Originally Posted by
Brian
Remember, the fee is to protect members. It's the only way we can provide a bit of accountability on the part of sellers. If we opened the marketplace to everyone, then scammers would start listing items.
And yes, it would probably benefit users to consolidate all the For Sale threads in one location, using expiring redirects.
I understand the fact that it is there to protect members but there are a lot of inconsistencies with that reasoning. First, look at all the for sale/trade threads I posted in the first post. They are open to anyone. Scammers included. Second, it is the buyers/sellers responsibility to do research as to if a buyer/seller is legit by looking at previous transactions, posts, ect.. Third, it is not bikeforums.net responsibility for the transactions done here. They are done between the two people and any problems that happen are through those two people only. Again I am on another IB forum where there marketplace is probably busier then this whole forum. I have seen people get scammed out of $5000+ in one transaction. Those issues are between the people and not the site. Does each IB site have a different set of rules? Like I said in the OP
Originally Posted by
Jynx
I bought a fork from a member here about a month ago. He had 2 posts and lived in australia. I sent him over $125 and the transaction went fine.
If it went bad that is not bikeforums responsibility. It would be mine. I just used the site to contact him. If the issue is protection that is not bikeforums responsibility. If it is money that is no problem either. People have expressed they have no problem paying for this but you would then have to stop all the "free" posting allowed in every other forum and consolodate it to the marketplace.
Also if there is still a concern about scammers I know the forum software can implement the reputation system where people can provide points based on a person. Obviously a scammer wouldn't have reputation good enough were people would feel comfortable buying any high price item from them.