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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: sofish89 on March 21, 2013, 02:54 am
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I made a purchase from a seller who has no mention on his vendor or product page about ever FE'ing. I have 4 sucessful purchases in the last month. After i made a purchse (from a domestic seller), he demanded that I FE due to my low stats and then he will send out my package. What should I do?
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1.Cancel the order
2.Take the loss (SR fees)
3.Dont order from the vendor again
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1.Cancel the order
2.Take the loss (SR fees)
3.Dont order from the vendor again
2nd This ^^^^^
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How can I cancel the order?
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How can I cancel the order?
The option to cancel will appear on your orders page after 4 days if the vendor has not marked it "in-transit"
If he has marked it "In-Transit" then just tell him you refuse to finalize early and ask him to cancel the order.
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Or if it is a small amount of money that you are willing to gamble, go ahead and FE, Dont be mad if it never shows tho. Escrow is your only protection from scammers.
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How can I cancel the order?
The option to cancel will appear on your orders page after 4 days if the vendor has not marked it "in-transit"
If he has marked it "In-Transit" then just tell him you refuse to finalize early and ask him to cancel the order.
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Or if it is a small amount of money that you are willing to gamble, go ahead and FE, Dont be mad if it never shows tho. Escrow is your only protection from scammers.
^ This.
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1.) No.
2.) Fuck no.
3.) Fucking fuck no.
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Do not finalize early for anyone.
Just like others have said: Request that the vendor cancel your order, or cancel it yourself when the option is available, and explain that you only order from vendors that do not request FE.
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LOL
:P
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Ask to have the order canceled by the vendor, then work on your buyer stats elsewhere on the Road.
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Exact same thing happened to me. It's very frustrating. I chose to FE as it was not a large order and they didn't seem like a scammer based on sales volumes and feedback history. On the plus side if you chose to FE, you can leave feedback detailing your negative experience with the vendor. Now I look specifically for the phrase "do not require FE" or similar in vendor profiles.
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UPDATE
I replied to him that if he is worried about me scamming him he should get a DCN (tracking number) but I am unwilling to go out of escrow. So if you are unwilling to ship to me using escrow then please go ahead and cancel the order.
His reply: That is fine, I will ship with tracking number.
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Yeah I have put in a ton of orders for lots of different stuff and never once had to FE for anything. Clearly not everyone who asks for FE is a scammer but every scammer asks for FE.
It takes a little shopping around and a few small orders to build up some buying stats but I'm pretty sure I would shop somewhere else before I agreed to finalize early for a product I don't have from a vendor I don't know purchased on an anonymous internet site. "FE for trusted vendor" is about the same in my mind as bending over with my pants around my ankles in a bathroom stall with a large drunk man behind me promising to do a free prostate exam as long as I don't scream.
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i have asked people to FE if they are a new buyer, it comes down to a few things. As a vendor selling to someone say (2/0) and he only spent .8btc, im a bit skeptical on this guy making a 6btc purchase from me, my reviews and satisfied customers are the reason why you in the first place considered purchasing from me, so in hand,trust yourself. Its not hard for a new buyer to say "oh i never received my qp of weed, reship or refund. Alot more at risk for a vendor then buyer. Just my opinion, also never had a newer buyer refuse to FE, they know they need to walk before they can run.