Quote from: bones261 on January 21, 2019, 04:18:52 AM

Yes, but many of these people now invite you to discuss the trade offsite like at telegram or discord.

Quote from: sandy-is-fine on January 21, 2019, 08:05:15 PM

Exactly. They either use SELLY or one of those other "auto-buy" sites or send you to Telegram or whatever anyway. Especially as a Newbie communicating on here it is very slow due to posting limits. They are going to scam you whether or not you see the trust but why be part of the problem, why not try and lessen it?

Are the people who find an unfamiliar site, and then buy things using a non refundable payment method from a stranger not also the same people who would already be broke due to Nigerian prince email scams?

I'm sort of neutral on the subject matter so I don't have a strong opinion one way or another, but it seems like if someone is, we'll say gullible, to the point where they are willing to trade with someone here before signing up and learning how things work. Is there really anything you can do for them? I'm totally not against putting in safety nets for people who may be able to benefit from using them, but at a certain extent, I argue that its not worth putting in the effort, because its either going to be the Hot Russian Model that needs a plane ticket to come visit you, or the sketchy guy with autobuy links.