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It's rather interesting that the mods aren't getting involved even though the scammer himself admitted to attempted extortion and justified it by saying that the buying party isn't a "nice person". Even if he was "joking" about extorting him, it resulted in a scam.
Facts are as follows:
-Buyer paid.
-Buyer and/or the buyer's employees assumed good faith and didn't see a reason to doubt the seller or his intentions, and therefore haven't changed the password. It's quite common for the details to remain the same for quite a while, because you assume that the seller won't attempt anything childish, or even worse.
I think that it's obvious what needs to be done here. No amount of either one of us disliking someone's personality or their views on the world (immigration, etc) can justify extorting them or scamming them.
If the user can't return the subreddit to the buyer, then he should issue a full refund, and a public apology. Anything short of that isn't something that either of us should stand by.
He attempted to extort, and eventually scammed the user. That calls for least of all a permanent banishment from GFY.
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