Attention: Many many fake offers on German kleinanzeigen

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello,

(11-07-2023 11:11 AM)Hiwi Wrote:  When you ask them for more pictures ...

On "Kleinanzeigen" the only way not to get cheated is to ask the seller, if personal collection of the item at his place is possible. With payment upon collection. Usually you either get no answer at all or some sort of excuse why only advance payment (outside the secure payment system of course!) and delivery by mail is possible.

And mind you: They don't only cheat with expensive items. Recently I tried to buy a small tool for about 10 Euros. The seller kindly asked if I could pay with "Paypal for friends" because otherwise, because all the fees, not much of the 10 Euros will be left for him. So I thought: "What can I lose?" and sent him his 10 Euros. Now I know what I can lose: 10 Euros ;-)
They know very well that nobody will make a large fuss or call the police (which can't do anything about it anyway) because of 10 Euros. So I will only use the secure payment system from now on.

Regards
Max