Buying and selling stuff

[Rojo0416]

Sorry if this is the wrong area to post, but I wanted to get your feedback on buying and selling stuff here.

I have been a member of another site for quite a long time. I have personally bought and sold hundreds of items with absolutely no problems, but every now and then some bad-apple comes along and rips people off by A . not sending out what they sell or B . Not paying for what they buy.

I understand (being a newbie) here that I will probably have to either ship/pay first before I gain your trust. That which I have no problems with.

My question is....

Is there a feedback section here where you can post deals that you have had or do you go by "Rep" points alone?

[Dent]

I personally Agree there should be a little addition to the marketplace so you know who you can trust. There is one standard you need which is 20 posts elsewhere to access the marketplace which is good but It needs a little more.

Some guy could just get 20 posts, post a fake item and rip people off. I know www.golfwrx.com has a feedback system like ebay does, which actually really works. I think there should be the same kind of thing on here.

[Cheez-It]

Agreed. 20 posts does not cut it.

Even if we dont have a "feedback system" we could have a whole other Marketplace Thread where people post good and bad experiences from certain buyers and sellers. Almost like a feedback system, but a thread dedicated to it.

[iacas]

Has anyone been ripped off here yet? No.

Is buying and selling at all a major point of this forum? No.

Will I be implementing anything of the sort mentioned, free, when sites like eBay or our partner site GolfWRX already offer it? No.

I'd just as soon close the Marketplace as anything else. Why? Because it boils down to something really simple: If you're going to rip someone off, you're not going to wait 30 days and make 25 posts to do it.

I also happen to think that a PM would have been a better to request something like this.