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At what point were they having you send the money they just sent you back to them, but in a different form? Did your company have you wire to some random bank a

by roperj 4y ago

At what point were they having you send the money they just sent you back to them, but in a different form? Did your company have you wire to some random bank account? I assume not. These are not the same scenarios at all. For one thing even if the company never reimbursed you - it wasn’t an outright scam, you did get a flight. The scam scenario you are literally just sending money to a scammer - with the extra flourish of getting a fake check. What you say about expensing is not unusual and there a number of reasons for it. It does offload the onus of correctly making reservations, putting in KTIN and immigration info on you. And then the big one is that I get all the travel card benefits (points). I even prefer it this way.

vertis 4y ago
The point is not that it's the same though, it's that companies can behave in seemingly weird ways, to an outsider some of these behaviours might even appear scammish or risky (and it probably is risky to by the flight ticket on the guarantee that your employer will pay you back, what if they decide it wasn't an approved trip belatedly).
- roperj 4y ago
  > it's that companies can behave in seemingly weird ways, to an outsider some of these behaviours might even appear scammish or risky This is no more inherently scammish than my relationship with my credit card company or any time one agrees to pay later (which is the norm of how businesses with supply chains operate). The point is there’s no need to use some ill defined concept of weird. Where is the money going and what is the purpose? If someone is giving you an unbacked check and requesting a wire transfer to themselves it’s a scam. While agreeing to be paid later for an unrelated good or service has some amount of risk it isn’t a scam. And there are clear benefits to booking your own plane tickets.

by roperj 4y ago

vertis 4y ago

The point is not that it's the same though, it's that companies can behave in seemingly weird ways, to an outsider some of these behaviours might even appear scammish or risky (and it probably is risky to by the flight ticket on the guarantee that your employer will pay you back, what if they decide it wasn't an approved trip belatedly).

roperj 4y ago
> it's that companies can behave in seemingly weird ways, to an outsider some of these behaviours might even appear scammish or risky This is no more inherently scammish than my relationship with my credit card company or any time one agrees to pay later (which is the norm of how businesses with supply chains operate). The point is there’s no need to use some ill defined concept of weird. Where is the money going and what is the purpose? If someone is giving you an unbacked check and requesting a wire transfer to themselves it’s a scam. While agreeing to be paid later for an unrelated good or service has some amount of risk it isn’t a scam. And there are clear benefits to booking your own plane tickets.