Beware of Scams! Use this one trick to be safe - NO unprotected payment methods (Paypal Friends and Family, Venmo, etc.)!

[meepmeepmayer]

With electric unicycles (EUCs, wheels) getting increasingly popular, unfortunately scammers have appeared in our world, trying to steal people's money with offers of non-existing EUCs. You pay and then you get nothing and they run with your money. First Facebook and Craigslist, now they appeared on this forum, too.

The most important assurance against scammers: Avoid unprotected payment methods that cannot be reversed! For example, Paypal's "Friends and Family" won't allow disputes via Paypal. Dito for the wealth of apps (Venmo etc.) allowing transfer of funds. Guess which kind of payment method scammers are trying to get you to use! Don't let anyone trick or bully you into something sketchy.

A honest seller will have no problem making sure that the transaction is safe for both parties. Why would they? We are talking about big sums of money here. And they don't want to be cheated either.

Scammers can't cheat you if you can just get your money back if they try.

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As for identifying scammers in general, the usual applies. Do they offer a lot of consistent information, or are they stingy with info and cannot get their story straight? Is their listing credible, or are there photos of clearly different wheels in it? And so on. Ask questions, ask for details. No honest seller will have a problem with that. Trust your intuition if something seems off.

A great way to rule out scams is to provide or ask for a handwritten note with the seller's forum username in one of the photos of the electric unicycle.

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For a more general guide on buying a second hand electric unicycle, see here:

Edited August 28, 2022 by meepmeepmayer

[Dgtreble]

I find it hilarious that it has “use this one trick” in the title like it’s a scam. It’s not it’s great info