Moderators should delete all posts that try to sell something. When I moderated a group, it was a rule: no soliciting. So when a post popped up, I deleted it. Also, if I see a post that is soliciting, I report it to the moderators. Nobody needs to sell anything on a FB group. Thanks for the alert!
I am 73 years old . at the age of 72 I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer..I had multiple procedures and surgeries.. my port a Cath became infected and caused sepsis.. in the end I required a bilateral mastectomy to save my life.. it really upsets me when someone lies about it.. cancer stinks ..Chemo stinks
I, too, am a cancer survivor. I found the American Cancer Society to be a sham, just like the International Red Cross, which only cares about money and not helping people. I will keep my money instead of giving it to charity as I am still paying off my bill for surgery.and I will be paying it off for a while,
I am part of the cruising ducks page. Several times I have seen posts about someone having 100 ducks but can no longer go on their cruise and are selling them for $15. I msg one and said I was interested. She then said to send $ via an app I wasn’t familiar with, not PayPal. She asked where to ship and I told her my city and it would be an extra $10 to ship. I asked where she was located and it was a small town not far from me. I said I could pick up and pay cash. That’s when the run around started. Wanted $ up front. Excuses why couldn’t meet in person. I thankfully clued in and let the ducks float away. Since then, I see these posts all the time and warn others
As an admin on a public group with 41K members it is imperitive that people report stuff that needs to be taken down. There are only 2 of us and we could never keep up with our loyal "family" members letting us know about things they see. We have gotten everything from R rated pictures to people selling stuff or bulling other people. It is sad that adults can't act like an adult.
JJ Cruise. This was a very timely and informative post. I was a very naive cruiser and was recently scammed out of $70 dollars buying some tumblers that were advertised on my cruise face book page. It was a lesson for me and one I won’t make again. At 72 years old I used to be a trusting person but sadly these days I no longer am.
Shot glasses, ducks, t shirts.... all scams. I see them in all the FB cruise groups. When I am an ADMIN of a group (which I often am as I book far in advance and there are no groups created yet), I require post approval for the first few posts. It takes more work on my part, but its worth it to keep people safe.
I recently set up a sail group for a cruise we’re in next year, and I added very specific rules that nobody is to try and sell anything. Zero tolerance, I’ll be removing anyone who gets through (and I set some trip specific questions to get in in the first place). Some groups are riddled with fake tshirt tales because the admins got bored and walked away. Funny how travel agents see my rules and then decide not to sign up afterall ha.
I see this every single day because I belong to the FB groups for all my cruises - I have 8 coming up right now. The most common one is, "Can't make it - selling ducks. PM me." Next is, "I'm going to have to fly in - selling tumblers." And the next one is selling t-shirts. One scam has someone saying their kid is autistic and the shirts are to raise money for them. In most cases they turn off commenting so nobody can say "this is a scam - do not DM them." It is SO annoying and frustrating. I report them every time and the good admins remove them right away. Unfortunately, they even get in past the filters you have to answer to get into some groups. Every time I see it my heart sinks, especially when I see how many people saw it and liked it, having no idea how many people actually DM'd them.
Omg my grandson has cancer autism cerebal palsy etc and this hurts my soul. We would never ever try to gain money from this. We cruise on our own dime with him to give him the best life we can .how sad
First of all, nobody's allowed to bring commercial merchandise or make sales on board. Even if someone's legit, they may have their stuff confiscated and or get kicked off the ship.
I wish the admin of my October 22 cruise had blocked all sales posts. I was scammed out of $70 by a post on our cruise page. You did your group a favor.
I have personally only seen this from people I know, and they always said you could pay them cash in person. I would never send money online to someone I didn't know. Good of you to share this with everyone, since everyone is not so savvy!
OMG, I had SO much fun with a scammer for my current cruise. (And it was sweet that someone in the FB cruise group tried to warn me!) I figure any time I divert them and have them answering my questions, they're not bothering anyone else. 🤷♀️
I’m always reporting the T-Shirt scam to the admins. Last time I did, just before the post and “ person” was deleted from the group - the scammer actually threatened me. Told me they would sue me if I continued to say bad things. What a joke. Glad I got a rise out of them!!
