Should you tell when you see a potential scam?
If some of you are browsing forums and other sites looking for potential website investments, then I would guess that you look into the details for some of them.
Some times you have noticed that not everything seems right. It could be that the stats are manipulated. Maybe some parts of the website is copyright by someone else than the seller. Or it is that there is just something of general interest to potential buyers that you know, and they might not.
Then what do you do…
- Close the browser window and move on?
- You post it for everyone to know?
In most cases - if I find it being important - I will let everyone know about it. And I have my reasons to believe it is the better thing to do.
- I see other website buyers as colleagues, and real people, so I don’t like them to get ripped of. Getting the best deals isn’t a war between me and them. If I help them they will hopefully also help me. This not only being to warn me about risks, but some might even “get to know me”, and tell me if they see something of my interest for sale.
- If what I point out is indeed a mistake by the seller, he will apologize and clear things out. Now the sale can go on and everybody knows that the seller is a nice guy, who is just as human as you and me.
- In case I’m wrong, and what I point out as “not being right” is actually correct. Then I will apologize and let everyone know that I was wrong, and help the seller to repair it, if damage has been caused.
Tags: buying websites, website scams, trading websites
1 comment February 25th, 2006
