Ways to Not Get Scammed on Livejournal

[lady-mercury.livejournal.com]

I noticed ... that there's a lot of people in this fandom getting scammed on livejournal. First of all, this is the first time I've ever seen this in my 6 years of using this site but moving on... I noticed the problem is lying in the fact that there's a lot of inexperienced, too trustful, buyers out there and they're jumping into " too good to be true " deals that just burn them in the long run. So I decided to make this post to help enlighten you guys on what to look for so you're not scammed.

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Heavy Pictures Under the Cut.

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Comments

[heartilly26.livejournal.com]

thanks for the info! it's super useful ^_^

[kashmir-ki-kali.livejournal.com]

I'm way too much of a paranoid freak to have bought off of LJ yet but...well, hello, recession! I might have to start and this was helpful, thank you for making the effort to post it.

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

thank you, this is really useful!
i hope there would be a post mentioning LJ username who have proved to be a scammer,, so there would be a list for it, and people can check the list before making transactions,, also, a list of safe traders would be awesome,, ^^

[ex-mrsattert963.livejournal.com]

wow thanks for the thorough lesson! I myself don't usually buy from LJ or even eBay these days, but I did want to sell a photobook I had. This will totally help me give more confidence to buyers!

I wonder if you might just recommend to not pay by cash at all, since there's absolutely no way to track that transaction. Personally, if the seller takes concealed cash (which I believe is illegal in the US anyway), that sends off warning lights to me.