Oh man, I did buy a couple of t-shirts through a Facebook group and never once thought of being scammed. I’m proud to say it wasn’t a scam and the group I joined was great. We did magnet and recipe exchange too. We had a meet up and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to see them around the ship and say hi. Too bad some people just like to ruin things for others.
It's not just cruising. Trolls attach Facebook groups from "community yard sales" to "school chocolate sales". I use to sell items in a community group until the harassment was too much. Facelessness turns people into fools. BEWARE
I've been in 2 groups for Carnival that had a lady selling cruise ducks that turned out to be a scam. She got the first person, but the second group "caught her and outed her.
Every single FB group I have joined for my cruises I have seen the scams of "selling" merch for that cruise. I always report to the group Admins (or ban myself when I'm the Admin). And, for those that I'm not the Admin, I reply with "SCAM" so others know. They just SUCK! BTW, it is illegal to use the NCL logo on any merch without their expressed consent.
I always bring stuff on ship to sell. But i always get the money when i get there. I make a lot of custom shot glasses and a lot of other stuff. I also post videos of it being made and have a legit business that can be found online as well have a physical location.
I’ve seen the T-shirt scam many times on Celebrity Facebook cruise groups. The admins usually catch them but I do report them right away. Also beware of the scam that sells you a memory of your cruise when it’s over. I’ve seen slick videos and other stuff.
Who actually wants this stuff to begin with? I just want the memories of what I did on the cruise, not a bunch of junk from it. I'm trying to purge all the junk i currently have from my home.There's no way i'm going to buy more junk.
I see this in so many of my cruise Facebook groups it’s now Stanley Cups they have to sell. The admins have not been handling this very well at least in some of these sailings
Someone always wants to separate you from your money, I ignore all the adds on Facebook. I have known others to order stuff an it never arrived. Thanks for the warning.
I saw last week where somebody posted that they were looking for someone going to the ABC Islands to pick up shot glasses for them from each port and the person would pay them for the glasses and shipping or meet them in Ft. Lauderdale, as they lived there, to pick up the shot glasses. Super sketchy.
Makes it bad for the people who actually do have a business etc. But at the same time, sellers, have a reputable site, i.e etsy, own website, etc and complete the transaction that way. As a small business owner, it is hard also to "take a persons word" especially if creating custom items that they will hold their end of the bargain and pay C.O.D.
I hate these scammers. I wish the group admins would ask more questions before allowing people into a group, especially if it's a private group. Some admins make groups public and allow anyone to join. I avoid those groups. We had a group for a cruise last year where we begged the admin to lock it down and use post approval but she refused, so a bunch of us left and started our own group.
Be aware that some lines prohibit selling cruise related merch while on board. You are welcome to make things and give them away, but not to sell them. It becomes a fine line--how will they know if I brought a first aid item that someone on my cruise asked me to pick up for them while in port, but that is different than selling t-shirts.Botton line is to not send money in advance to ANYONE you don't know.
If you're busy with a terribly sick kid.... WHY WOULD YOU BE BEGGING FOR MONEY FOR A CRUISE ?? If you're begging for money for a VACATION.. People need to help you get... A JOB... Or 3.. And your 1 year old can pass on a cruise... It won't remember a thing about it.. There was a neighbor of mine growing up that had 3 mortgages on they're house and went around to churches and neighbors for money.. guised as needing help for the mortgages ... they got several thousands.. probably could have covered half of what they owed. They promptly took the money , got in their apparently close to being repo-ed motorhome and went on a 2 week camping\cruise vacation... They scammed the whole damn area... The house was apparently already in foreclosure.. the motorhome disappeared.. they snuck out of the neighborhood at night apparently cuz believe me they had NO body to help move or even talk to..
