I'm seeing a lot of Venmo bashing here, but I think it's a great service and these people just used it wrong. Even with a 'merchant transaction', all you had to

I'm seeing a lot of Venmo bashing here, but I think it's a great service and these people just used it wrong. Even with a 'merchant transaction', all you had to do was click 'Withdraw' so that the money was on the way to your bank account before sending the buyer whatever they got. I thought it was already pretty clear that a Venmo balance isn't real money yet, it's just Venmo showing you your potential balance if you want to withdraw. I can see how they should make it more clear, but the people who got scammed were also not very well informed.