Scammers are really trying to get tour money
May 17, 2021 17:59:20 #
This came up on my Facebook Marketplace. Selling Nikon’s for 90% off. I took screenshots of the adds. I bet they will pull in some poor soul.
May 17, 2021 18:06:11 #
May 17, 2021 18:21:07 #
turp77 wrote:
This came up on my Facebook Marketplace. Selling Nikon’s for 90% off. I took screenshots of the adds. I bet they will pull in some poor soul.
Wow. Somebody's gonna get taken. To bad.
May 17, 2021 18:36:37 #
May 17, 2021 18:39:59 #
I wonder how long it will be before the 100 d850s I ordered arrive? I'm going to make a mint. LMAO. Sad world we live in sometimes.
May 17, 2021 19:11:56 #
The part that amazes me the most is that Facebook will ban/suspend people for comments they make but won't patrol these types of pretty obvious ripoff ads. Perhaps the money they make from allowing these to be posted blinds them to the potential ripoffs. In some ways, I think this makes them complicit.
--Bob
--Bob
turp77 wrote:
This came up on my Facebook Marketplace. Selling Nikon’s for 90% off. I took screenshots of the adds. I bet they will pull in some poor soul.
May 17, 2021 19:16:29 #
rmalarz wrote:
The part that amazes me the most is that Facebook will ban/suspend people for comments they make but won't patrol these types of pretty obvious ripoff ads. Perhaps the money they make from allowing these to be posted blinds them to the potential ripoffs. In some ways, I think this makes them complicit.
--Bob
--Bob
True. Since they choose what to ban they are approving of what they don’t ban.
May 17, 2021 19:19:00 #
rmalarz wrote:
The part that amazes me the most is that Facebook will ban/suspend people for comments they make but won't patrol these types of pretty obvious ripoff ads. Perhaps the money they make from allowing these to be posted blinds them to the potential ripoffs. In some ways, I think this makes them complicit.
--Bob
--Bob
Right on! The old adage, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is, applies here.
May 17, 2021 19:52:02 #
rmalarz wrote:
The part that amazes me the most is that Facebook will ban/suspend people for comments they make but won't patrol these types of pretty obvious ripoff ads. Perhaps the money they make from allowing these to be posted blinds them to the potential ripoffs. In some ways, I think this makes them complicit.
--Bob
--Bob
Someone asked if the OP had reported the ad, with no response. It would be pretty hard for Facebook to proactively check every ad and determine if it were legit. But if someone reported this kind of ad to Facebook, and they left it up, then it's on them.
May 17, 2021 22:00:01 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
Someone asked if the OP had reported the ad, with no response. It would be pretty hard for Facebook to proactively check every ad and determine if it were legit. But if someone reported this kind of ad to Facebook, and they left it up, then it's on them.
May 17, 2021 22:22:56 #
Why not??? Facebook proactively checks posts to ascertain if they fit the guidelines/narrative that Facebook deems appropriate. I'm sure someone reporting the ad might help. I've seen nothing on how FB handles questionable ads.
--Bob
--Bob
JohnSwanda wrote:
Someone asked if the OP had reported the ad, with no response. It would be pretty hard for Facebook to proactively check every ad and determine if it were legit. But if someone reported this kind of ad to Facebook, and they left it up, then it's on them.
May 18, 2021 00:42:12 #
May 18, 2021 00:47:59 #
rmalarz wrote:
Why not??? Facebook proactively checks posts to ascertain if they fit the guidelines/narrative that Facebook deems appropriate. I'm sure someone reporting the ad might help. I've seen nothing on how FB handles questionable ads.
--Bob
--Bob
I did report them and haven’t seen it lately
May 18, 2021 05:24:11 #
rmalarz wrote:
Why not??? Facebook proactively checks posts to ascertain if they fit the guidelines/narrative that Facebook deems appropriate. I'm sure someone reporting the ad might help. I've seen nothing on how FB handles questionable ads.
--Bob
--Bob
👍👍 They can't have it both ways.
May 18, 2021 07:07:54 #
Experienced photographers know it is impossible to buy a brand new Nikon camera for 90% off. To begin with they know Nikon will never allow that type of sale or advertisement.
The inexperienced one is another story and they could easily fall for this.
The inexperienced one is another story and they could easily fall for this.
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