Man In The Middle (MITM) are quite commonly known scams.
https://saltandpepperlbc.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/scams-103-man-in-the-middle-mitm-triangle-3rd-party/But as the release of Open Bazaar draws closer it has got me thinking about the possibilities of how it may be used to bring the likes of amazon and ebay purchases to bitcoin users. I have read that gift cards can be purchased with bitcoins but that is another topic. So what if we had a friendly man in the middle?
What I mean by this is what if I, you, or any other Tom, Dick or Harry took a product listing off of amazon and loaded it as available in their Open Bazaar store without actually being in possession of the product. Presumably you would peg the price to the fiat price of the product with shipping plus a mark up. Now I know that demand for making purchases on amazon is pretty highly desired, and also that people don't really want to pay a higher rate. But humans tend to be profit seekers, so what can you do? Stick with me.
So lets say you receive an order and payment through Open Bazaar. For this instance lets say direct payment has been received up front, although other methods such as escrow are possible, each will have their own pros and cons. So... you have your bitcoins and your order. You could then simply place your order at amazon with fiat and put the shipping address to the address specified by the buyer, thus offering amazon products to bitcoin users.
Potential headaches can occur. If the buyer wants to refund or replace his item this will be a pain. There could be an all sales are final "policy" but this will probably deter buyers wanting to purchase a lot of products, especially electrical items.
It seems that trust is pretty big issue. But what do you think? Can such an organisation work? Please, share your thoughts.