Thursday, April 16, 2026

Scam alert

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Buyers beware – it’s not business as usual!

That is the caution from Dr Lynette Holder, chief executive officer of the Small Business Association (SBA), and prominent businessman Eddy Abed in reaction to a businessman complaining that he had been scammed by a vendor in China.

Both said that due diligence was paramount as Barbadians become attracted to China’s cheaply priced goods.

Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Association, Dr Lynette Holder . FILE

Businessman Noel Hoyte was featured in last Monday’s paper lamenting that more than two years after ordering aluminum coils from a vendor in China and receiving galvanised metal instead, he has been unable to recover his $32 000.

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