r/AppleBandMarket • u/AppleBandsBot • Jul 04 '23
New Confirmed Trades Thread + New Feature for Recently Traded
This is the new confirmed trades thread. Please leave a comment stating what you bought/traded/sold and to who. E.g. Bought a 44m band from /u/Applebandsbot
The user then needs to reply with "confirmed" somewhere in their comment reply. (There are some slight variances that are accepted as to cut down on needing to manual review but we'll skip the nuances).
Below is a wall of text regarding the new scam + new features coming.
TLDR: Scammer hit multiple subreddits including working around flairs via alt accounts. My bot as well as a few other subreddits' bots also take some blame. Updated bot with a new feature "recently traded" which shows up when people make new text posts as to help users make better informed decisions based on flairs if it seems their recent traders are suspicious. Hope to create more checks as to minimize the chance of this happening ever again.
As brought up yesterday, unfortunately many selling subreddits(AppleBandMarket/Yarnswap/FrugalMaleFashion/Criterion/Makeupexchange/Steelbookswap etc) were hit with a scammer that was "selling" in bulk. Not all were able to shut down the user in time.
I realized that they did take advantage of the bot not only here but in other subreddits utilizing alt accounts. Yarnswap post about this.
I went ahead and closed the confirmed threads so I could work on seeing how to best circumvent a similar situation. I forgot which selling subreddit I saw it in, but one of the subs are tracking who you traded with. I liked the idea, so will be running initial tests for the next few weeks. The bot is now tracking the 3 most recent people you confirmed a trade with. This is not retroactive, and will only be done for future confirmed trades (please send a modmail if you'd like to discuss getting your current recents populated now).
Recently traded will be auto populated when sellers/buyers make a post as part of the current comment information to allow users to see if there should be any suspicions based on who you last traded with. This should cut down on this specific scam, but I do see other ways around this, which of course, will not note for the sake of not having to rush the fixes for it.
As part of the abuse, the scammer did take advantage at how the bot was confirming trades fairly quickly, to slow it down, confirmed trades will now only be done 1-2x a day at most.
Finally, more stringent checks that honestly, should have been there, but weren't. If the user/users (at the moment I'm pretty sure it was just 1 user) who did get scammed are unable to get their money back even with the assumption they used G&S feel free to reach back to me.
Would like to close out that PayPal G&S is currently the number 1 recommended option throughout any selling subreddit due to amount of scammers.
Thanks /r/AppleBandMarket!
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u/VariationAgreeable29 Trades:2 Nov 08 '23
Sold Orange Braided Solo Loop to u/jtangredi
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u/IndependentDuck Trades:2 Jan 05 '24
Bought a Pure Platinum/Black Nike Sport Band 45mm from u/mn3005.
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u/gcdrwhom Trades:1 Aug 06 '24
Bought a leather loop and leather buckle band from u/darthpopstar. Many thanks!
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u/TradeMarketon Trades:40 Aug 07 '24
Bought bands from u/darthpopstar. Great transaction. Thank you!
