I agree with you, even the marketplace is not safe from fraud even though transactions are through third parties, many sellers and buyers are naughty. But I've never experienced fraud when shopping through the marketplace, I always pay attention to store ratings first.
Yes, it's true, that's one way to avoid fraud. But unfortunately besides naughty buyers, there are also naughty sellers. So, you have to be very careful doing transactions via social media. I myself, when transacting through social media, always direct them to make transactions through the marketplace.
Yes, I myself am not interested in selling on social media, and prefer selling on the marketplace. Because in the marketplace there are third parties who guarantee security and smooth transactions.
There are prospective buyers in a market area than in online. Others just make a fun of the sellers. They don't know the sacrifices made by the entrepreneurs.
In the marketplace, sometimes there are frauds, but none of that will happen if the buyers and sellers are careful. Several people have asked my WhatsApp contact for transactions outside the application, I am not willing to give it. Because I'm afraid they are bad people who have bad intentions towards me.
Sometimes there are people who have a strange mindset, they don't want to know and don't care about the consequences of what they do. They like to do evil and harm other people, somehow they can think like that.
We also can't blame them because the merchants deliver fake items. I exist this last week the celfon I bought was fake. I learned it after I paid and the seller cannot be reached.
Its understandable to have concerns about safety when making transactions directly with a seller on social media while it can be convenient, its important to take precautions to avoid getting scammed. One way to minimize risks is to research the seller and check for reviews or feedback from previous buyers.
Now the reviews are faked a lot. They make fake orders, through their friends, and make good reviews. So it's important to keep an eye on the bad ratings, if the bad ratings outweigh the good ratings, then leave the seller like this.
Therefore, for buying and selling online, people prefer to pay using the Cost On Delivery method, which is to pay directly via courier in cash when the goods arrive at their home.