I ran across what you spoke about on a FB group I joined for my cruise. The "cripple kid" scammer posted an appeal to purchase bracelets with the ship name and date of cruise, constructed by the cripple kid using only his teeth or something to that effect. I offered to pay for the kid and his mother, in full, but needed their personal information to do so. Crickets...and the post was gone within the hour. Thank you for the topic.
The one I see most often that involves a kid is the one that says something like "My son with autism designed this shirt and wants to see if you like it. He's watching to see your response. You can buy it at this link".
I need to preface that I don't usually join FB groups, so that is why I wasn't aware of this scam before. I will definitely be vigilant. Thank you for sharing
I saw that shot glass post in my cruise group for Icon of the Seas , April 20th. Someone called her out and she was blocked. I was like, who needs a shot glass anyway, especially when they’ve purchased the drink package???
If you actually fall for this “scam” you should reevaluate your intelligence 🤣 I’ve been in 10s of these groups and it’s clearly obvious these scammer are based in India, or even Nigeria if your lucky lolll, do your due diligence
If it doesn’t link to a reputable site, such as Amazon or Etsy, I won’t send a penny. Sorry. I think it’s crazy people send money to complete strangers in 2024 and are surprised when it’s a scam
I keep seeing cheap cruises for seniors. Unsold cabins for cheap. Meanwhile I’m hearing about oversold ships. I don’t know if any of the cruise sites are real?
I'm an admin of a cruise fb group. The other scam is the xbox they are giving away because their child dird. They ask for shipping money. Had one of those last week.
I literally just saw someone on the fb group for my upcoming cruise advertising the refillable cups like Royal gives for their soda package. I thought, who would do this and travel with a huge bag of cups lol. Thanks for sharing!!
If someone was legitimately selling items, I would ask them if I can give them cash onboard when I see them. If they say no, there is a good chance its a scam. As I just typed this, he said it! There also seems to be a cruising duck scam on these roll call groups. People post pictures of their ducks (usually the same photo) and say they had to cancel their cruise and looking to sell their ducks.
There are a lot of posts for selling ducks. Usually someone says they had to cancel their cruise and want to sell the ducks they purchased. Most of the time it will be several different people using the same pic. So it is easy to spot. The Facebook group of my last cruise asked everyone to report if they noticed them. Eventually they stopped.
How is it possible the cruise operators allow passengers to bring merchandise on the ship to sell to other cruisers? Even though that may have happened in the past, it seems most likely the cruise line doesn’t know it’s happening. Would be a copyright infringement if any official logos were used.
I have never heard that the ducks are a scam. My cousin and I did the ducks. We bought them ourselves,hid them around the ship with a sweet message. Nothing more. So sad if bad apples have turned this cute fun thing into something terrible.
Just a side note; If you order something and say you will pay in cash, please pi k it up and pay. Our last cruise, one of the admins had beads she was selling. She took many orders, but got stuck with about a third of them that never got picked up or paid for.
I’ve seen these post in my upcoming cruise group and the exact same post in an old cruise group that I’m still in I normally grab a couple shot glasses from around the US and give them out when people come have a drink with me and my crew, I see people are even kinda worried about my post even tho I’m giving the away for free
As a crafter that sells items from time to time. It’s not fair to ask us to cover the cost of everything until you get on the ship and then forget you ordered or change your mind. Better idea would be to use a goods and services thru PayPal or other app so that you are covered. I buy things on FB all the time with no issues. It’s a shame scammers are making it so difficult for reputable people.
Thanks much for this. I've seen several posts like that in the group pages of my upcoming sailings. DUCKS are a big thing for sale. If allowed on those pages I will be sharing this video. 😄
Your suggestion of people people just making the stuff and bringing it to the ship won’t really work for the majority of crafters. what will happen as they will invest the money in the shirts, make things for people with their names and their cruise on it and then people won’t show up to pick it up and the crafters gonna be stuck with a shirt with somebody else’s name or the cruise on it that’s gonna be done and what are they supposed to do with all that supply that’s ruined? I’m not sure what the answer is, but that sure won’t be.
