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Originally Posted by chaddurbin
ic, i guess the key phrase is still caveat emptor. as someone who was ripped off on the bst because i had to send a $630 mo away with no recourse, any extra measure of security you guys can implement is good news for the buyer. at least with ebay you will always have paypal and your cc company standing behind the transaction to fall back on....which i don't think most of the sellers on GSB will accept. i don't mind sending any amount to long time members but would certainly hesitate sending $50 at someone new or unknown.
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Quan - While we're going to try and do a good job of listening to those who report scams/fraud and responding swiftly and additionally, be on the lookout ourselves for potentially fraudulent situations, it's simply not feasible for us to make a 100% guarantee that no issues will occur. If you are concerned, you'll still have Paypal/CC protection if a seller accepts those as forms of payment, and if he doesn't you can chose not to bid. Additionally, as Leon mentioned, you will be able to see a seller's eBay account (if he had one) from his GSB profile, so you can see some history there. I'm confident we will be safer then eBay, which is a start.