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Re:Tell HN: just made my first dollar on the Internet from m... by bjonathan on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @08:07AM (#2331685)
Sidenote, I dont want to be a buzzkill but be carefull with your 1100$. I worked for an ecommerce website a few months ago, when we launched we received big orders we were so happy but unfortunately it's turn out that we had been scammed by people with stolen credit card. Scammers are always looking for new ecommerce to scam, they love ecommerce that are fresh because it's easier to scam newbies :/

I know nothing about your business, and I wish you all the luck in the world, just wanted to warn you. Congratulations for your work ! (and your energy :) ! )

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Re:Tell HN: just made my first dollar on the Internet from m... by cullenking on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @12:27PM (#2332668)
Since he is selling firearms, he'll be shipping to a FFL located in the state of the purchases. Buying firearms is (usually) highly regulated, so the background and ID checks to complete the purchase should rule out most chances of fraud.
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Re:Tell HN: just made my first dollar on the Internet from m... by andrewtbham on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @12:07PM (#2332574)
I also had serious problems with stolen credit cards with my first web site. after a while you can get a feel for who is a scammer... like they often use free accounts like yahoo or hotmail. also, if you google for their ip address and it's on a list of open proxies... you've been scammed.
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