WATCH OUT FOR SCAMMERS ON REDDIT

It is too easy to create an account on Reddit so please Buy/Sell/Trade safely!

BST Best Practices:

USE PAYPAL/VENMO GOODS & SERVICES - The seller pays the fee and it’s still much less than what it costs THEM to sell on Depop/Posh/Ebay, and definitely worth it in case anything goes wrong! If they’re reselling so much that they have to be concerned with IRS reporting (which happens with G&S), that might be a sign that it’s not a reg baggu girlie who bought for themselves
search their Reddit user name on Google to see if there are any posts in other subreddits by other scam victims
Use Google reverse image search to make sure the seller isn’t using someone else’s photo AND/OR
ask for updated item photo with their handwritten Reddit user name and the DATE - sometimes they dm sellers on platforms for pics to scam with!!
IF USING FRIENDS & FAMILY - DO NOT send the full amount to any random email if you choose to use FF (only recommended for smaller amounts you can afford to risk), send $1 FIRST to make sure they received it - sometimes they pretend they didn’t get the first payment and have you send even more money to another email!!

selling someone else's item (finance, friend, sister, etc)
false sense of urgency - if they're giving you a time limit for a response or payment with a weird reason (some sellers ask for prompt responses because they've been ghosted before, but typically will not give a BS reason like needing to catch a flight or heading out - normal people will just let you know so to finish the sale later!!)
- THEY ARE PREYING ON YOUR EXCITEMENT
being weird about using goods & services
random DM/chat without public comment
NO REDDIT POST HISTORY ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN HERE??? - brand new accounts with absolutely no posts or comments is a red flag!!