Scams in on line transactions

 I can cite several examples I personally experienced or told to me by relatives or friends.

1.  Non delivery of items that have been prepaid.

     The first order was good   The seller met me personally at MoA.  It was a carbon fiber OEM of an

     Italian bike.   He did not deliver the second order cf wheelset   It was a P25,000 loss.  Going to court

     legal remedies would not amount to anything because of high acceptance fee.  There was a terrible

     typhoon that visited their place.   Divine Justice?

2.  Non appearance of sellers or buyers.  Very frequent.   Of Indian origin/descent

3.  Wrong item delivered.  Read carefully what is being sold.  They put the wrong picture and thinks you

     are ordering what is on the picture

4.  Misleading price -  There are options in the picture what the price covers.

5.  Shoddy poor quality products.    Sometimes the posted product is a fake one and of poor quality.  The seller gypped the original product maker, and gypped you too.

6.  The pay first do not open policy on the spot.  I wish they relaxed this.  You have to pay first for

     COD and you cant return on the spot.  You have to spend separately

What to do next:

1  Avoid online transaction

2.  Blacklist (in private) those who are scam perpetrators

3.  Read comments, seek reommendation re store.  Buy only from reputable and tried and tested 

    stores.

4.  Read read, research what you are buying.

Even then masisilat maiisahan ka pa rin