These Scammers are mere amateurs....they should ask the purchaser for their address in order to send the tshirts to them prior to the cruise. Then that way, they can just rob their houses whikst they're away on the cruise. Duh...! 🤔😆🤪
We had someone in our upcoming July cruise facebook group say that they had all these ducks to hide but ended up not being able to cruise. They were asking for people to hide them I’m not sure what she asked the people to do once they responded but I alerted our admin and she was booted out of the group.
Wise words Jordan. You have to be very alert sadly enough 😢. I never give money / pay until i see the product in question in my hand .Had quite a few Friends that have been scammed , buying items on Fb or holiday resorts .
Of course people want the money upfront so they can pay for the items when they buy 100 of them, you are delusional if you expect people not to do this cry more.
Watch for this scam. Booked cruise with line, purchased insurance. Within 5 minutes of booking, received email saying insurance was declined and we would be reimbursed with instructions to call them. Figured it was because we were Canadian. Was too busy to call. A few days later noticed we were still being charged for the insurance. Called the cruise line. They assured me that we had insurance. If I had called, I would have “repurchased “ insurance and given my credit card information. Love your channel by the way 😊
People CAN buy those things in the ship's gift shops and even on shore if you go to one of the private cruise islands. They have lots of stuff with the ship logo.
I’m a moderator for our High School Facebook group and I had to change everything to approval mode to stop these sales scammers and spammers. Once I started to clear the scammers, we started to get very graphic porn pictures- so I had to go to the extreme of approving everything prior to posting.
OR Just do not buy things from people in social media. 9 times out of 10 it is a scam. Save your money do not fall for lies.
Moderators should delete all posts that try to sell something. When I moderated a group, it was a rule: no soliciting. So when a post popped up, I deleted it. Also, if I see a post that is soliciting, I report it to the moderators. Nobody needs to sell anything on a FB group. Thanks for the alert!
As a legitimate cancer survivor (8 years!) it infuriates me when people use cancer to scam money from people. It's just an evil thing to do.
We absolutely agree. It’s so evil.
I am 73 years old . at the age of 72 I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer..I had multiple procedures and surgeries.. my port a Cath became infected and caused sepsis.. in the end I required a bilateral mastectomy to save my life.. it really upsets me when someone lies about it.. cancer stinks ..Chemo stinks
I, too, am a cancer survivor. I found the American Cancer Society to be a sham, just like the International Red Cross, which only cares about money and not helping people. I will keep my money instead of giving it to charity as I am still paying off my bill for surgery.and I will be paying it off for a while,
I am part of the cruising ducks page. Several times I have seen posts about someone having 100 ducks but can no longer go on their cruise and are selling them for $15. I msg one and said I was interested. She then said to send $ via an app I wasn’t familiar with, not PayPal. She asked where to ship and I told her my city and it would be an extra $10 to ship. I asked where she was located and it was a small town not far from me. I said I could pick up and pay cash. That’s when the run around started. Wanted $ up front. Excuses why couldn’t meet in person. I thankfully clued in and let the ducks float away. Since then, I see these posts all the time and warn others
OMG! I saw tons of those too 😬
As an admin on a public group with 41K members it is imperitive that people report stuff that needs to be taken down. There are only 2 of us and we could never keep up with our loyal "family" members letting us know about things they see. We have gotten everything from R rated pictures to people selling stuff or bulling other people. It is sad that adults can't act like an adult.
The work of an admin is such hard work. Thank you for everything you do and you are correct- it takes a village!
the big news is that people still use Facebook
This comment made us LOL. 🤣
stop! Can't help I love fb. What's your alternative?
Facebook is for people that have too much time on their hands and like drama
😂 guilty!
JJ Cruise. This was a very timely and informative post. I was a very naive cruiser and was recently scammed out of $70 dollars buying some tumblers that were advertised on my cruise face book page. It was a lesson for me and one I won’t make again. At 72 years old I used to be a trusting person but sadly these days I no longer am.
Why would you buy tumblers you didnt need? Im sure you have enough things to use.
I hate clutter and wasting money.
I barely use social media.
