RacingJunk
[Re: Sniper]
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03/16/21 09:21 PM
03/16/21 09:21 PM
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Kirkland, Washington
Pacnorthcuda
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Or your GQP politicians who deregulated the banks.  Explain how that led to the situation at hand? I’m wondering the same thing. It seems DrCharles is a bit confused.
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