Prevention is better than a cure. Please escrow.

[arseaboy]

Yes I agree.. there's a lot of scammers nowadays and it's proven even in bitcoin. Sometimes it's hard to trust some sites to invest with. Good thing that there's as escrow that somehow make us feel comfortable in doing transactions with bitcoin.

[MuscleMan]

Darktongue but how it should work? Give me an example, please.

1) Buyer meets seller but afraid to do the deal for the lack of reputation on both sides. (the age old conundrum - who will send first?)
2) They meet an escrow person, someone who's not likely to run with the amount transacted.
3) Buyer sends coins to escrow, escrow confirms acceptance.
4) Seller sends item to buyer, giving tracking numbers to buyer and escrow person.
5a) Buyer confirms acceptance, escrow sends coins to seller.
5b) Buyer states item lost/damaged, escrow mediates the transaction based on evidence of both sides and decides who to send coins to.

Thank You!

[explekepek]

In these times of Mass scammers out there, I urge people to use an escrow. There are many good members out there willing to help to secure the bitcoin community, There are also more people willing to do anything to scam you out of your coins, Please just do your research on someone before you part with your hard earned coins.

An escrow list

Note to mod, I know this is in the wrong section as I am not selling anything, I feel we all need to be wiser, People in the selling forums are less likely to look elsewhere for information on what this is and how it is acheved,
Even if a few people read this and use escrow, Or a few scammers don't get their coins, I will consider this a good job.
Please consider not moveing out the way, This needs to be addressed.

** jan 16

There is a new wave of possible scammers, People who buy up legendary accounts and trade untill they have large sum of money then run, This has been done with a very trusted account recently.

Please be cautious, I am trying to set up a 3 way secure key escrow for my personal escrows to add peace of mind.

I would like to point out, that I do not partake in escrowing forum accounts, I never have and never will, in fact its against the rules on my forum, This is a trust based commodity as it stands, if we keep moving the goal posts as well as the stadium, no one can be accountable for theft!

Keep safe people, dont give up, trust in BTC, suspect people :-)

i just want to ask a question. do you have any list for a camaign or do you know any campaign for the newbies out there like me? hahaha thank you sir

[jvc12]

what i think this  case is before anyone get his or her self involved in any businesses i guest they have to think two things  which  is the profit and losses of it or better still should have make some deposit in an escrow if there be any form of losses out break in so that one can fail back to that which is in escrow.

[gnomominer]

Well you're right an as a real newbe I missed your post and now I am trying to cure. I've just tried to buy from someone in this forum who looked respectful and is now not delivering as promised. Any suggestion on what should be done?
Thanks

[shorena]

Well you're right an as a real newbe I missed your post and now I am trying to cure. I've just tried to buy from someone in this forum who looked respectful and is now not delivering as promised. Any suggestion on what should be done?
Thanks

Open a scam accusation -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

Understand what you did wrong, do it better next time.

[gabbie2010]

Using escrow will prevent potential scammers I totally supports any online transactions to follow due procees and am implore all the forum moderators to assist in preventing scammers

[Kbansal11]

YA! its true that prevention is better than cure. In practicing anything new for the first it is a must to gather all the info regarding the same and be prepared for any sort of inappropriate to happen, b watchful

[isoneguy]

YA! its true that prevention is better than cure. In practicing anything new for the first it is a must to gather all the info regarding the same and be prepared for any sort of inappropriate to happen, b watchful

Yes, don't blindly rush into a sale...Cross check and research anyone you're buying from or selling to. Don't be afraid to ask questions.

[flminer]

I just used philipma1957 as an escrow buying an S7 from Introvert. This is mt first deal on this forum and I must say that it is going VERY smooth! Both philipma1957 and introvert are very open and straightforward with what is happening so we all know where the deal stands and there are no doubts about who is doing what. Highly recommend philipma1957 as an escrow.

[Vorth]

Thank you , i will Us only Escrow !!!!!!!!!!

[chillfactr]

where do i look for members who have scammed, and where do i post names of members who have scammed?
also how would i go about finding who they reallly are after i have sent payment already? like real name, address, location?
any help would be greatly appreciated

[aoluain]

Hi all, i am looking for an escrow service for a low value item i am selling
$17.50 BTC can anyone offer a service or recommend one please?

[EthSports]

Thats exactly what the problem is of the people at most of the forums , they dont know how to deal online and after they are scammed they blame the forum to have bad members and dont see what they are doing .

[squall1066]

Thats exactly what the problem is of the people at most of the forums , they dont know how to deal online and after they are scammed they blame the forum to have bad members and dont see what they are doing .

this!!

and remember there are accounts setup to look the same as an existing account (been done on me a few times) so take a few seconds to look at member details (join date/reputation/post history) to make sure its the right person/escrow.

also, this forum allows the selling of ANY accounts, make it a little harder to check if you're dealing with a sold account or not. is why I do not allow on my forum.

[chaxinzer]

It is better to prevent than to cure. Nowadays, a lot of diseases spreading due to the different pollution. Not just a disease that need to prevent, we have to prevent also our finances and of course ourselves. We need to be watchful when it comes to this, for us not to fall to debt that might be hard to cure.

[Doctor.Strange]

Agreed, escrow is better to prevent scam.

[Coin_Angel]

Thanks, that is really helpful post!

[Macai]

In order for us to avoid veing scammed, i do believe that escrow is a big help. as long as this person is trusted as well. the problem sometime is both parties are afraid to be scammed and even if both are trusted both ensures not to fall into scammers hand so better use a person whom both can trust, both and not just one side because escrow can also be the scammer. so beware!

[seo11]

Now a days I said to the clients to keep the money in escrow. It's safe and secure. cheap sex dolls