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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: aquadigio on March 28, 2013, 12:12 am
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Scams are very possible. Avoid any vendor that requires FE (finalizing early) if you do not trust them or their reputation and you will be fine. New vendors pay a $500 bond when they open the vendor account. New vendors wouldn't want to loose the bond, but I'm sure someone could scam more than $500. Well established vendors wouldn't typically scam because the business is good here and it takes time to build a reputation and relationships. However, I read a thread about an established vendor that eventually scammed using FE and ran off with a lot of money. I'm sure that there are threads about new vendor scams. Hope that helps.
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Can their vendor accounts be revoked?
Yes, and there's a handy-dandy "report" link on every vendor's page so that you can tip off the SR admins to sellers who are breaking the rules.
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You can also find a lot of info for most vendors here in the forum if they are established. Just do a search for the vendors name to find any threads that they are mentioned in under the title or responses. That should turn up at least a review thread. It may also turn up scam and issue threads, if there are any.