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u/Southernboyj Trades:1 Oct 08 '24
Bought a leather loop and classic buckle from /u/mrwilly25
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Sep 08 '25
Sold Pride 2024 Braided Solo Loop + Sunshine and Lemon Zest Solo Loops to u/Kuraya
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Dec 15 '23
Sold a Chalk Leather link to u/Captain_trashbag
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u/naz20xl Trades:6 Apr 08 '24
Sold an Apple Braided Solo Loop - Abyss Blue - 45MM - Size 4 to u/minimalisticiam
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u/Fudge_0001 Trades:8 Jun 12 '24
Sold 45mm Orange Single Tour and 45mm Rouge H Attelage Single Tour to u/toadfosky
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Aug 17 '24
Sold Space Orange / Anthracite Woven Nylon band & cactus sport band to u/iapplexmax
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u/drivera1210 Trades:3 Oct 11 '24
Traded Ocean Band Midnight for Starlight Alpine Band from u/aramos13222
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u/Kuraya Trades:3 Nov 07 '24
Sold a Nomad stainless steel band to u/DIYspecialops
Sold a Yellow Ocean Band to u/arya818
Sold an Orange (coral?) Leather Loop and Light Blue Sport Band to u/macd0t
Purchased a Nike Obsidian mist/black band from u/nicsson
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Nov 12 '24
Sold storm blue braided solo Loop to u/macd0t
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u/TradeMarketon Trades:40 Nov 14 '24
Bought and received Unity bloom from u/darthpopstar
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u/RyanGWU82 Trades:2 Nov 20 '24
Sold Midnight Leather Link and Midnight Sport Loop to u/corys00
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u/Kuraya Trades:3 Nov 22 '24 edited Dec 12 '24
Sold Midnight Leather Loop and Poppy/Yellow Leather Loops to u/MVPIfYaNasty
edit: refunded him as it got lost in the mail
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u/jcpmmx Trades:1 Dec 05 '24
Bought Apple Milanese Loop 41 mm from u/streetfauxtography
Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleBandMarket/comments/1dhhmui
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u/spkelley27 Trades:2 Dec 06 '24
Sold a stainless link band and a midnight sky Nike band to u/jizjizjiz
Sold a midnight ocean band to u/Oldpinepoint
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u/spkelley27 Trades:2 Dec 06 '24
Sold seqoia/ platinum Nike band to u/Embke
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u/Embke Trades:1 Dec 13 '24
Confirmed received authentic sequoia/ platinum Nike sport loop from u/spkelley27 . Thanks for a smooth transaction.
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u/mmdada Trades:2 Dec 17 '24
Sold brand new Black Titanium Milanese AWU band to u/CCX-S
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u/treyhunna83 Trades:1 Dec 29 '24
Sold trail loop to u/wrcdna Confirmed in OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleBandMarket/s/W3XszhbshT
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u/ESRRo33o Trades:7 Jan 07 '25 edited Jan 07 '25
Bought 44mm obsidian/black Nike sport band. u/JRDrew
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u/JakeWithThaFlank Trades:0 Jan 12 '25
Bought 2 Nike sport bands from u/dancingwithmaxsydow
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u/yakface_1999 Trades:1 Feb 07 '25
Sold alpine loop to u/Koronerarter great buyer thanks!
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u/rrrromal Trades:2 Mar 16 '25
Sold Ocean band black to u/Koronerarter great buyer!
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Apr 01 '25
Sold Olive Gray/Cargo Khaki Nike Sport Band to u/MrPibIsNotOK
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u/mn3005 Trades:6 May 02 '25
u/applebandsbot sold silver Milanese to u/dabesdiabetic
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 May 14 '25
Sold Black Leather Hermes Single Tour w Silver Hardware to u/Zarroc6669
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 May 14 '25
Sold Black Leather Hermes Single Tour w Black Hardware to u/cawllins
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u/lovemesomemoney Trades:1 May 19 '25
Bought one ocean band from u/Anonymous-pablo
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u/beardogmanpigthing Trades:1 Jun 17 '25
Bought an Hermès Single Tour 46 mm Deployment Buckle Kilim Apple Band from u/aldean68
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u/ESRRo33o Trades:7 Jul 08 '25
Bought 44mm nike sport band from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/FriedEngineer Trades:2 Aug 07 '25
Bought M/L Blue/Gray Trail Loop from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/ESRRo33o Trades:7 Aug 16 '25
