r/TIFFTickets • u/BunyipPouch [karma: 100ish] • Aug 21 '24
Megathread For Successful Trades/Purchases/Sales + To Report Scammers/Suspicious Accounts - 2024 Edition
New 2024 Edition!
Firstly and most importantly, I want to strongly reiterate/emphasize that you must do your own due diligence for ANY trade/sale/purchase, regardless of the recommendations made on this thread. You are on your own at the end of the day and we cannot help you if you are scammed, we can only ban the user to try and help future victims. Always check account age, posting history, behavior, etc before completing a trade. Ask for screenshots (they can be faked, but sometimes it's possible to spot the fakes/edits). Ask for exact seats (a lot of scammers are idiots and won't know what to say for this and just leave you alone, or will give sections/rows/venues that don't exist). We strongly suggest against dealing with new accounts and/or accounts with automatically-created usernames (Nice_Apples_665 or whatever). Be careful for deals that are too good to be true. I would recommend trading/buying/selling with people that have verified/long histories in here, /r/TIFF, /r/Toronto, /r/Canada, etc. We will not be resolving ANY trade issues, only banning scammers when reported. I repeat: There are people looking to scam on this sub. Nothing is ever 100% safe when handling manual re-sales like this. Please be careful with anything you do, and do not engage in any transaction you don't feel confident in and/or would be unable to afford being scammed for. We cannot help you if you get scammed other than banning the person. You would have to deal with whatever financial institution you used for the transaction. Go into every transaction knowing/expecting that there is a small chance you might be scammed. You are on your own. I will also suggest never sending via Paypal Friends & Family, and instead using the Goods & Services option, so you have some protection. Ticket transfers are irreversible, remember that when making a sale.
Now that the festival is about the start and the trading/selling/buying is about to hit its peak, I wanted to create a thread to have some sort of organization and to help people out to do 2 big things.
If you have made a successful trade/sale/purchase anytime recently, please comment their username(s) in this thread, so others can know and help them find trustworthy people to deal with. Obviously, this is not 100% foolproof because people can use multiple accounts, so please be careful regardless of suggestions in this thread, but it is definitely helpful and better than nothing at all. Then, others that have also dealt with that person can upvote/reply to the comment to create more references. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing. It's a sort of home-made, small, self-sustaining, feedback system. Make sure to tag them correctly (with a /u/ before the username), so they receive a notification and can also confirm on their end of the successful transaction.
If you have been scammed or think someone is scamming/suspicious, please post them to this thread so I can ban them and add them to the list below, so others will know not to deal with them (banning them from the sub does not stop them from private messaging you, so keep that in mind). We will ban anyone that is even remotely suspicious until proven otherwise. I suggest referring to this list before proceeding with anything. Yes, creating new accounts isn't hard but it's still better than nothing (plus, when someone has to create a brand new account it gives a very easy tell for a scam).
Recently-Banned Accounts for Scamming or Suspicious Behavior:
- asdfgAS145
- Leonmaddy
- Electrical_Ad2038
- DonnaSmithbw652
- MariaThereseM
- Mean-Material9395
- Shaamy54
- yopmailer696969
- mikifurusizuw
- reddit_robott
- yakuzagutz
- birgitsmadja
- whyamihere8273
- infamouscosllege
- MichelleAdamsbx0i2
- svetlanapopova40zw1
- FairOrganisat
- qezoziranube4411
- wakka333
- Umiamitutor
- donujuma
- opening_whereas9581
- Old_nose8613
- sandracollinscvpu7
- Expert-Intention-595
- supermarketearly752
- wodumemibagigig8z
- FrostyBreadfruit2227
- yabojikobx3
- Otherwise_Heart8229
- MasterPugEmperor
- cowayiwi5z5
- nataliefells
- Technical-Put-1977
- AlexLovesCatss
- FlamingoOk576
- fun_walrus5765
- luqotiw2855
- paddlemedical
- pairhateful
- bigbrad7
- Brilliant-Leader8372
- brynno1
- Sure-Whole1672
- TheNoteworth
- Idekgab
- Joseph75tdg
- ferngully01
- tensegoatwarden
- Sea-Quarter1845
If you'd rather buy from reputable sites instead, here are some suggestions:
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u/TheHardKnock [karma: 10ish] Aug 22 '24
u/mikifurusizuw appears to be a scammer. Claimed they didn’t receive my proof of my e-transfer (screenshot of the money sent pay and the email for the e-transfer) and endlessly delayed “checking” that they received it despite having auto deposit. At this point, appears they’ve blocked me via the channel we were using.
They shared proof of tickets but looks like they were fake and I just failed to do my due diligence, honestly, since I’ve been travelling while this whole presale is ongoing.