Shot glasses, ducks, t shirts.... all scams. I see them in all the FB cruise groups. When I am an ADMIN of a group (which I often am as I book far in advance and there are no groups created yet), I require post approval for the first few posts. It takes more work on my part, but its worth it to keep people safe.
I recently set up a sail group for a cruise we’re in next year, and I added very specific rules that nobody is to try and sell anything. Zero tolerance, I’ll be removing anyone who gets through (and I set some trip specific questions to get in in the first place). Some groups are riddled with fake tshirt tales because the admins got bored and walked away. Funny how travel agents see my rules and then decide not to sign up afterall ha.
I see this every single day because I belong to the FB groups for all my cruises - I have 8 coming up right now. The most common one is, "Can't make it - selling ducks. PM me." Next is, "I'm going to have to fly in - selling tumblers." And the next one is selling t-shirts. One scam has someone saying their kid is autistic and the shirts are to raise money for them. In most cases they turn off commenting so nobody can say "this is a scam - do not DM them." It is SO annoying and frustrating. I report them every time and the good admins remove them right away. Unfortunately, they even get in past the filters you have to answer to get into some groups. Every time I see it my heart sinks, especially when I see how many people saw it and liked it, having no idea how many people actually DM'd them.
Omg my grandson has cancer autism cerebal palsy etc and this hurts my soul. We would never ever try to gain money from this. We cruise on our own dime with him to give him the best life we can .how sad
The FB groups I've joined always has a rule of no selling of any kind or they will be removed. I appreciate those admins!
Scammers make me so mad!!!
Us too!
First of all, nobody's allowed to bring commercial merchandise or make sales on board. Even if someone's legit, they may have their stuff confiscated and or get kicked off the ship.
I was admin for our cruise group and I made sure posts had to be approved. Sales posts were never approved. Maybe I was mean. Lol
You seem like a great admin to us!
Nope gotta weed through the riff raff!
I wish the admin of my October 22 cruise had blocked all sales posts. I was scammed out of $70 by a post on our cruise page. You did your group a favor.
@carolnichols1900 I see things for sale in a lot of Facebook groups. It's almost always a scam. Sorry to hear about this. Totally sucks
I have personally only seen this from people I know, and they always said you could pay them cash in person. I would never send money online to someone I didn't know. Good of you to share this with everyone, since everyone is not so savvy!
Cash is the way to go! There are so many scams involving people sending money online that you just can’t trust that in any form in 2024!
I avoid Factbook. End.
OMG, I had SO much fun with a scammer for my current cruise. (And it was sweet that someone in the FB cruise group tried to warn me!) I figure any time I divert them and have them answering my questions, they're not bothering anyone else. 🤷♀️
I’m always reporting the T-Shirt scam to the admins. Last time I did, just before the post and “ person” was deleted from the group - the scammer actually threatened me. Told me they would sue me if I continued to say bad things. What a joke. Glad I got a rise out of them!!
It surprises me anyone falls for those tshirt and cup ads in the cruise groups!
The truth is always a defense to slander and liable…. This video alone is grounds for dismissal. Lol
1:38 to get to the point, these guys have a tendency to yap a lot before getting to the point
Tell them that you will pay cash on the ship.
Oh man, I did buy a couple of t-shirts through a Facebook group and never once thought of being scammed. I’m proud to say it wasn’t a scam and the group I joined was great. We did magnet and recipe exchange too. We had a meet up and took pictures. It was a lot of fun to see them around the ship and say hi. Too bad some people just like to ruin things for others.
It's not just cruising. Trolls attach Facebook groups from "community yard sales" to "school chocolate sales". I use to sell items in a community group until the harassment was too much. Facelessness turns people into fools. BEWARE
Very informative and needed, thank you Jordan😊🙏🏾
I've been in 2 groups for Carnival that had a lady selling cruise ducks that turned out to be a scam. She got the first person, but the second group "caught her and outed her.
You can always tell them you will pay them on the cruise that's what I did
Cash only, and pay only when you get the item. That applies everywhere that I do not trust 100%
We agree!
