Name and Shame Scammer

[jv]

as much as there is some humour about this subject at the moment, this is getting a bit ridiculous now.

totally appreciate you and anyone else standing up and admitting to the scam but seriously, 2 things need doing. firstly, we need to sort out what else can be done to warn people of this crap, protect people further because clearly this is too easy a scam to pull. secondly, how do we join this all together, everyone who has been done, report it all, secure a 'result' etc?

[mick ov mids]

it's all about having abit of common sense really? if the deal is cheap and sounds to good to be true then i wouldnt trust the trade, nothing in life comes cheap as many ppl have learnt through this nik cnut, personally i wouldnt trade cash to any1 on here with less than atleast 100 post's and i allways check how long they have been registerd on the forum for, maybe im way to paranoid but hey i havnt been scammed on here? just my opinion


mick

[Guy]

i know I said it before but what about some kind of feedback/rating system?  or photos of products with the username written on a piece of paper in the photo... no username in photo of products - no sale - simple but it helps on other forums... that way people cannot make up stuff they have for sale?

[mick ov mids]

rateing system sound's a good idea, kinda work the same as fleabay feedback?? 

[jv]

i have not seen a way to split apart a forum 'karma' (crap forum account feedback thing) from one only relating purely to the classifieds. eg how would the forum know that you have listed an item for sale, it's been sold and you can now have feedback applied? not simple.

i added this earlier, http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=151829.0 maybe i need to add more warnings?!

[Guy]

rateing system sound's a good idea, kinda work the same as fleabay feedback?? 

well it might help some make a judgement... anyone with a rating of zero will make people more wary

obviously the more genuine sales you achieve the better your feedback/rating or whatever is likely to be instilling more confidence

at least then it is visual and some kind of guidance to how people might conduct the transaction

[Guy]

i have not seen a way to split apart a forum 'karma' (crap forum account feedback thing) from one only relating purely to the classifieds. eg how would the forum know that you have listed an item for sale, it's been sold and you can now have feedback applied? not simple.

i added this earlier, http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=151829.0 maybe i need to add more warnings?!

how about a post at the end of each transaction... then people can refer to previous transactions...

or maybe something in account settings - somehow... i don't know the technicalities... but everything is possible on the interworldwidewebbings

[supernova9635]

i would say.. even as it means i couldnt post-

a minimum of 50 or 100 posts before you can even access the classifieds section.. that'll help alot. bear in mind- it was a wanted advert i got stung over, i had my phone number on it, bast*rd text me.. i wasnt paying attention to his forum account details, or replying to a for sale ad. 

this scum is targeting the wanted section..

i say, swing a heavy hand, 50posts or more before you can view classifieds, 50posts and 30days befroe you can post a for sale ad.

that'll work for the better?

 

[Guy]

and maybe some kind of postal address verification... like send something in the post first and have it sent back before money is exchanged?

[jv]

is a theoretical trader rating of 0 really any different to a 1 day old forum account on 13 posts? if yes, how does a new user ever 'trade'? if no, then there is no point.

much like any 'wouldnt it be great if the forum did x' type suggestions, unless it is fully written to support smf it's a nightmare for future upgrades/security fixes/etc/etc

the other issue is that if you make it more difficult to potentially scam do users then have too much trust for sellers on here? say for example, we upped the figure from 10 too 100 posts before you can use the pm system. it makes it look more 'secure' but how easy is it to hit 100?!