Originally Posted by
lotek
I've seen that happen more than once, and also seen where poor information
or down right fraudulent sales have been pointed out.
But I agree we need to be more mindful of what we are posting, as I said in the rendered bike
thread, the sellers reputation is spotless, he's a very well known person and the colors of the bike
and background do render the photo's somewhat surreal.
I don't think it's wrong/harmful to discuss an auction, or even question parts of it,
but to warn people that the person might be a fraud/cheat is a totally different story.
The problem with the private, off forum is how do we control who has access? it only ends
up being another forum devoted to bad auctions.
Marty
Very hard to implement as a seperate forum indeed, was thinking more of a sort of circle of "knowledgeable" guys (that excludes me) who one would send messages to privately asking for opinion before screaming fraud. Somebody like Ted Ernst for track bikes would be pretty reliable, then you could have guys who are reputable dealers or shop owners. Still, you are right, impossible to implement. But maybe people could be made aware that it's not quite right to comment on an auction in a very negative manner unless they are absolutely sure of themselves. Could just put a question mildly formulated like "There is something in this auction I don't understand, can anybody help me ?"