12-22-2021 11:21 AM
Yesterday I read of a brand new scam going on. Scam buyers are making good on their threats: Pay them money or they will trash the sellers' stores/sites. They buy, then leave bad feedbacks/reviews and of course not pay. One seller ignored the message and sure enough, they went through with the threat.
Are the Bots ready? Are WE ready? Are they here yet? How long? Are there sellers dealing with it and just not on these boards yet?
12-22-2021 11:26 AM
12-22-2021 11:30 AM - edited 12-22-2021 11:31 AM
BIN w/ IPR solves most problems.
If a buyer does not pay and was able to leave feedback just have it removed. End of story.
12-22-2021 11:32 AM
Are we ready for what exactly???
12-22-2021 11:37 AM
(Smiles!) Nothing...Just nothing. Go back to eating your chocolate. It'll go away. Snooze away!
12-22-2021 11:38 AM - edited 12-22-2021 11:40 AM
I was reading something about that the other day in the trade press but I can't find it now and can't remember the source - it's not anything really new, more a new wrinkle in the old 'bad reviews' scam - but goes beyond bad feedback to actual sabotage by interference with trade. Ugh - I've got CRS but maybe I'll stumble across the source again.
ETA: It's not 'non-payment = bad feedback' - that's as old as this site.
12-22-2021 11:45 AM
No idea what you're talking about?
(Wish I had chocolate...lol)
What is the scam??
12-22-2021 11:50 AM - edited 12-22-2021 11:50 AM
If the buyer doesnt pay, Ebay will remove the feedback.
12-22-2021 12:16 PM
So far the site stops the scam but is leaving the feedback(s) intact. They might change that in time, but so far, no. Will stay on it and if I hear anything new, I'll post it. I hope it fails quickly!
12-22-2021 12:18 PM
Is this what you're referring to?
https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/abblog/blog.pl?/pl/2021/12/1639962138.html
12-22-2021 12:18 PM
I'm not sure how to state it clearer. But I have some chocolate, I'll share it with you! It's dark chocolate, is that OK? Yummmmmmmmm!
12-22-2021 12:28 PM
If a buyer does not pay, and the seller takes the right action and cancels as "buyer did not pay", how could any buyer leave bad feedback?
12-22-2021 12:28 PM - edited 12-22-2021 12:30 PM
@albertabrightalberta wrote:Is this what you're referring to?
https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/abblog/blog.pl?/pl/2021/12/1639962138.html
That's similar to what I read - thank you!
ETA: I see that Etsy responded to that with their usual pablum.
12-22-2021 12:59 PM
@buyologist-3 wrote:I'm not sure how to state it clearer.
Easy - cite your sources. You posted about this in at least two threads including this one and it took a bunch of questions from others before we could even learn that the unnamed site was Etsy. Someone else eventually came up with an Ecommercebytes article about it.
If you are going to sound an alarm then at least please document it enough so that others can read about it right away.
12-22-2021 01:42 PM
Yes, and I love what you said! Thanks for the smiles.