Scammer alert

[rockdiver]

Me and others @ReeferTCGwere scammed by this guy
westcoast_fishaholic
Close this account ASAP
Both reefertcg and myself did our due diligence this guy was a member since 2015.
Anyway we will get back our money.
But idk if I would buy off here again.
Rockdiver

 

[SinkyShippy]

I tried to comment on your comment other post earlier that I could no longer see that dudes profile so yeah you got scammed. I’m sorry, man

 

[rockdiver]

Ya it sucked ill get my money back but still.
Member since 2015 not alot of posts but enough but whatever they will say his account got hacked but to bad I put this on him lol

 

[rockdiver]

@ReeferTCG

 

[ReeferTCG]

Yeah this is happening very often now

 

[Alex55]

I got scammed like twice last month and everytime I inquire about a listed item they always ask for zalle or Apple Pay. No buy insurance platforms smh. It’s getting bad

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I got scammed like twice last month and everytime I inquire about a listed item they always ask for zalle or Apple Pay. No buy insurance platforms smh. It’s getting bad

Might I point you over to our new R2R marketplace. We have had far fewer scammers on that platform due to all the rules and features we have. We've been adding some stuff to help cut down on scammers over here as well!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-new-reef2reef-marketplace-is-here.1168581/

https://market.reef2reef.com

 

[rockdiver]

For me its seems worse since marketplace was added but idk
Why have both ?

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

For me its seems worse since marketplace was added but idk
Why have both ?

We have both to give you choices.

The new marketplace is designed to protect buyers and sellers. The old forum selling is still good but you have to be diligent like any other market and cover yourself by doing your homework on a seller and then not sending money unprotected.

We've been battling scammers for years! Massive data breaches, NOT HERE, allow scammers to find old member accounts and log into them and pretend to be them. Do a quick google search and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's every industry. Anyway we have seen a significant drop in scamming attempts in the past couple of weeks since we installed a "deterrent" to help combat these scammers.

Again though, these scammers would not be able to scam anyone as long as people pay via protected sources and ways.

 

[rockdiver]

I do know your trying your best. That is why I stay on your site.
I dont what to say other then I should of knew better and I kinda did but still did it. My bad.
First time for me. We did do paypal. Ill get my 275 back on tuesday.
So when I look I see a marketplace link saying its on marketplace how's that work ?
I did see a few things last few days for some lights had lots of post been a member but hes selling because of no wifi and its probably true but who now a days has no wifi.
Had a great explanation of why. But after just getting scammed any red flag in my head I won't do now.
And I totally am believing why he has no wifi where the light is at. But still I wonte do it.
Thanks

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I do know your trying your best. That is why I stay on your site.
I dont what to say other then I should of knew better and I kinda did but still did it. My bad.
First time for me. We did do paypal. Ill get my 275 back on tuesday.
So when I look I see a marketplace link saying its on marketplace how's that work ?
I did see a few things last few days for some lights had lots of post been a member but hes selling because of no wifi and its probably true but who now a days has no wifi.
Had a great explanation of why. But after just getting scammed any red flag in my head I won't do now.
And I totally am believing why he has no wifi where the light is at. But still I wonte do it.
Thanks

Good call and if you have ANY concern about someone PLEASE report them as it doesn't hurt for us to take a look at the account.

 

[danielhp]

I just had someone scam me, then they deleted their account and our PM thread dissappeared from the webiste and the app. Is there a way to retrive these so I can submit it to Venmo? User was dikom69.

 

[exnisstech]

I haven't used the market place myself but it seems to me from what I've read that people getting scammed are skirting the market place payments. If that's the case then I'm not sure why the complaints are being posted here making it sound like R2R is doing the wrong. Follow the rules and you won't get scammed, plain and simple. Skirting the system is nothing new and if a person chooses to do so they should look in the mirror and then they'll know where to place blame. This nothing new. Sellers were requesting eBay buyers to complete sales outside of eBay years ago before PayPal was a thing so they didn't have to pay eBays fees. At the time eBay provided the buyers protection so any payment that skirted the system had no buyers protection. Sellers would offer discounts to complete the purchase outside of eBay. Maybe I'm missing something here but it seems like people who choose not to follow the rules that are clearly explained should be willing to accept the risk but they also need to accept responsibility for their actions and place blame where it belongs. Too many people want to shift the blame when something goes wrong instead of stepping up and accepting responsibility for their actions.
Like I said I have not used the new market place but I haven't heard of anyone following the rules and not skirting the system getting scammed but maybe I'm wrong

 

[Boxed Fish]

