Some tips for an on-line safe sale:

1. Never send your dress before receiving the payment: Try to have the money in your account before any shipment. There are some scammers who make you believe that they made the payment by Paypal or bank transfer, and Paypal or the bank keeps the money until you do not send the product. Paypal and banks around the world do not work that way. Paypal payments work as bank payments: as soon as the payment is made you do should receive it in your account. So if someone tells you that he paid you by Paypal or bank transfer but Paypal or the bank retained the money until you send the product do not trust him: it’s a scam.
2. Be cautious of buyers from other countries different from your own and who write to you in another language: They have their own page in their language with the dresses published in their country.
3. Be careful if they ask you for the price: Don’t rely on the buyers that ask you for the price of your dress, because the price already appears in your listing.
4. Do not trust buyers that pay you more than your asking price: There are buyers who make you believe they paid a higher amount for your dress, and then they ask you to refund the difference. Ignore them: it is a scam, because they never made the first payment.
5. Use common sense: If something sounds too good to be true… Do not trust it.

And especially: Remember that to make a safe sale, you must NOT trust buyers who write to you in a language other than yours, or that speak it in a very bad way. Don’t trust buyers that ask you the price of the dress (since the price is already listed in the ad) or make you believe they have overpaid. Never trust buyers that make you think they paid an extra for transport fees, and then ask you to give them back those transport fees. There are some scammers who make you believe that they made the payment by Paypal or bank transfer, and Paypal or the bank keeps the money until you do not send the product. Paypal and banks around the world do not work that way. Never accept payments by Moneygram or by bank cheque. Never send your dress to another country different than yours. And never trust buyers that send you a transport company to pick up the dress without having seen it in person. The real buyer of a wedding dress will probably like to see the dress in person, and will pay you in cash, by bank transfer or Paypal.

Have a safe sale! :)

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