got cheated by olx seller

[mhsabir]

You should be dealing only in person, but many people do not... Its risky enough going via channels like Flipkart & Snapdeal who have atleast some level of safety (debatable) whereas dealing in olx is more riskier than not.

 

[dextermorgan]

There are lot of scams going on in sites like olx and quikr. Atleast olx has some genuine ads, quikr is just spam site operating as genuine site.

Person sets up an car ad for very low price. people call him. he says car is available and also tells him that he has two more offers waiting for him and advises the buyer to deposit small amount of money (1k~2K) to book the car. After money is deposited, the seller is no where to be found. I though people are too smart to fall into these traps. Guess I was wrong.

Olx has genuine sellers though for most part.

 

[kanagadeepan]

Not only it must be a person to person transaction, but the meeting point must also be a public place..

 

[princey]

What if it's a furniture we are selling?

 

[Sushubh]

in that case you would have to get him to your place of course. unless of course you hire a tempo to carry your furniture around

 

[dextermorgan]

If its furniture or electronics like consoles, washing machines then ofcourse you have to let the buyer into your house. or atleast to the verandah

 

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