To All Pin Buyers! Beware! Read This First!

A simple and avoidable scam:

Impatience-Manipulation.
This is what a lot of pin sellers are seemingly doing nowadays. It has come to my attention that a lot of people are getting scammed out of pins and it's becoming quite rediculous.

First of all, I recommend ALWAYS using an mm unless the member is HIGHLY trusted with PROOF. I consider myself somewhat trusted by a lot of people. I am writing this so hopefully a lot of people in the pin buying/selling area of the forum do not get scammed.

Now, Jack is buying a pin. Joe is selling a pin. Jack and Joe meet on MSN and talk about the details. Joe wants to sell the pin for 800k, a reasonably cheap price. Jack cannot believe the low price, and firmly believes it's a scam. Joe says "I don't scam, we can even use official middleman!" Joe is seemingly a really nice guy, fun to talk to, etc. Jack thinks to himself, 'well, if he's willing to use an official he might not be a scammer after all! I'll just have to wait."
Since a lot of Officials tend to be on only for a little while if at all, Jack starts to get impatient. Jack is still talking to Joe, making nice and lengthy conversations with him. 1 or 2 hours has passed, and Jack still wants the pin and is still waiting for an official to contact him. Finally, after 2 and a half hours, jack has made up his mind that Joe seems like a nice enough person, and that he would be the last person on earth to scam. WRONG! Jack goes first with the 800k, joe doesn't say a word and logs off.
Jack just lost 800k.

So, the lesson in this story:

1) Always use a middleman, don't let impatience for getting members get the best of you.
2) Always make sure the MM pm's you on sythe if at all possible, to avoid imposters.
3) If a leecher says he will use an official, chances are he knows for a fact it takes a while for officials to get on and he knows your going to get impatient. He's waiting for that.
4) Never, EVER, think someone cannot be a scammer. In my opinion, 1 out of every 30 pin sellers on sythe are actually legit.
5) Only use middlemans with at least 4 trades done so far.

Hopefully this helps you pin buyers in not getting scammed.
If you're not patient, you're going to get scammed, end of story.

P.S.
ALWAYS remember:
Scammers make you impatient on PURPOSE by ANY means necessary!
This is something a lot of people do on purpose as a technique to manipulate you into going first!
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good guide, i always used it

 

lol i am a leecher but i go first with ppl who have 200+ posts

 

nice guide stops scammers

 

lol nice guide

 

that has come to me quite a lot. a while ago someone had 24 posts but loadz of vouches = he scammed me

fake voches is another

 

good advice and btw bullseye ur sellin a pin without uin an mm hypocrit

 

Nice guide, vouch.