Suspicious Order Inqury
chipj
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Hey Everyone,
I received an email inquiry today that seems a bit odd to me. The customer first wanted to know if I could ship internationally. I told them not at this time. They were also very interested in paying only via credit card.
I told them that I could ship overseas on my own and setup a invoice for them that could be paid via PayPal by credit card, but their response was:
"let me choose order i want and i can only pay with credit card and i will use my freight forwarder to come for pick up after my payment clear."
Seems to me I've seen some sort of scam that involves shipping arranged by the receiver. Does this sound like a legit concern on my part? Thanks...
I received an email inquiry today that seems a bit odd to me. The customer first wanted to know if I could ship internationally. I told them not at this time. They were also very interested in paying only via credit card.
I told them that I could ship overseas on my own and setup a invoice for them that could be paid via PayPal by credit card, but their response was:
"let me choose order i want and i can only pay with credit card and i will use my freight forwarder to come for pick up after my payment clear."
Seems to me I've seen some sort of scam that involves shipping arranged by the receiver. Does this sound like a legit concern on my part? Thanks...
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I agree that their request to use a freight forwarder sounds really odd.
It looks like you have a Smug account, so why can't they just order from your site? Smug does ship internationally although there are some countries that aren't in the ship to list. Here's the help page listing the countries they ship to - http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/87663.
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In any regard, I'll tell the prospective client that I can ship to their country (based on the list you provided) and see what happens.
Thanks.
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