Me and others @ReeferTCGwere scammed by this guy
westcoast_fishaholic
Close this account ASAP
Both reefertcg and myself did our due diligence this guy was a member since 2015.
Anyway we will get back our money.
But idk if I would buy off here again.
Rockdiver

there's alot of posers on this platform even ones with alot of badges trying to hold on to glory days. if its not wwc or you being able to physically go to the the location I wouldn't buy. accounts can be made to hype venders on here as well. becarful and thanks for posting

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

there's alot of posers on this platform even ones with alot of badges trying to hold on to glory days. if its not wwc or you being able to physically go to the the location I wouldn't buy. accounts can be made to hype venders on here as well. becarful and thanks for posting

We work hard to make sure people aren’t creating “dupe” accounts to hype vendors or scam people.

Scamming happens on every platform. But what we, (R2R) have, are real people who are working hard every day to make sure this is a safe place to buy and sell. That’s another reason we created market.reef2reef.com.

If members would abide by our rules and not send unprotected forms of payment then scamming could be cut back drastically anywhere you buy and sell.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I just had someone scam me, then they deleted their account and our PM thread dissappeared from the webiste and the app. Is there a way to retrive these so I can submit it to Venmo? User was dikom69.

In a DM with you.

 

[rockdiver]

I haven't used the market place myself but it seems to me from what I've read that people getting scammed are skirting the market place payments. If that's the case then I'm not sure why the complaints are being posted here making it sound like R2R is doing the wrong. Follow the rules and you won't get scammed, plain and simple. Skirting the system is nothing new and if a person chooses to do so they should look in the mirror and then they'll know where to place blame. This nothing new. Sellers were requesting eBay buyers to complete sales outside of eBay years ago before PayPal was a thing so they didn't have to pay eBays fees. At the time eBay provided the buyers protection so any payment that skirted the system had no buyers protection. Sellers would offer discounts to complete the purchase outside of eBay. Maybe I'm missing something here but it seems like people who choose not to follow the rules that are clearly explained should be willing to accept the risk but they also need to accept responsibility for their actions and place blame where it belongs. Too many people want to shift the blame when something goes wrong instead of stepping up and accepting responsibility for their actions.
Like I said I have not used the new market place but I haven't heard of anyone following the rules and not skirting the system getting scammed but maybe I'm wrong

Well so much here.
Market Place i assumed was part of R2R anyway the link is on this board so why not assume its part of R2R.
Also I have been buying for years here and I DID do my research and still got hit.
I only do PayPal I got my money back within 9 days.
I did accept my part in it.
Maybe your tag line fits you perfectly

 

[danielhp]

Sorry, I was not trying to imply that this was reef2reef's fault, I just wanted to shed light in the user's actions and see if I could get access to the PM conversation. Rev and others have been super responsive and helpful.

 

[mfinn]

I haven't used the market place myself but it seems to me from what I've read that people getting scammed are skirting the market place payments. If that's the case then I'm not sure why the complaints are being posted here making it sound like R2R is doing the wrong. Follow the rules and you won't get scammed, plain and simple. Skirting the system is nothing new and if a person chooses to do so they should look in the mirror and then they'll know where to place blame. This nothing new. Sellers were requesting eBay buyers to complete sales outside of eBay years ago before PayPal was a thing so they didn't have to pay eBays fees. At the time eBay provided the buyers protection so any payment that skirted the system had no buyers protection. Sellers would offer discounts to complete the purchase outside of eBay. Maybe I'm missing something here but it seems like people who choose not to follow the rules that are clearly explained should be willing to accept the risk but they also need to accept responsibility for their actions and place blame where it belongs. Too many people want to shift the blame when something goes wrong instead of stepping up and accepting responsibility for their actions.
Like I said I have not used the new market place but I haven't heard of anyone following the rules and not skirting the system getting scammed but maybe I'm wrong

This 100% ^^^^^^

 

[exnisstech]

Well so much here.
Market Place i assumed was part of R2R anyway the link is on this board so why not assume its part of R2R.
Also I have been buying for years here and I DID do my research and still got hit.
I only do PayPal I got my money back within 9 days.
I did accept my part in it.
Maybe your tag line fits you perfectly

But you skirted the system here and chose to use PayPal. Using PayPal was a wise choice as long as it's goods and services but it doesn't change the fact you broke the rules, skirted the system then came her to complain about being scammed.
My tag line does fit me correctly. In addition to being grumpy I'm old and tired of people refusing to accept responsibility for their own actions.
Maybe you have a good reason why you refused to play by the rules and pay outside of the market place.