the PDF metadata thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down
the PDF metadata thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Nearly paid a cloned storefront. Caught it because one character in the domain was wrong and I paste rather than type. The directory deliberately separates "we have nothing on…
Domain age, registrar and certificate issuance date are all public and take about a minute to check. A site claiming years of history on a months-old domain is the cheapest signal available.
Cloned storefronts copy assets, layout and testimonial text. What they cannot easily copy is a batch-specific document that ties to a lot you can then have tested independently.
Agreed on the no-names rule. It protects the board and it protects people who turn out to be wrong.
the pattern repeats because it works, not because people are stupid
Push back: "nobody has tested them" is a fact about this board, not a fact about the company. Say the first one.
ask for a batch-specific document before you send anything
Reported something here with dates and screenshots and was asked for the document trail. Fair challenge, and it made the report worth reading.
group buys concentrate risk in one person and nobody plans for that
Yes — describe the sequence of events with dates. That is a report. Adjectives are not.
What dates are we talking about — order, payment, last contact?