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PSA: Trading With New Members!
Dan:
Use this board at your own risk. Dan's Deals LLC assumes no liability for deals gone bad.
Extra precautions should be taken when trading with new members.
Ideas include:
-Asking for references from established members.
-Asking for goods from a new members to be delivered before payment
-Asking for proof of who the seller is, with ID and DDF handle in the image.
-Speaking over the phone and calling the seller at a verified number.
-Agree to wait until after flight/hotel is used before payment is paid
-Use an escrow.
-Post your own ideas below.
Even with precautions taken, you still may be scammed with fraudulent items. Caveat emptor!
Denverite:
Anyone have links to sites that basically do escrow accounts for individual transactions? It might be helpful for people. I rented some timeshare weeks off of people years ago on Redweek.com and I know they recommended a company. I figure the technology has improved since then and prices may have gone down. I know it's not worth it for small gift cards, etc. but I see a lot of transactions (especially for Ritz/Marriott weeks) for large amounts, where using a third party service like this could be useful.
mmgfarb:
--- Quote from: Denverite on April 05, 2019, 02:45:03 PM ---Anyone have links to sites that basically do escrow accounts for individual transactions? It might be helpful for people. I rented some timeshare weeks off of people years ago on Redweek.com and I know they recommended a company. I figure the technology has improved since then and prices may have gone down. I know it's not worth it for small gift cards, etc. but I see a lot of transactions (especially for Ritz/Marriott weeks) for large amounts, where using a third party service like this could be useful.
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Usually even a couple percent added to the cost will make the deal unviable, especially when you're talking about GC's.
Denverite:
--- Quote from: mmgfarb on April 05, 2019, 02:58:07 PM ---Usually even a couple percent added to the cost will make the deal unviable, especially when you're talking about GC's.
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I know, that's why I said this isn't for small purchases, gift cards, etc (so I know this won't help a lot of people). I was more referring the large amounts people are spending for Marriott weeks or multiple Hilton night certs. Also, one guy that recently got scammed was for a "Travel Bank" purchase at 25% off. I don't know how large of an amount he spent but paying an extra little bit for an escrow might have saved him a lot of heartache.
LEARNERBURNER:
I have been scammed multiple times on ddf. It is a real cesspool of opportunists....
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