Exclusive data from the NAB shows customer reports of buying and selling scams spiked in the final quarter of 2023, with most occurring through online marketplaces and social media.<\/p>\n
Supintendent Jackson said the man was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital and investigators were yet to speak with him.<\/p>\n
He said witnesses at the man’s home had helped officers identify the alleged offenders, but no arrests had been made.<\/p>\n
“The information we have from doctors is that the injuries to his spine are significant and it’ll be some time before they can fully determine what recovery looks like for him,” Supintendent Jackson said.<\/p>\n
“We are canvassing CCTV footage to identify their (the alleged offenders) mode of travel to the address and our investigations will continue.”<\/p>\n
A Princess Alexandra Hospital spokesperson said the injured man was in a stable condition.<\/p>\n
Online sales warning<\/p>\n
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission states that most consumer guarantees do not apply to private sales between two people.<\/p>\n
That means getting a refund can be difficult, if the buyer and seller disagree.<\/p>\n
Superintendent Jackson said while disputes over private sales appeared to be more frequent with the popularity of online selling platforms, disagreements over the sales of second-hand goods were a long-standing issue.<\/p>\n
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Police are rarely involved in online sales disputes, unless a crime has been committed. (ABC News: Lucas HIll)<\/p>\n
“We’re probably more aware of these sorts of things happening because they are reported more now than they were in the days of the Trading Post,” he said.<\/p>\n
“However, to use violence against someone, there’s never justification for that.<\/p>\n
“That’s where police will step in and take appropriate action.”<\/p>\n
He advised buyers and sellers to put “safety measures in place when engaging in online sales.”<\/p>\n
“Have someone else with you if you’re buying or selling something,” he said.<\/p>\n
“If at all possible, meet in a generic, public location when you’re selling something just to protect your home address.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 52-year-old man is in hospital with a suspected broken spine after allegedly being thrown through a verandah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24278,64,63,47990,5865,48,47988,2485,47989,44,1158,15927],"class_list":["post-58701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-assault","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-broken-spine","tag-car","tag-crime","tag-facebook-marketplace","tag-gold-coast","tag-grievous-bodily-harm","tag-news","tag-police","tag-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}