Sticky Updated BST rules - no paypal friends & family payments allowed

Hi all,

Due to the recent wave of people being scammed out of a lot of money for purchasing high-end items through paypal as friends & family, we're instituting a rule that paypal friend & family payments are NOT ALLOWED on DFS, even though they're already not allowed, as specified in paypal's own TOS.

If you see someone asking that payment be made as friends & family, report the post or forward the message to myself or someone on the mod team if it was done privately. Failure to comply with our rules will result in a temporary ban from DFS.

We'd strongly encourage EVERYONE to NOT send any payments as friends & family as it strips your own buyer protections if something goes wrong with the transaction. Plus, it could end up getting your account closed by paypal. If someone complains about having to pay the fees involved, just add a few bucks to your payment so it'll adsorb the fees. It'll end up being a lot cheaper than being out potentially hundreds of dollars.

Also, make use of our trader feedback system by either clicking on the shopping cart icon for a user inside threads, or by visiting a user's profile and clicking on the trade feedback button.


Thanks,

DFS Team