Insufficient privileges

[Jim Jam]

This may not have started as a commercial site but it surely is now.The lead thread on the home page is robbo selling his new gun!!
Come on! Thats his privelege of course but the irony of this whole conversation.........is that im on 8 posts and soon i can sell and rip anybody off if i was so inclined.
All the more reason to introduce a feedback system for sellers and take a % for the site for which I for one would have no problem with.P8 provides a safe enviroment and gets rewarded accordingly.

It's true you could 'Rip' someone off, then again I'm a Plat and I could do the same no matter what the post count...
It's mainly to stop people from coming straight on here to sell something and rip someone off as they may think '10 Posts it's not worth the hassle'
It also stops people 'Circumventing' a Ban by going straight onto the Classifieds without a Mod seeing that they spammed 10 posts in first.

I accept what you're saying but i'm just giving another way of viewing it.

 

[Jim Jam]

Mods cant protect against bad sellers or criminals.I said it could be BASED on the ebay feedback model.That dosent have to cost a lot as most sites do it now ie amazon trip advisor ect

That's why they say pay the PayPal fee's which by coincidence eBay owns and try their best to sort any problems afterwards out.
I feel safer selling on here than on eBay to be honest.
Much more genuine buyers/People here.

Again I see your point but you could just pay a couple of quid and get 'Verified' Via the Fast Track method (When Available) which could be put under your Name on your Profile (At the far right next to every post) which then show's people even with a low post count your a genuine user or even go one better Get Platinum membership if you plan to sell a lot on here.

 

[1066sparks]

It's true you could 'Rip' someone off, then again I'm a Plat and I could do the same no matter what the post count...
It's mainly to stop people from coming straight on here to sell something and rip someone off as they may think '10 Posts it's not worth the hassle'
It also stops people 'Circumventing' a Ban by going straight onto the Classifieds without a Mod seeing that they spammed 10 posts in first.

I accept what you're saying but i'm just giving another way of viewing it.

Yes the system you have in place does deter the casual conman from selling items on here.My point is that I came on here to sell a marker and found that I have been blocked from doing so even though I had a track record of genuine sales and yet a detemined scumbag who had taken the time to post 10 times goes staight in and rips someone off. Some of us can still contribute to paintball without having to post on forums : )

 

[Mikey.B]

the new rule isnt that much hasel ...

 

[1066sparks]

the new rule isnt that much hasel ...

Thats not really the point mikey.Its what is the right way or the wrong way.

 

[1066sparks]

Anyway forget all that seriousness for a minute!!! I have 11 posts now but still cant get on the for sale bit! any ideas?

 

[matj]

Are you serious?

You can spend 3 hours or whatever the hell it has been complaining about not having the time to post but you couldn't have used 10 minutes of your time every couple of weeks to contribute to the normal conversations that occur?

It's a real shame 'people' that 'contribute' so much to the sport only want to use the selling parts of the forum and can't be bothered to spare 5 minutes now and then to help those that may need it on the forum or contribute to conversations.

 

[LittleGreenMan1988]

Can completely understand admins trying to protect sellers/buyers using the site and its a really good thing but it stands to reason if a criminal stands to make £300 from a sale then odds are he/she'll post 10 messages taking 5 mins of their time... just makes it annoying for genuine new users such as me to buy kit from the off... missed out on a decent mask at a good price because I couldnt reply to a post.....

 

[matj]

Moderators are on here regularly. Ten posts is noticeable.

The crucial thing is that sellers can view the previous posts someone has made. You can spot if ten lots of crap have been posted. It's also easy to spot when someone is posting in every thread on the forum just to raise post count. Any regular user and definitely the moderators will spot this.

Considering it was a very large sum that was recently fraudulently obtained I wholeheartedly support the mods in this restriction. If it prevents some hassle then its worthwhile.

Masks come up on here like no tomorrow. there will be another soon. Either that or post in the wanted section.

 

[Dusty]

Dusty its not really a loss is it mate.Im not getting srtoppy if anything its apathy.I dont really care but just cant help myself ( against my better judgement) to responding to this sillyness.I would not be proud of a message count of 5239 personally.I think it shows you spend a bit to much time on your computer instead of getting on with your life.How do you think thats looks to most average people? I think some people on this forum have a hard time distinguishing reality and fantasy.In summary Ive met some really nice genuine people in this sport and a lot of sad geeks especially some moderators who have some kind of god complex about what they do and their importance in life.The reason i was selling is because im leaving the sport for a time but i wont be using forums again thats for sure.......i find it all rather sad.

See, now you are being rude and like so many overestimating your own worth. One person has created a thread to bemoan the new rules, you. One out of over 28000.

I'm not the sad one sitting up airing my grievances to the Internet at all hours of the night and day. My post count has f*ck all to do with you, I've been a member here for over 9 years and done my bit for other people whereas you freely admit you're here to sell your stuff. For free. On this commercial enterprise which we are NOT charging you for the use of.

So here's what I've done for you, seeing as you were finished wit this forum a few posts ago I've restricted your classifieds access for another 2 weeks at which time I'll review it and see if your manners or attitude has improved. If you want another place to sell your gear try eBay, they do free listing days once in a while. Or UKS where you probably won't get anyone to vouch for you.

Have a nice day. Thread closed, original question has been answered and you just didn't like what you heard.