Christmas Countdown: 11
Hello there, beautiful people!
Many or most of you may not know this, but on Facebook at one time, my husband was quite an authority when it comes to online selling lol. He coached how to sell, how to market and how to establish good relationships between buyers and sellers. During that time, he established about 6 groups (somewhere between 2011-2014) for online selling and it mainly is for the Philippines because a lot of people sell from home. Shopee and Lazada were not so popular at that time yet.
During that time also, he learned with the group a lot about online scamming and he created an anonymous entity called "Scammer Buster" along with a group called "Scammer Busters" where he worked outside of legal bounds and would investigate and research those who were claimed to have scammed people.
Long story short, he dealt with over 1,000 cases and he advertised them wholeheartedly (that was the outside the legal bounds part) but it did keep people in his groups aware of who was who. He even held public trials. It was quite risky and at the same time beneficial.
Christmas is the silly season as many may know. Profiles pop up, unbelievable prices start being advertised and sellers you never heard of start advertising as well.
My husband will tell everyone what he tell his groups:
"BE CAREFUL who you deal with! Be wise and deal with those who have profiles that are not private or who have been referred to you by a friend who has bought from them. Do your research!"
A friend of ours (someone who is like family) was one of the admins of a group on Facebook for online sellers, and the most common issue in there is whether someone is legit or not.
There was one day she was asked if someone she did not know was legit or not. She looked into it and gave her best estimation based on what she saw, as it turned out the person scammed the person who was asking later after our friend said she "thinks" she is legit. Now, our friend is very distraught because the person scammed is blaming her.
Now, I will say what my husband told her:
"A person can never blame another person for them getting scammed.... really they cannot even blame the scammer. THEY made a choice to take a chance regardless of if someone said they think they are a good seller, you cannot be responsible for what someone else chooses, or the timing in which someone decides to do wrong."
So, if you are buying online, take responsibility for your choices, they are yours in the end. Be smart, do your research, use logic and deduction. The choice is yours.
Alrighty, it's bed time, dear friends! So, I'll leave it here. You know the drill. Catch you later in the morning or prolly later than that. Love you all to the moon and beyond.
P.S. : Shop responsibly. If you don't need it, don't buy it.
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December 14, 2021
1:05 am
Philippines
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There are going to be many scams during this Christmas season so we should be careful and don't sell things to those we don't know.