Every single FB group I have joined for my cruises I have seen the scams of "selling" merch for that cruise. I always report to the group Admins (or ban myself when I'm the Admin). And, for those that I'm not the Admin, I reply with "SCAM" so others know. They just SUCK!
BTW, it is illegal to use the NCL logo on any merch without their expressed consent.
Cozumel, if we had not booked our tour through the ship, we would have been left there!
I always bring stuff on ship to sell. But i always get the money when i get there. I make a lot of custom shot glasses and a lot of other stuff. I also post videos of it being made and have a legit business that can be found online as well have a physical location.
I’ve seen the T-shirt scam many times on Celebrity Facebook cruise groups. The admins usually catch them but I do report them right away. Also beware of the scam that sells you a memory of your cruise when it’s over. I’ve seen slick videos and other stuff.
Who actually wants this stuff to begin with? I just want the memories of what I did on the cruise, not a bunch of junk from it. I'm trying to purge all the junk i currently have from my home.There's no way i'm going to buy more junk.
I see this in so many of my cruise Facebook groups it’s now Stanley Cups they have to sell. The admins have not been handling this very well at least in some of these sailings
I agree. I reported it to the admin and they were still able to post multiple times on the cruise page.
Someone always wants to separate you from your money, I ignore all the adds on Facebook. I have known others to order stuff an it never arrived. Thanks for the warning.
I saw last week where somebody posted that they were looking for someone going to the ABC Islands to pick up shot glasses for them from each port and the person would pay them for the glasses and shipping or meet them in Ft. Lauderdale, as they lived there, to pick up the shot glasses. Super sketchy.
Makes it bad for the people who actually do have a business etc. But at the same time, sellers, have a reputable site, i.e etsy, own website, etc and complete the transaction that way. As a small business owner, it is hard also to "take a persons word" especially if creating custom items that they will hold their end of the bargain and pay C.O.D.
I hate these scammers. I wish the group admins would ask more questions before allowing people into a group, especially if it's a private group. Some admins make groups public and allow anyone to join. I avoid those groups. We had a group for a cruise last year where we begged the admin to lock it down and use post approval but she refused, so a bunch of us left and started our own group.
Thank you JJ cruise you guys rock ⚓️⚓️🎩🎩🛳🛳🚢
Thank you very much Bruce!
Be aware that some lines prohibit selling cruise related merch while on board. You are welcome to make things and give them away, but not to sell them. It becomes a fine line--how will they know if I brought a first aid item that someone on my cruise asked me to pick up for them while in port, but that is different than selling t-shirts.Botton line is to not send money in advance to ANYONE you don't know.
If you're busy with a terribly sick kid.... WHY WOULD YOU BE BEGGING FOR MONEY FOR A CRUISE ?? If you're begging for money for a VACATION.. People need to help you get... A JOB... Or 3.. And your 1 year old can pass on a cruise... It won't remember a thing about it..
There was a neighbor of mine growing up that had 3 mortgages on they're house and went around to churches and neighbors for money.. guised as needing help for the mortgages ... they got several thousands.. probably could have covered half of what they owed.
They promptly took the money , got in their apparently close to being repo-ed motorhome and went on a 2 week camping\cruise vacation... They scammed the whole damn area...
The house was apparently already in foreclosure.. the motorhome disappeared.. they snuck out of the neighborhood at night apparently cuz
believe me they had NO body to help move or even talk to..
I ran across what you spoke about on a FB group I joined for my cruise. The "cripple kid" scammer posted an appeal to purchase bracelets with the ship name and date of cruise, constructed by the cripple kid using only his teeth or something to that effect. I offered to pay for the kid and his mother, in full, but needed their personal information to do so.
Crickets...and the post was gone within the hour. Thank you for the topic.
That was incredibly kind of you. Very sad the things people will lie about to make an extra buck.
The one I see most often that involves a kid is the one that says something like "My son with autism designed this shirt and wants to see if you like it. He's watching to see your response. You can buy it at this link".
