IF you were a con artist, the first step is to build trust.
Then, abuse it later on.
This happened to a friend of mine, in buisness, ordering stuff from overseas.
So, you start as a legitimate buisness. You sell stuff on the cheap, to become a preferred provider, and build up large volumes of traffic. You honour your lost/stolen warranties promise.
All these things make you no money, but does build up a good reputation/ large customer base, which spreads through word of mouth, and online reviews.
Then, when the time is right…just stop sending, while still collecting money.
You will probably have a window of a few months, to string people along, buy extra time, speak bullshit with no intention of honouring it, outright lie to people, promise the world while delivering an atlas, all the while taking them for a ride. Also, use some DARVO, qhen people start getting angry / hostile/ questioning you…
All too late, do they finally realise they are dealing with a con artist, who has fleeced them, and was always out to rip people off…
Kinda like trump, in the US election cycle now…
Moral of the story, always pay via paypal, with their money back guarantee…
And, dont vote for orange skinned pathological liars / rapists / theives…!!