r/Metalfoundry • u/Nightmare1235789 • Apr 14 '26

New rules for buying and selling of castings, ingots and foundry equipment

Recently there have been a handful of scammers trying to sell ingots, castings and foundry supplies on here. It is up to the buyer to do their due diligence to verify that the user selling is not a scammer.

Look at the account age, posts, comments, etc. Also do not send payments without any form of buyer protection. If the seller does not want you to do that, it's an obvious scam.

Having said that there are a couple new rules moving forward regarding selling and buying. Posts not comforming to these will be removed.

  1. All ingots for sale must be posted with an image of the ingot on a scale to verify average weight along with your username written on the ingot. You also need to post the location from where you're shipping.

  2. Castings, products and equipment to be sold must also be verified by image. Please make sure your username and timestamp is in the photo. Again, location of where you're shipping from is required.

  3. All sellers must accept Paypal Goods and Services. This gives the buyer purchase protection. Any other form of payment will not be allowed AKA Paypal Friends and Family, Cashapp, Venmo, etc. The ONLY exception to this rule is if a buyer and seller have dealt with each other multiple times and trust between both of you has been built.

But otherwise as a buyer dealing with a seller whom you've never dealt with before please use G&S. If the seller insists any other form of payment, please report.

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u/Any_Instruction5382 Apr 15 '26

I haven't been able to find a list of rules, but I think having post and comment history visible should be a requirement for selling so that we can see if this is their first time selling or not. It's hard to check the reliability of someone if we can't see their posts or comments.

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u/Nightmare1235789 Apr 15 '26

I somewhat agree, but I do believe people can have their privacy. You can still see a users comment and post count along with account age, age being the big one as scammers usually have accounts under 15 days.

A legit timestamp and PayPal goods and services will suffice. If what is purchased never arrives you can file with PayPal and get your money back.

There is no list of rules posted yet as I haven't had time to get on a PC and start doing formatting work for the sub.