I need to preface that I don't usually join FB groups, so that is why I wasn't aware of this scam before. I will definitely be vigilant. Thank you for sharing
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and we will always protect you Martine ❤️❤️
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching and we will always protect you Martine ❤️❤️
If you assume that EVERYTHING on Facebook is a scam, you'll be correct 99% of the time.
I saw that shot glass post in my cruise group for Icon of the Seas , April 20th. Someone called her out and she was blocked. I was like, who needs a shot glass anyway, especially when they’ve purchased the drink package???
That’s a great point 🤣!
I don't think any/all cruise companies allow selling of anything by an individual..... so what you are suggesting simply cannot happen.
If you actually fall for this “scam” you should reevaluate your intelligence 🤣 I’ve been in 10s of these groups and it’s clearly obvious these scammer are based in India, or even Nigeria if your lucky lolll, do your due diligence
If it doesn’t link to a reputable site, such as Amazon or Etsy, I won’t send a penny. Sorry. I think it’s crazy people send money to complete strangers in 2024 and are surprised when it’s a scam
I'm so glad I closed my Facebook account 4 years ago.
Stop buying things off of Facebook groups! Problem solved.
Why would ANYONE use Facebook for their cruise?? Not real smart!!
I keep seeing cheap cruises for seniors. Unsold cabins for cheap. Meanwhile I’m hearing about oversold ships. I don’t know if any of the cruise sites are real?
I'm an admin of a cruise fb group. The other scam is the xbox they are giving away because their child dird. They ask for shipping money. Had one of those last week.
Biggest scam was sitting in Celebrity Edge Luminae and being solicited by a staff member to buy a wine bottle opener.
The Invicta watch "sales" are are scam and they cruise puts these on, selling $50 watch for $250.
I literally just saw someone on the fb group for my upcoming cruise advertising the refillable cups like Royal gives for their soda package. I thought, who would do this and travel with a huge bag of cups lol. Thanks for sharing!!
If someone was legitimately selling items, I would ask them if I can give them cash onboard when I see them. If they say no, there is a good chance its a scam. As I just typed this, he said it! There also seems to be a cruising duck scam on these roll call groups. People post pictures of their ducks (usually the same photo) and say they had to cancel their cruise and looking to sell their ducks.
There are a lot of posts for selling ducks. Usually someone says they had to cancel their cruise and want to sell the ducks they purchased. Most of the time it will be several different people using the same pic. So it is easy to spot. The Facebook group of my last cruise asked everyone to report if they noticed them. Eventually they stopped.
How is it possible the cruise operators allow passengers to bring merchandise on the ship to sell to other cruisers? Even though that may have happened in the past, it seems most likely the cruise line doesn’t know it’s happening. Would be a copyright infringement if any official logos were used.
I have never heard that the ducks are a scam. My cousin and I did the ducks. We bought them ourselves,hid them around the ship with a sweet message. Nothing more. So sad if bad apples have turned this cute fun thing into something terrible.
Just a side note; If you order something and say you will pay in cash, please pi k it up and pay. Our last cruise, one of the admins had beads she was selling. She took many orders, but got stuck with about a third of them that never got picked up or paid for.
I’ve seen these post in my upcoming cruise group and the exact same post in an old cruise group that I’m still in
I normally grab a couple shot glasses from around the US and give them out when people come have a drink with me and my crew, I see people are even kinda worried about my post even tho I’m giving the away for free
As a crafter that sells items from time to time. It’s not fair to ask us to cover the cost of everything until you get on the ship and then forget you ordered or change your mind. Better idea would be to use a goods and services thru PayPal or other app so that you are covered. I buy things on FB all the time with no issues. It’s a shame scammers are making it so difficult for reputable people.
Good info. How about a video on the status of your move to the ship. It would be nice to see all the things you have to do to live on a ship.
