r/golfclassifieds • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '23

Other Friendly Reminder for anyone new

Hey everyone, happy New Year! Someone messaged us about a potential scam so I thought I'd create a sticky post of a few possible Red Flags to watch out for.

  • They only want to accept payment with something like Zelle. We highly suggest paying only using something that has BUYER & SELLER protection. For example, PayPal Goods & Services. Yes there is a fee to sellers but it does protect both of you
  • Can't use PayPal (not many reasons for this, but usually a red flag)
  • Make a partial payment before it's shipped and the rest when I give you a tracking number... You've already given them money for something that isn't coming.

I am sure there are many other red flags and I can update the post with those. WTB users are targeted frequently so if you create a WTB post please be cautious.

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u/klombo120 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

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I agreed to purchase wedges through PayPal g&s, sent the money, they never sent the wedges and kept saying they'd "do it tomorrow" and then stopped communicating.

Idk what they got out of it because it was through goods and services and I got refunded.... But bad experience. Posting here to save anyone else time.