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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Brassey, post: 3619693, member: 15277&quot;]Since Ownedbybear alerted us to&nbsp; Facebook Marketplace, I&#039;ve been an avid visitor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought about six things now and the sellers have been great and I&#039;ve been happy with my buys. However, the very first buy turned out to be a scammer. I was green and bought a vase from a seller with virtually no profile. She (or it could have been he) was so helpful and plausible that I fell for the request to pay by Paypal Friends and Family (&quot;I always use that&quot; she said). </p><p><br /></p><p>Beware there is no recourse at all for you if you use this.</p><p><br /></p><p>After about ten instant messages during negotiation I sent the payment (only £32) and that was it. Nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the other end of the scale, I told another seller about this experience and she sent the item and told me to pay her when I got it!</p><p><br /></p><p>What annoys me about the scam (I know I was stupid and it&#039;s my own fault) is that Facebook do nothing about it. I&#039;ve clicked the report buttons on both the seller and the item but both are still active. I&#039;ve asked friends to message the seller and she tells them it is available so I don&#039;t know how many £32s she is ripping off without being removed. Very frustrating. I&#039;m not looking for my money back - I put it down to experience but I don&#039;t want others to be defrauded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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