Changes to The Marketplace
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We dont really mind what gets sold here (I've sold a PC in the past), what we do mind is:
- People ontributing nothing to the community. The marketplace is a resource that we created to benefit our members, never did we dream that it would become a place where people would just come to sell stuff. Yes, I am more than happy to be called naive….
- Scammers/fraudsters ripping off our members
We are not a professional sales site, we do not have staff whose job it is to monitor sales, we do not have software to help us identify frauds, and we get pulled in to sort shit out between sellers and buyers, and if a member gets ripped off we get the blame and the ripped-off party leaves with a bad taste in their mouth....
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The following has been stated before in the thread but I’m willing to repeat myself as I realise people may not make the effort to read.
1. This is a measure to disrupt scammers and spammers.
2. It is a workaround which affects a minority of people who aren’t part of the community but use the forum for one of its secondary functions. That is acceptable to us (and the majority of the community).
3. This forum is run on outdated software by a handful of mods and IHUK employees who all have day jobs. The measures you suggest would take advanced software or a dedicated round then clock team to implement.
4. This measure is not forever. -
I thought it always personal buy and sell at your own risk. I don't see how IH responsible for fraud or unhappy transactions and pull them in.
It is good IH steps in and help prevent frauds and thank you. -
I thought it always personal buy and sell at your own risk. I don't see how IH responsible for fraud or unhappy transactions and pull them in.
It is good IH steps in and help prevent frauds and thank you.Because there are a lot of people out there who when things don't go right, rattle our cage….....Want to see my inbox?
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I really try to not have an online presence anywhere. Obviously, this is very hard to achieve 100% as the interwebs must be used as a tool in some ways. Case in point, I regularly use this forum as a means for research (utilizing the experiences, opinions, and knowledge of members who are willing to share through posts), creative ideas, entertainment, and only once to purchase an item. I did browse the sales section often out of curiosity. I have my favorite topics that I go to a few times a week, I guess that is why it took me a minute to figure out what happened to the member sales section.
While I don't disagree that measures need to be made to combat scammers, it does bum me out that I am now left feeling less of a part of this great community. I also understand that being an observer and information gatherer can be looked at as a non-contributor.
Whether or not the community agrees with me, I feel that I am an important piece to the puzzle. I almost exclusively purchase IH (mainly through local and US based retailers), I regurlarly speak to my choice of clothing excitedly to whomever is listening, and I consume the knowledge delivered here.
Just my long winded two cents! Perhaps this is is just written as a means to crawl to 20…...I'll get there.
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@Bored:
. I also understand that being an observer and information gatherer can be looked at as a non-contributor.
I regurlarly speak to my choice of clothing excitedly to whomever is listening, and I consume the knowledge delivered here.
Happily you still have access to 99% of the forum in the meantime. Thanks for your input.
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Really good question: necroposting old dormant threads just to reach 20 posts is what I’m currently addressing. Some of the last 20 posts have been topics not touched since 2017.
I don’t mind bringing up old product threads if the discussion is interesting or insightful, but bringing up what fragrances you wear for the sake of reaching 20 posts is pushing it. Especially if it’s a list just to make a post. If some effort was put into a post addressing the (who, what, when, where, why, how) would get a little more leniency.
