I can understand your frustration but I would dial it down a little...
To extent you are right being a Plat is not a pathway to 100% trust, but if you took a dispassionate look, then you'd not continue with this view and disrespect the unpaid Mods
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To extent you are right being a Plat is not a pathway to 100% trust, but if you took a dispassionate look, then you'd not continue with this view and disrespect the unpaid Mods
Oh I'm so terribly sorry you feel obliged to be here. Are we twisting you arm or coercing you?
You are not required to spend £8, no sir, you can buy and sell for absolutely no money here. It's a FREE resource to you but costs money to the owner and all we ask is a measly 20 posts.
Or go elsewhere, your call entirely.
With your current attitude though I'm quite tempted to prevent access for a month to give you time to get a feel for the place, y'know, see how we like things to work here. For free.
3-5 hours, I'd consider that speed posting to get what you desired and that was access to the sales forum.
Also just because you'll have access doesn't mean that people will want to buy, there are other means such as facebook groups to sell
Also just because you'll have access doesn't mean that people will want to buy, there are other means such as facebook groups to sell
What do these people want us to do? Give in and hand them the keys to the classifieds?
What a moron.
What a moron.
Bit the bullet and bought plat in order to sell, still no guarantee that he will sell though.
More haste less speed
More haste less speed
i hope that day never comes :/ Ive never had to seek help from the mods but i have seen you guys go above and beyond to help out those who have been scammed and wronged. I appreciate each and every thing you guys do to protect us from fraud and scammers. you don't do it because you have to, you do it because you couldn't sit back and watch someone be wronged in any way.
Keep up the great work
as for upping the cap, I'm all for it. I'm like a lot of people, including yourselves, that are noticing the spam posting users when just browsing the site. it always makes me laugh as i know as soon as hit 20 doing it, POOF! its back to 0.
I know a lot of people come to these forums purely to buy and sell but that's not the primary use of this place! Yes when i first joined here, i came to buy something but i then started exploring more of the forum, picking up tips, finding out about teams, reading up on users unique ideas and inventions. I have even added my own ideas and thoughts to discussions, That's how the forum should be used!
If i were in control, I would be a lot stricter. yep 50 posts minimum, constructive posts on threads less than a couple of months old. Commenting on a thread years old would automatically reset the count to 0 each and EVERY time. Id also have a waiting period of 2-3 days before allowing them access to see what they would do. Id hope they would continue to post up and be constructive within the community. If they didn't, id add an extra day or so. If it turned out they were just waiting it out to just get into the sales area, id keep them restricted without giving them a reason why. Oh and i would remove the platinum membership as a way to bypass the restriction. not sure how plat works, think it means giving the mods your details but whats stopping people using fake addresses or such?
but hey, thats just me
This a debate with no real right or wrong answer regarding the system of being able to sell crap on ze forums..maybe have to wrestle a mod of your choice in a jelly bath wearing a mankini? Now that is entertainment!
I'm not thinking of a vouch system like that on UKs, I'm thinking of a vouch system that puts members directly responsible for sorting the issues of those they vouch for.Personally I dislike the vouch model... because whoever vouches for them is not necessarily going to step in and address if an issues arises. You probably would, plus I'm sure some others will as well. However there are limitations, most would offer to get comms flowing if there is an issue, but how many would address a financial issue?
In addition, static data (like team affiliation) can go stale and how do you ensure it's validated regularly?
As I posted earlier, I still think that if someone wants to post, they can bypass this by opting to pay for Plat membership. Given the relative low cost compared to other methods of sale (such as eBay fees) it is an option they should be encouraged to opt for... maybe they dont realise this?
Plus as a Plat you get a vouch model - feedback
It would help the mods weed out problem members and offer support to them when there's an issue. A system like this would mean we'd only vouch for people we knew and could contact / chase easily
Question is, say you vouch for someone in good faith on a marker sale then to the surprise of everyone it goes tits up, how do we force you to be responsible? Would you be able to, or be happy to stump up hundreds of pounds to cover someone's loss?