# Safe Buying/Selling - Don't Get Scammed! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 28, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817 "2010-02-28T20:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5cott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/5cott/32/5737_2.png) [@5cott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/5cott)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/1 "2010-02-28T20:36:49Z")
**In light of recent events I have chosen to compile a list of notes that should be kept in mind while purchasing items and cars off SON or any other website for that matter. So that you don’t get scammed.** **1.** Don’t pay online unless you HAVE to, in that case go through eBay or another merchant to make sure you’re well protected. **2.** Get the sellers phone number incase something goes wrong. **3.** Try to push to meet at their house. Just incase something goes wrong, you have their address. **4.** Write up a contract with terms of sale with both First and Last names, address of seller, phone numbers, etc. When seller signs check their drivers licences to make sure the signature is proper. **5.** Tell them you don’t like to be messed with! In the end if you are screwed over there will be more problems to deal with other than trying to get your item or money back. So to avoid ANY issues just make sure it goes smoothly. **6.** Record the sellers license plate #. **7.** Don’t accept personal (uncertified) cheques. **8.** If you don’t feel safe meeting at their house or yours, meet at a public place, i.e; Tim Hortons, McDonalds, etc… **9.** If you havn’t met the person and you don’t feel safe, bring a friend or someone else just incase. **10.** A heavy blunt object in your trunk is never a bad idea, just incase things get hairy. **11.** Check their iTrader rating, and if needed contact their previous buyers/sellers to get insight on the member. **12.** Check the forums, see if they seem like a good character or someone who seems a bit malicious. **13.** If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. **ADD MORE SO THAT I MAY ADD IT TO THE LIST** ---
**Author:** ![5cott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/5cott/32/5737_2.png) [@5cott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/5cott)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/2 "2010-02-28T20:38:36Z")
Reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/3 "2010-02-28T21:01:42Z")
Obvious one; Check their itrader, thats why its there. ---
**Author:** ![dubv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@dubv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dubv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/4 "2010-02-28T21:09:42Z")
LOL BEST THREAD EVER! can you still get tickets to 2010 Canadian International AutoShow?? ---
**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/5 "2010-02-28T21:09:43Z")
> [@WTB: suit of armor](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-suit-of-armor/12393/28): > > Obvious one; Check their itrader, thats why its there. +1 but i high rating doesnt mean they are reliable, it just means that they completed the transaction. ---
**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/6 "2010-02-28T21:21:49Z")
Thats why there is a comment section. ---
**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/7 "2010-03-01T05:45:49Z")
Another thing to add is this…if the seller asks you to meet them at an abandoned/unoccupied house, beware. I was once looking to buy a car and a seller asked me to meet him in front of a house that was not yet owned by anyone. When I got there and he wasn’t there, I called and he said that he’d be at the house in 2 mins because he lived around the corner. Immediately raised a red flag and car was sketchy. ---
**Author:** ![5cott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/5cott/32/5737_2.png) [@5cott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/5cott)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/8 "2010-03-01T05:49:06Z")
^ That’s ridiculous Kijiji stories… don’t get me started lol ---
**Author:** ![nd4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nd4boost/32/5627_2.png) [@nd4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nd4boost)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/9 "2010-03-01T06:07:49Z")
i know when im selling stuff i dont want people coming to my house. i have had people come back and try to steal things after they know what i have at my house. ---
**Author:** ![NoSkillz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/noskillz/32/5606_2.png) [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/10 "2010-03-01T09:42:14Z")
> [@Blue man group?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/blue-man-group/26290/20): > > i know when im selling stuff i dont want people coming to my house. i have had people come back and try to steal things after they know what i have at my house. same. i always meet at a tim’s or something unless i know them and trust them prior. ---
**Author:** ![MP\_B240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp_b240/32/5697_2.png) [@MP\_B240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MP_B240)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/11 "2010-03-01T10:04:12Z")
Yeah, i vouche for rule #8. It’s a good way of avoiding problems like that, and you got people around you. Gas stations are okay too. ---
**Author:** ![Multisynclg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/multisynclg/32/5328_2.png) [@Multisynclg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Multisynclg)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/12 "2010-03-01T19:22:18Z")
just ask to meet a police station if your skurd ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/13 "2010-03-01T21:15:05Z")
^^^ dont buy motors that are half taken apart, and told runs mint !!! farmer ---
**Author:** ![Multisynclg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/multisynclg/32/5328_2.png) [@Multisynclg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Multisynclg)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/14 "2010-03-01T22:06:19Z")
> [@Pics of my sti. lowered, lip, rims, washed.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pics-of-my-sti-lowered-lip-rims-washed/26270/93): > > ^^^ dont buy motors that are half taken apart, and told runs mint !!! > > farmer Thats a given, for both of us. ( not you ) ---
**Author:** ![jzavalinsk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jzavalinsk/32/5713_2.png) [@jzavalinsk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jzavalinsk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/15 "2010-03-02T16:24:33Z")
1. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. ---
**Author:** ![Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Singh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-buying-selling-dont-get-scammed/131817/16 "2010-03-02T16:34:43Z")
lol, i have actually taken a blunt object to every deal i’ve had. 3ft, stainless steel breaker bar, if cops ask, i say its for my wheels. lol