An idea to stop members being scammed

[Cerberus1973]

here is a idea for stopping members being ripped off .

if a mod is able to do this you could send him/her payment for said item or animal then the seller posts item, once item is received by buyer the mod then forwards payment onto seller.
Therefore stopping scammers ripping members off for there hard earned cash.

[darkmoon]

nice idea....but in reality it wont work,can you imagine the amount of work it would involve for the mods.

its down to the buyer to insure he/she isnt 'scammed' i for one will not buy from any one unless they are established or respected members.(once bitten twice shy)

there is always a chance of getting ripped off buying from the 'net' but you can lessen that chance by doing homework on the seller.imo if there is the slightest doubt then dont do the deal!

[chrisg82]

I have used many sites to trade on and there is couple of points which has worked well on some of them

1) no of posts before being able to sell.
2) keep everything open - offers and deals to be agreed on the thread and only then taken to pm for payment details
3) always exchange address and a home telephone no. speak before you buy.
4) photo of the item to be taken with user name and a date in the photo.

last is feedback.. everyone must start somewhere but maybe we should say less than 5 then collection only or they must prove 100% where they live or use something like ebay to sell there first 5 items by buy it now. last one is the hard one

Depends on how much effort mods want to put into it. because it will take lot of time and effort.

other opition is to have a classifided section similar too over 18 section where you have to prove details before you can sell or join.

i work full time but if can help I will

Cheers

Chris