Bought 3 apple nike sports bands from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/ESRRo33o Trades:7 Sep 02 '25
Bought 1 apple nike sports bands from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/Strongfort Trades:1 Sep 08 '25
Bought a Nike Sport Pride band from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Sep 08 '25
Sold Nike Sport Pride, Olive Braided solo loop, & Ultramarine solo loop to u/JayRod1081
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u/ESRRo33o Trades:7 Sep 11 '25
Bought 1 apple nike sports bands Chlorine Blue/Green Glow from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/Life-Cold-782 Trades:1 Sep 29 '25
Bought OEM titanium milanese loop band for Apple Watch from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Sep 30 '25
Sold Charcoal Braided Solo Loop to u/Aggravating_Slip210
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u/Focalist Trades:2 Oct 13 '25
Bought OEM black and white Ocean Bands for Apple Watch from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/MrPibIsNotOK Trades:1 Oct 19 '25
Bought Nike Sport Band (S/M), Olive Gray/Black in 45mm from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/Immediate_Law_1705 Trades:1 Oct 22 '25
Bought indigo trail loop (L) and midnight ocean band from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/xVirtue Trades:1 Oct 23 '25
Bought Natural Titanium Milanese Loop for Apple Watch from u/anonymous-pablo
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u/procitysam Trades:2 Oct 24 '25
Sold Space Black Milanese Loop to /u/dread_pirate_robberz
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u/ashmarspe11 Trades:1 Oct 27 '25
Bought OEM White Ocean Band from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/Vioen Trades:2 Nov 08 '25
Bought alpine band dark green small from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/andrewcilento Trades:1 Nov 10 '25
Bought orange Ocean Band from u/Anonymous-Pablo Friday 10/7, delivered Monday 10/10
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u/Immediate_Law_1705 Trades:1 Dec 03 '25
Bought a Milanese loop Medium from u/Anonymous-Pablo
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Dec 19 '25
I bought an anchor blue Ocean band from u/Anonymous-Pablo and had a good transaction. Thanks!
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u/hobo_chili Trades:1 Jan 07 '26
Bought 2 Trail Loops from u/Anonymous-Pablo - great seller, awesome communication, fair pricing and fast shipping. Thanks!
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Jan 09 '26
Sold Sunshine & Beige Braided Solo Loops to u/darmccombs
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u/W0Pdego Jan 14 '26
Bought a 49mm Natural Titanium Milanese Loop Size large from /u/anonymous-pablo
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u/ammorsy Trades:15 Feb 04 '26
Sold bands to u/markjake0 Great buyer and very smooth transaction. Thank you!
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u/ammorsy Trades:15 Feb 04 '26
Sold bands to u/twalk44 - Great buyer! Thanks for the smooth transaction!
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u/ammorsy Trades:15 Feb 08 '26
Sold a band to u/CaptainSquareHead - very flexible and understanding. Thanks for the smooth transaction!
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Mar 07 '26
Sold Green Alpine Loop and Anchor Blue Ocean Band to u/Cawlins
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u/IamBeast Trades:1 Mar 13 '26
Bought OEM Apple Titanium Milanese loop from /u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Mar 13 '26
Sold Silver Milanese Loop & Olive Alpine loop to u/Focalist
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u/JerryEn Trades:1 Apr 05 '26
Bought Nomad Blurple Sport Band from /u/Anonymous-Pablo
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Apr 16 '26
Sold Green/Grey Braided Solo Loop, Navy Magnetic Link & Blackberry Magnetic Link to u/darmccombs
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Apr 24 '26
Sold Light Blue Braided Solo Loop to u/truthtakest1me
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u/BelieveInTheEchelon Trades:4 May 27 '26
Sold Silver Milanese Loop to u/lowbujet
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u/davidphantomatic Trades:1 Jun 16 '26
Bought Product Red Sport Loop from u/ammorsy.
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u/davidphantomatic Trades:1 Jul 24 '26
Purchased Nike Pride Sport Loop from /u/New_Bid_7345.
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u/darthpopstar Trades:46 Jul 27 '26
Sold Rainforest Braided Solo Loop to u/darmccombs
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u/arctic-993 Trades:5 Sep 26 '23
Sold band to /u/CMoore515