aspkin | 09-22-2007 02:49 PM | I agree. I wouldn't feel safe accepting more then $400 or $500 from Paypal. It's just too easy in my business to lose that money. There are so many ways to scam a person it's scary! If only my customers knew how easy it was... maybe they do and they're just good people. And Modee, the only way to stop scammers is to do verification. Verify their confirmed shipping address with their ip address. Only accept large orders if you're able to call the person against their confirmed address, same city. I know there are ways to ⊗⊗⊗⊗ a phone number, but you'll be surprised how many don't take the time do this. If its a child using their parents credit card, talk to the parents to make sure the charge is authorized. I've saved my self hundreds, if not thousands just by catching these little pucks. Make sure things match up. If someone's email address is rickzimmer@suckit.com, and you receive a paypal payment or merchant payment from samzimmer@suckit.com, then you know the person ordering isn't the same person paying. That could be a problem. There are tons of tricks you can do to verify a person. These are only a few.
When in doubt, hold off sending the item until you have 2-3 days to make sure your payment sticks to your account and doesn't get stopped.
I almost lost my business in the beginning because of scammers (identity thief's). Until I started verifying each order, I lost thousands… sometimes all in one day. Those were fun days! Now, we lose maybe 3% of orders instead of 25%. |