Beware, scammers everywhere

the amazing part is how easy it to charge you once you give a vendor your credit card. As if you gave them access to your house hold budget, your hard earned money.

• UPS regularly charges after I pay for the shipment  - extra fees with various excuses - e.g. shipment required special handling (a smal 10lbs simple box?)
• pest control  company - comes out unscheduled when nobody is home and posts charges
• cable/internet company - extra charges specifically not discussed.
• Netflix - login from who knows where, when
• ...

 pay attention, it's almost a part time jobs these days....

@winerocks ,

I'm sure it hurt more to disappoint them than to lose the money.

That just sucks all around. Karma will get’em! It may take a while, but the bill always comes due.

@immatthewj ,

"I have only bought one second hand piece of gear from a private seller in my life, and for that we went COD. Is COD still a viable option?"

C.O.D?! Didn’t that predate electricity? What did you buy, a new harness for your oxen?

Follow up question; What were your thoughts on the Pony Express?😀

I bought some high end amps on another audio forum.  Pics and description were all great.  When they arrived, one was dead.  Seller stated it was working which is strange since it was missing an internal fuse (which when replaced would blow right away).

Sent to OEM for repair and diagnostics (at my cost).  I was not happy.

@ervikingo ,

Did you first try to resolve it with the seller? What was the outcome?