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Murindo

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I sent a DM to purchase a knife from a new user. Then I posted that I had sent a DM in the thread. I soon got an email from Andrew Stephan (Franchescraftknife@outlook.com) requesting PPFF. I noted that I don't do FF. The person then offered me a 20% discount if I used FF and gave me a PP address for someone else (Sara Shafer). Then I knew I was being scammed.

Then I got a DM from the real seller. That confirmed the email was a scam.

Yes I know I should remove my email from prior posts but after 15 years on BF there are too many to deal with. No more posting in deal threads for me.
 
Murindo said:
I sent a DM to purchase a knife from a new user. Then I posted that I had sent a DM in the thread. I soon got an email from Andrew Stephan (Franchescraftknife@outlook.com) requesting PPFF. I noted that I don't do FF. The person then offered me a 20% discount if I used FF and gave me a PP address for someone else (Sara Shafer). Then I knew I was being scammed.

Then I got a DM from the real seller. That confirmed the email was a scam.

Yes I know I should remove my email from prior posts but after 15 years on BF there are too many to deal with. No more posting in deal threads for me.
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It's OK to post in a deal thread. But all payment details should only be conducted via DM. Just ignore any emails.
 
Murindo said:
Yes I know I should remove my email from prior posts but after 15 years on BF there are too many to deal with. No more posting in deal threads for me.
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After a certain point the chase for knives slows down, our tastes refine, the collection starts to focus toward certain things, etc and this is where I’m at; I agree that we don’t need to post in the sales thread. I’ve purchased a ton of items by sending the private message first, then posted later or never posted a reply at all. (feedback used to require a post in the sale thread, now I doesn’t).

Posting “I’ll take it” in the sale thread isn’t a rule of BF, just a common tradition and an obvious way to claim your spot to purchase, I can’t disagree with that in plenty of cases.
 
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