Top 5 precautions before buying on OLX.com

Buy And Sell On OLX Safely And Securely!

Online classified sites are becoming a trend nowadays. With

newspapers being the media of past, People moved on and are enjoying internet and smartphones. People are finally learning how to get benefits from internet. Like all the other necessities of life that are on the internet there are many sites where people buy and sell their old things with the help of classified sites. People can put ads for free and sell things or buy things directly from other people without any kind of hassle.
OLX is the best site in Pakistan that is renowned as a classified site and where thousands of people post their ads to buy or sell things or services. But many times people often try to scam others and also rob others out of their things by posting fake listings or deals that lure people to them so they can steal from them.

While most of the time people take precautions sometime people often get robbed because of poor decisions they make and end up being robbed or worse!

These are some of the precautions that you can take when dealing on OLX and make safe trades......

1. Always meet the other person in public place! Never go to his home or his chosen place if there are not a lot of people! Many times we get wrong people and if we are in public then we can avoid some pretty bad situations simply by staying there and calling for help!
2. When dealing with a complete stranger its best that you take someone with you and never go alone as many times people can overpower you but if you go with a friend or relative then you can be helped and you can avoid nasty situation!
3. Never give the item or let the other person take your thing without payment as most of the time people run away with your thing in their hand without paying so its best that you never handout your mobile or whatever you are selling to the other person unless you think they can be trusted!
4. Never take cheque or any kind of payment method that can be easily be faked as most of the time you will be provided useless options by the buyers! Always deal in cash and take cash! When buying expensive things from strangers always keep the cash on to your friend as most of the time scammers and thieves try to rob you out of your money and if you give the money to your friend for safe keeping, you can signal him anytime to give you money after you inspect the product properly. This way you can easily avoid getting robbed!
5. Always check! This is the basic rule of online trading is to always check if the thing you are buying isn't defective as most of the time you get handed out defective things and defective items which are useless and are rigged to work just as long as you are purchasing. Take a friend with you who have knowledge of the thing you are purchasing if you don't have knowledge!