RamSai
Recruit
I have had no plans to start something like this here, but since many of the new members and well known members here lack knowledge of how things work i am here to enlighten them
This is primarily related to trading forum activities so it doesn't apply to members who are only confined to particular set of forums
Starting with Sell or Trade forum,
what does it actually mean by selling or trading here? 99% of members here doesn't have any retail shop with VAT-TIN Registration, the things that are being sold here are either
1. New ones got from offline/online shops
2. Things that are tried and unsatisfied buyers here to sell them off
3. Used ones, members who are upgrading to new components
There might be few others but these are the primary ones
For the most part, there wont be any issues with #3
Used ones, members who are upgrading to updated items trying to sell them off
Regarding #1 and #2
1. New ones got from offline/online shops
2. Things that are tried and unsatisfied buyers here to sell them off
There wont be any issue if are trying to sell something new or not satisfied items purchased from offline shops
But if you are trying to sell something purchased from flipkart or amazon, do remember these points
1. Never publish your invoice with the sale threads even if many insist you to do so
2. Never share your invoice or contact number to everyone who pings you for information
3. Never use the same name used for purchasing on e-commerce sites to sell on any forum
4. Never use the same contact number used for purchasing on e-commerce sites to sell on any forum
So, u might be wondering why you need to be careful? let me explain
Have you ever wondered why when someone asks you for your contact number for discussing the deal and never gets in touch after you've provided them with details?
Have you ever had any idea that amazon or flipkart has team members in most of the forums to scout for resellers ?
There will be members requesting the order number via PM saying that they are interested in purchase. Don't get intimidated and provide them with your order number even if the requesting member is a senior here. There might be few genuine concerns but it is upto you to differentiate the genuine ones from the others
Anyone can get your account flagged with the order number and source of the sale thread. Although e-commerce are not much into finding resellers but if they have authentic information your account (s) all will get flagged in notime
I dunno about flipkart but if your amazon account is gone, you can never have an account ever again
and i am noticing many threads with invoices attached with hiding only buyer name and address, what about order number?
I have seen members here demanding invoice here but none are concerned about the revealing personal details in the invoice
So is this all about safeguard buyers interests?
A seller is also a part of trade, what about his?
So before raising a concern think twice
And recently i have noticed many threads with edited invoices (i am not talking about hiding personal details) and many here are in an impression that that's an criminal offence)
Guys, you need to understand one thing
The whole point of reselling (either from seller side and buyer side) is illegal, so few members stop pointing your fingers at someone and realise the reality. No company will take responsibility or react to your queries if you say that someone did fraud you providing edited invoice or some sort. So act smart,
1. If that's a product for which service can be done via serial number/IMEI and can be verified online do it
2. For some products like mobiles, a service centre provides you authentic information regarding this
Deal only if you are convinced well enough. If there are people who used forums only used to dump years old stuff ,then this is not for you. Assuming that most of them here tried to sell at least few new ones either for a lower price or higher price, that's not legal either
And another suggestions for people who get items during sales and selling it off for the same price later
lol, do you even understand what you are doing?
Are you sure that the buyer is really genuine and use it for his needs?
Are you sure that the buyer is a not reseller like he has a store where he can sell the product for much higher price?
Don't feel good about yourself doing such things, you are only helping others to have source of income and in return you get nothing. I have known many people personally who have some kinda business online or offline who act as a genuine buyer who is in need of help and get the same product from multiple noble people who just wants to help
Even if someone decides to donate some amount to a charity, he verified all the details about it before making a donation.
Do u anytime felt like donating money to strangers who call you and ask for a donation seeking medical attention? No right?
What you are doing here is no different than the above!
So thats it hope it helps someone here, haffun!
This is primarily related to trading forum activities so it doesn't apply to members who are only confined to particular set of forums
Starting with Sell or Trade forum,
what does it actually mean by selling or trading here? 99% of members here doesn't have any retail shop with VAT-TIN Registration, the things that are being sold here are either
1. New ones got from offline/online shops
2. Things that are tried and unsatisfied buyers here to sell them off
3. Used ones, members who are upgrading to new components
There might be few others but these are the primary ones
For the most part, there wont be any issues with #3
Used ones, members who are upgrading to updated items trying to sell them off
Regarding #1 and #2
1. New ones got from offline/online shops
2. Things that are tried and unsatisfied buyers here to sell them off
There wont be any issue if are trying to sell something new or not satisfied items purchased from offline shops
But if you are trying to sell something purchased from flipkart or amazon, do remember these points
1. Never publish your invoice with the sale threads even if many insist you to do so
2. Never share your invoice or contact number to everyone who pings you for information
3. Never use the same name used for purchasing on e-commerce sites to sell on any forum
4. Never use the same contact number used for purchasing on e-commerce sites to sell on any forum
So, u might be wondering why you need to be careful? let me explain
Have you ever wondered why when someone asks you for your contact number for discussing the deal and never gets in touch after you've provided them with details?
Have you ever had any idea that amazon or flipkart has team members in most of the forums to scout for resellers ?
There will be members requesting the order number via PM saying that they are interested in purchase. Don't get intimidated and provide them with your order number even if the requesting member is a senior here. There might be few genuine concerns but it is upto you to differentiate the genuine ones from the others
Anyone can get your account flagged with the order number and source of the sale thread. Although e-commerce are not much into finding resellers but if they have authentic information your account (s) all will get flagged in notime
I dunno about flipkart but if your amazon account is gone, you can never have an account ever again
and i am noticing many threads with invoices attached with hiding only buyer name and address, what about order number?
I have seen members here demanding invoice here but none are concerned about the revealing personal details in the invoice
So is this all about safeguard buyers interests?
A seller is also a part of trade, what about his?
So before raising a concern think twice
And recently i have noticed many threads with edited invoices (i am not talking about hiding personal details) and many here are in an impression that that's an criminal offence)
Guys, you need to understand one thing
The whole point of reselling (either from seller side and buyer side) is illegal, so few members stop pointing your fingers at someone and realise the reality. No company will take responsibility or react to your queries if you say that someone did fraud you providing edited invoice or some sort. So act smart,
1. If that's a product for which service can be done via serial number/IMEI and can be verified online do it
2. For some products like mobiles, a service centre provides you authentic information regarding this
Deal only if you are convinced well enough. If there are people who used forums only used to dump years old stuff ,then this is not for you. Assuming that most of them here tried to sell at least few new ones either for a lower price or higher price, that's not legal either
And another suggestions for people who get items during sales and selling it off for the same price later
lol, do you even understand what you are doing?
Are you sure that the buyer is really genuine and use it for his needs?
Are you sure that the buyer is a not reseller like he has a store where he can sell the product for much higher price?
Don't feel good about yourself doing such things, you are only helping others to have source of income and in return you get nothing. I have known many people personally who have some kinda business online or offline who act as a genuine buyer who is in need of help and get the same product from multiple noble people who just wants to help
Even if someone decides to donate some amount to a charity, he verified all the details about it before making a donation.
Do u anytime felt like donating money to strangers who call you and ask for a donation seeking medical attention? No right?
What you are doing here is no different than the above!
So thats it hope it helps someone here, haffun!
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