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I've been eBaying for maybe 5 months now and I've learned so much so fast. Ran into a bunch of scams and dealt with every single one successfully, bar one which I paid postage on.

Top scams I've dealt with:

* INAD- Item not as described, guy says item isn't in the right measurement settings on the screen, wants a refund or replacement. Apologize but show him the listing he paid for, show him pictures of the matching item, tell him how to calculate the new one etc. Eventually let it go to claim where he loses.

* INR- Item not received, buyer claims it never arrived. Show him proof of postage WITHOUT the fact it wasn't tracked. Tell him I'm happy to launch an investigation with Royal Mail to locate his item, but that they may check at his home to verify the item hasn't been received (scare tactics). Eventually drops. Have had this 3 times before I started tracking expensive items.

* ITEM FAULTY- Claims item didn't work, sent convincing screenshots. This is the one I paid postage for, but I helped him as best I could and googled the shit out of the error etc first.

What you can see is that to eliminate 99% of scams you need to:

>Be genuinely helpful and treat them at near face value BUT also protect yourself in case it does go to a case.
>Package your items with a barcode on the box, even a fake one
>Mention an investigation and the words MAIL FRAUD & PROSECUTION if you're pretty sure it's a scammer

Other things:
>Require immediate payment for big items
>Require no negative feedback & no open cases etc
>Exclude certain countries in certain situations

It's a learning process and PayPal in particular are awful at keeping sellers safe, but it's manageable.

I haven't ran into a scam I couldn't deal with yet.

>>1455963
How does you making passive income have any bearing whatsoever on whether your words constitute a plan or not? They don't.

"I want to make passive income" is a statement
"I will earn $n passive income by xx-xx-16 by accomplishing X, Y and implementing Z" is.

Also for what it's worth I did passive income via advertising and renewal membership almost a decade ago and learned that there's no such thing as passive income and that, as with everything, you get out what you put in. This is especially true in your case when you have no numbers or targets.

but also while I'm on the angle, here's a near-passive-income business model in a nutshell:

* Register domain & hosting, open instagram/twitter/facebook group accounts
* Pick an image category, source 1825 high resolution images of said category
* Use a script to automate daily posting with a line of text/links/details for each
* Compile a high quality digital print in the meantime
* Once user base is high enough sell the digital print
???
Passive income approx $40,000 turnover per year for less than a months work
Example: http://cabinporn.com/

You're welcome.

>>1451243
>Is Google run by liberals who will ban you for the most right winged topic?
Two questions, no to the first and no to the second.

>Does Google not approve of 18+ sites?
Misimplied question, the answer is no either way.

>I know bikinis are bad but what about a girls in yoga pants?
As above.

>What if no one visits my site and all of a sudden it becomes popular? Will Google be able to see where they're coming from like I do? (I.g., reddit)
As above. This is the stupidest question so far.

>anyhting else I'm missing?
Braincells. Google isn't a person and it's a lot smarter than you are, stop trying to outsmart the internet and understand what you're actually asking.

>>1451285
>I want to make apps later if all fails so I can spam my ads to stupid kids that like to tap everything so quickly.
That's not how advertising works. The intent of an ad is to gain custom.

>Why so it won't look suspicious that I'm asking questions?
>Wouldn't it be smart to want a record of me asking questions so I can use it in in the event I get banned?
>Anything hidden I should know about? can't be this easy desu--
You are neither astute nor intelligent enough to prosper from AdSense alone, I advise you seek other methods.


It sounds like you picked a topic randomly out of your ass and decided to pick adsense before even figuring out your numbers and your market.

Get a job stacking shelves, it'll pay you a lot more and save you more time than this.