group buy organiser has gone quiet after 13 days, what do people do
#scam-watch 2026-02-01
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Highlights from this day
- gradient_greg — update on the earlier thing an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby 15:52
- tenpence — a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a… 16:25
- rae_labels — the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you… 16:58
- cricket_or_footy — fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate 17:41
- gradient_greg — the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, ill dig out the number 17:53
update on the earlier thing an anonymous group buy organiser holding other peoples money is the highest risk arrangement in this hobby
i have never seen a real supplier ask for payment to a personal account
a chromatogram that appears on two different lots is forged. not sloppy, forged
relabelling and marking up is retail, not fraud. it is a risk profile question, not a crime
thats the pattern
how do you tell an impersonator from a genuinely bad support experience
the lookalike domains almost always differ by one doubled letter, a swapped letter, or an added hyphen
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
a discount that expires in an hour is a pressure tactic and it is the oldest one there is
[edited]read it character by character
quick one we do not name private individuals in this channel. that is why some lines here are redacted
fraud means somebody set out to take your money or deceive you about what is in the vial. keep the words separate
tracking number does not resolve on any carrier, is that a fake
sorry to jump in is an underfilled vial fraud or a bad batch
17:46tenpence pinned a message
i was wrong to call something a scam in 2024 and it was a fill problem. i try to remember that
thats a bad batch not fraud
the careful version of this channel is worth ten times the angry version, still working it out
the room holds no money and runs no escrow. anybody offering to is speaking for themselves, ill dig out the number
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thats forged