Thanks much for this. I've seen several posts like that in the group pages of my upcoming sailings. DUCKS are a big thing for sale. If allowed on those pages I will be sharing this video. 😄
Thank you so much for sharing! We hate that this is happening to innocent cruisers 😢
Your suggestion of people people just making the stuff and bringing it to the ship won’t really work for the majority of crafters. what will happen as they will invest the money in the shirts, make things for people with their names and their cruise on it and then people won’t show up to pick it up and the crafters gonna be stuck with a shirt with somebody else’s name or the cruise on it that’s gonna be done and what are they supposed to do with all that supply that’s ruined? I’m not sure what the answer is, but that sure won’t be.
Biggest scam on a cruise ship that I experience are the slot machines in the casino! 😆
These Scammers are mere amateurs....they should ask the purchaser for their address in order to send the tshirts to them prior to the cruise.
Then that way, they can just rob their houses whikst they're away on the cruise.
Duh...! 🤔😆🤪
The train-related FB groups get these kind of scams all the time.
Another reason I have never created a social media account (i.e., Facebook, Tiktok, et al).
Wow! I would never join a Facebook group for any cruise I’ve taken.
I am Facebook not group on cruise Travel agent. By family. Member
We had someone in our upcoming July cruise facebook group say that they had all these ducks to hide but ended up not being able to cruise. They were asking for people to hide them I’m not sure what she asked the people to do once they responded but I alerted our admin and she was booted out of the group.
Yeah I see those 'my autistic son did this t shirt' every day. They're deliberately emotionally manipulative.
Every video of yalls in clickbait.. you legit actually get more interaction if you just posted “cruises” you guys just get annoying…
My husband ordered a suitcase that never showed up. I think he paid $100 for it.
Thank you for the information. This is unfair for those who are legit. Scammers are horrible.
Thank you for sharing, definitely have seen those and thought they were legit. Crazy
Yep. Got scammed on my virgin cruise Facebook page
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The ducks and tumblers scammers were on both of my last cruise facebook pages. these people suck
Wise words Jordan. You have to be very alert sadly enough 😢. I never give money / pay until i see the product in question in my hand .Had quite a few Friends that have been scammed , buying items on Fb or holiday resorts .
Of course people want the money upfront so they can pay for the items when they buy 100 of them, you are delusional if you expect people not to do this cry more.
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How does one find the Facebook groups for a particular cruise?
Does your cruise contract forbid selling items onboard?
There was one on are Facebook group so I heard this is why I didn’t buy anything that I didn’t see in hand really sad
Never had a problem pre lock down.
Pre-pandemic we saw this way less (not really not at all).
I was on the group cruise chat and seen different people selling different stuff, I just ignore it and told them not interested.
It’s social media people. Why are we trusting it ?
I didn't know there was a Facebook page for people cruising on a certain cruise line and week
Who buys things on FB???
I have seen the ducks for sale because they can't make the cruise. 😢
Watch for this scam. Booked cruise with line, purchased insurance. Within 5 minutes of booking, received email saying insurance was declined and we would be reimbursed with instructions to call them. Figured it was because we were Canadian. Was too busy to call. A few days later noticed we were still being charged for the insurance. Called the cruise line. They assured me that we had insurance. If I had called, I would have “repurchased “ insurance and given my credit card information. Love your channel by the way 😊
Thanks for sharing this scam! So glad you didn’t fall for it! 😊
Three cruises a year here. One of those is a suite in the Edge class Celebrity ships.
There are fewer “scammers” than uninformed cruisers.
Yep, shot glasses and tee shirt spam are suuuuper common. I mod and admin 3-4 large cruise groups and we are constantly chasing them away. 😞
People CAN buy those things in the ship's gift shops and even on shore if you go to one of the private cruise islands. They have lots of stuff with the ship logo.
Never tell strangers where and when you won’t be home.
Facebook, never had it never will.
Over two minutes before you get to the real topic.
It hasn’t happened to me but I have heard of people it happened to
I’m a moderator for our High School Facebook group and I had to change everything to approval mode to stop these sales scammers and spammers. Once I started to clear the scammers, we started to get very graphic porn pictures- so I had to go to the extreme of approving everything prior to posting.
It’s so sad, but oh so real
Unsubscribed. You could have said this in half the time of your video. Too much unnecessary gabbing.
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Glad I don’t have FaceBook.