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Is this stance actionnable in any way ? Also this would apply to basically any entity you make a commercial transaction with. The grocery store, your dentist,
by hrktb 8y ago
Is this stance actionnable in any way ?
Also this would apply to basically any entity you make a commercial transaction with. The grocery store, your dentist, car repairs, bank, hair dresser, highway tolls, tooth brush sites, opticians. Is it still relevant to explicitly warn yourself "in the end they won't work in my favor" when that's basically living your life as a consumer.
- xkcd-sucks 8y agoYes-- For example, there are plenty of scams related to car repair. Some scams result in the customer paying too much for work that's unnecessary/never actually done, and some scams break things to make more work in the future. And then there are the "honest mechanics" who you generally find by literal word of mouth Likewise, some banks scam customers by charging fees for some things (overdraft, minimum balance etc) and then deliberately structure transactions to make a customer's account enter a fee state. For example, running all withdrawals from a 24 hour period before running all the deposits from that time period so the account is temporarily overdrawn. Et cetera. The globally actionable advice might be to keep one's eyes open for signs of scamming, and to keep one's affairs such that damage is minimized + you have alternatives when you confirm that you are being scammed