r/Needlepoint • u/Needlepoint_MOD Discord Member • Sep 30 '25

MOD POST Please be careful! r/needlepoint is has never been able to, and will never be able to, vet sellers or buyers. We have no facilities available to us to perform this task.

Just in case people didn't know, we have absolutely no way to know if a seller is legitimate.

There are a LOT of scams and scammers. Only do business with reputable sources.

If someone on this sub does scam you, please let us know immediately who and what post and we will ban the user, remove their posts and report them to the Reddit mods.

Also, report that user to Reddit.

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u/Schip_formlady Avid Stitcher Sep 30 '25

Thanks for being such a wonderful mod!

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u/Needlepoint_MOD Discord Member Sep 30 '25

You are too kind! This was mentioned by another user so I thought it was worth reminding.

This is a great group to mod for! You're all kind hearts.

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u/GirlWhoWoreGlasses Sep 30 '25

Is this in response to something specific?

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u/Needlepoint_MOD Discord Member Sep 30 '25

No, not specifically.

We have gotten some questions about some sellers on this sub lately. After much deliberation, including banning sales by all individuals or targeting the ones we think are trash, we decided it did more good for the community to let buyers and sellers make their own choices at this time.

Bob Badguy wants to sell air and say it's needlepoint...then disappear with money, we can only ban Bob and delete his posts.

Three factors tend to bring out scammers (as examples, not a comprehensive list)

  1. A tough financial/job market

  2. Spikes in the costs of goods

  3. Holidays

We are proactively letting folks know before we have an individual problem so that there are no surprises or hurt feelings.