TRF “trusted sellers” now asking for watch first before payment?

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Originally Posted by rolexbound

Do they TRF members protect their data? See this thread -

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=585641

Seems like there have been incidents of identity theft in this forum, so yeah I would be concerned about posting a watch to anyone without payment.

Just makes me concerned that you are promoting the shipping of valuable watches to people (it doesn't matter who they are IMHO) without payment.

Well that's when it's up to the private seller to make sure he's dealing with the actual person they want to deal with it. I always try to confirm buyers/sellers via multiple methods. As for sending a watch w/o payment, think of the other side of the coin. When a buyer sends a wire (which is basically the same as handing over cash) without a watch, what's the difference? It's a risk either way.

What the "trusted sellers" (by that I mean people who sell here often that have been for a while and have a good history of transactions) has on their side is that they have a KNOWN HISTORY of good transactions. Some random private seller may not.