thats a scam pattern
#payments 2026-01-25
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on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the discount wins easily
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do the fee maths
thats gone sorry
[edited]what happens if the price moves between invoice and payment
check the total
do you keep the transaction reference and for how long
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no escrow here
post it in scam watch
is a bank transfer ever an option and is it a bad idea
anyone had a payment arrive and the order not update
refunds do happen and they are slow and awkward. do not count on one
triple check it
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sorry to jump in the room holds no money, brokers nothing, and runs no escrow. that has never moved
for the archive is there a way to verify an address belongs to who you think it does
quick one do not send a test payment to prove anything to anyone. that is a pattern, not a precaution
there are no chargebacks here. that is the trade you are making and it should be a conscious one
a wrong network transfer is gone. nobody can get it back for you and nobody here will try
the discount pattern is roughly ten percent almost everywhere and it is a real saving at volume, ill dig out the number
i triple check the address and i have still had a moment of pure panic every single time
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i keep every transaction reference in a note with the order. it has been useful twice
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nobody can verify an address belongs to who you think it does. that is the actual problem with all of this
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if you are asked to pay a second time because the first "did not clear", stop and post it in the scam channel
invoice says £94 and my total came out different, whos wrong
ok so check the first four and the last four characters of the address. every single time, no exceptions
is there any chargeback route at all
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invoice mismatches happen. check the total against what you actually sent, not against what you meant to send
work out the network fee before you take the ten percent discount. sometimes it eats it
a bank transfer leaves a paper trail and no recourse. people should know both halves of that
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update from 15 months ago: fees are lower than they were and the discount maths has changed
no chargebacks
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private_script_prii triple check the address and i have still had a moment of pure panic every single time
a stablecoin while the order is pending removes one variable you do not need
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sent to the wrong network, is there any way back
i wait for the confirmations the supplier states and then one more before i chase anything
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discount is standard now
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whats a reasonable network fee to accept
do suppliers ever refund and how does that even work
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keep the reference
work out the network fee before you take the ten percent discount. sometimes it eats it
the mods stop escrow conversations immediately and they are right to
polite message usually fixes it
coming back after 15 months, has anything changed on fees
do you check the whole address or just the ends
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New independent result logged — SGN, lot D-0718, purity 99.2% (VendorInvestigate).
is paying in two parts ever sensible
stablecoin while pending