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Wedding Day Ruined

A Facebook ad for “affordable photography” caught Natalie Barney’s eye at just the right moment of her wedding’s planning process. The images on the photographer’s portfolio looked impressive. She was quoted a great price for 100 images which she accepted, booking the date. Little did she know that she was viewing wedding images gleaned off sites like Pinterest and not the original work of the photographer.

On the day of the wedding, the photographer reported that she was having “camera issues” which, as it turned out, were the result of the photographer having zero understanding of how shutter speed and camera focus work. The end result was that the images from the event were completely unusable. They were underexposed, blurry, and awkwardly framed. The couple had to rely on friends and family who had taken their own photographs of the wedding for memories of their special day. The photographer consoled the upset bride with the promise of a free family photoshoot on a future date. When the dressed-up newlyweds arrived at the new shoot location, they were stood up by the photographer’s no-show.

Headlines like these seem to pop up with regularity: “Bride Shafted by Photographer, Never Received Images.” “Wedding Couple Devastated by Blurry Photographs.” The reason for these incidents is obvious, that there will always be amateur photographers naive enough to jump into a paid wedding with little to no skills, and there will always be brides on a budget who fall victim to their confidence.

Having a wedding on a budget is understandable. Ripping someone off with a fake portfolio and ruining a cherished memory is not. Thanks to Paysho, no one ever has to go through such an experience, especially on a day as important as their wedding day. If the Natalie and her fiance had used Paysho to facilitate the transaction, Paysho would have safeguarded their money for them and only released it after they had confirmed that they were happy with the service they received. Based on how the events of the day turned out, they would have received all their money back.

Paysho not only protects buyers of physical goods but of services as well. You can click here for more information on how Paysho works.

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Buyer Protection Against Dishonest Contractors

A few months ago, Carte Blanche flighted an episode on which a Johannesburg pool contractor was accused of scamming several home owners out of huge amounts of money. The story goes that the contractor would collect a 50-70% deposit, arrive on site to dig a massive hole on the ground, leave and never be seen again…


Thousands of homeowners have lost hundreds of thousands of Rands to dishonest builders, carpenters, plumbers and other contractors who have talked a good game, collected a deposit and then disappeared into thin air. In some instances, the contractor does complete the job but does so in such a shoddy manner that sometimes another contractor has to be hired to fix the mess. 


Admittedly, most contractors do a good job. And when they mess up, the vast majority put it right at once. But there is a minority out there who will do a bad job and then find ways to avoid putting it right or simply disappear without completing the job after being paid a deposit or the full amount.


Thanks to Paysho, you no longer have to worry about people running off with your hard-earned money or delivering poor workmanship. Paysho does not only provide buyer protection for physical goods but for services as well. With Paysho, your money is always 100% safe. Guaranteed


And there is usually no obvious way to tell good the good guys from the bad guys because the bad ones don’t look or sound like bad ones.


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Beware of COVID-19 Scams

One silver lining that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about is the large number of South Africans who have been able to generate an income for themselves by selling different kinds of personal protective equipment including masks, face shields, sanitizer dispensers etc…

Although no formal studies have been done with regards to the revenue that has so far been generated through the buying and selling of this equipment, the surge in the number of related social media posts, websites and classifieds adverts suggests that it is likely to run into hundreds of millions of Rands.

Many of these websites, social media posts and classifieds adverts will be from honest sellers. However, there will also be people that seek to take advantage of unwary buyers and scamming them out of their hard-earned money. Without proper precautions, the goods that a buyer receives may not match what they paid for. Or, worse yet, they may not receive the goods at all.

One way to guarantee that as a buyer you 1) receive the goods you’ve paid for and 2) that they are of the correct standard and quality is to use a reputable escrow service like Paysho to facilitate your payments.

How Paysho works:

  1. The buyer and the seller agree to the terms of the transaction.
  2. Paysho collects the funds from the buyer and the seller is notified that the funds have been secured.
  3. The seller ships the agreed goods to the buyer
  4. The buyer receives and inspects the goods
  5. If the buyer accepts the goods, Paysho releases the funds to the seller.

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Online Classifieds

According to Gumtree, the most popular searches under Used Electronics on their platform are as follows:

1. PS4

2. iPhone

3. Xbox One

4. Apple Watch

5. Playstation 4

6. iPhone X

7. iPhone 6

8. iPhone 7

9. iPhone 11

10. Drone

The searches are most likely made by a combination of buyers looking to find some good deals and sellers looking to sell their unwanted phones, game consoles etc… Classifieds platforms like Gumtree are great in that they are able to remove all geographical boundaries and limitations and make it possible for people to buy or sell from and to anyone anywhere South Africa.

Unfortunately, these searches also include those from scammers who are on the prowl, looking for their next victim. These are people who have made it their business to scam others out of their hard-earned money. And these people don’t look or sound like scammers, making it extremely difficult to know who you can trust and who you can’t.

The two ways to protect yourself from them are by: – only buying or selling from or to people that you can meet face to face or using Paysho to facilitate all your transactions when dealing with a stranger.

That way, you are always guaranteed to either receive what you pay for and if you are selling, always get paid for your goods.

Click here to learn more about how Paysho can protect and allow you to buy and sell with complete peace of mind.

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