Guy was doing business with a actual person that he knew from gym not on online and still took a loss. If he was buying online from someone decent chance to happen this will be much lower...And that's why you should never fully trust any online source especially the ones that go to so many privacy lengths to make sure they can never be identified or found. Staying anonymous and secret might be good for a source to stay hidden from the law.........but you need to remember that their secrecy also means they can screw you anytime and disappear and it's almost impossible to find them so you can beat the shit out of them and get your money back.
I personally would never give an order to any untested source these days for more than 100 £/$/Eu and I'd make sure the source was well advertised on a forum so I could properly shame him if he scammed me and post all his info publically.
If I needed gear that cost more than 100 from an untested source.....I'd plan ahead for my cycles and place several smaller orders.
Not many scammers online these days as the word goes around and no one will buy from him anymore. Being honest it will be more profitable for a source than to scam 20 guys
I don't buy from untested sources anymore
