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I just had a Facebook marketplace camera scam happen to me Today.

Seller marked as shipped, and delivered, but my package wasn't there.

After some sleuthing (I knew a guy who works in UPS) the seller put a different ship to address. So Facebook marketplace isn't doing something as simple as verifying the tracking label is heading to the right destination.

Only doing E-bay from here on out. They have this problem solved for the most part.

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I've had the exact same thing happen to me on ebay, FYI.

Bought an A7IV for a very good price. Seller sent a bogus tracking number. After it was delivered to not me, I got USPS to confirm it didn't match my address and got a refund from ebay. It was a pain, and I've learned to never buy from sellers without a reasonable history.

It made me very aware to how many times the best price for an item is from an account with no feedback. Ebay doesn't seem to care about these obvious scams.

FB Marketplace should only be used for in-person transactions. Think of it more like a craigslist replacement than one for eBay.

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