prove_it
Well-known member
Thought I'd post this here for a discussion on the recent events in the for sale section.
I'm not sure going to mandatory pics will help, however there has to be a limit. I know there are several ads with pictures of solenoids that take up the whole screen.
Personally in ten years I have yet to be screwed once. I give myself credit of being a careful buyer. It's buyer beware in real life, so why not online. I have a specail bank account so even if that account number leaks, there's nothing there, and it can't get traced back to my savings.
I always ask for pics, unless it's a trusted source. Also, I don't think it's really the forums fault if you get screwed. If you don't ask for pics, send money as a gift, and don't know the person, and you get screwed, then it's your fault. I don't feel too bad about that.
Manatory pics will only eat up server memory, cause page loading issues and not to mention the inconvenience of simple little things. We all know what a stock IC pipe looks like or even a box of bolts. If you want pics, I'll text them. It's faster, easier, and saves space on the server, which lowers cost.
Yes, crooks should be dealt with, and possibly banned from the site. We have a bad guy thread, and others do take care of each other.
I'm sorry to say, but if you get robbed, or screwed, or don't get what you bought, then I don't see how it's the forums fault. I don't believe the forum needs to hold your hand through a sale process.
Sure manatory pics will help weed out scammers, but if someone is very generic and don't voluntarily post pics, and sounds too good to be true, then yea it's fishy, stay away. Scammers will still find a way to post and keep doing what they do.
My two cents.
I'm not sure going to mandatory pics will help, however there has to be a limit. I know there are several ads with pictures of solenoids that take up the whole screen.
Personally in ten years I have yet to be screwed once. I give myself credit of being a careful buyer. It's buyer beware in real life, so why not online. I have a specail bank account so even if that account number leaks, there's nothing there, and it can't get traced back to my savings.
I always ask for pics, unless it's a trusted source. Also, I don't think it's really the forums fault if you get screwed. If you don't ask for pics, send money as a gift, and don't know the person, and you get screwed, then it's your fault. I don't feel too bad about that.
Manatory pics will only eat up server memory, cause page loading issues and not to mention the inconvenience of simple little things. We all know what a stock IC pipe looks like or even a box of bolts. If you want pics, I'll text them. It's faster, easier, and saves space on the server, which lowers cost.
Yes, crooks should be dealt with, and possibly banned from the site. We have a bad guy thread, and others do take care of each other.
I'm sorry to say, but if you get robbed, or screwed, or don't get what you bought, then I don't see how it's the forums fault. I don't believe the forum needs to hold your hand through a sale process.
Sure manatory pics will help weed out scammers, but if someone is very generic and don't voluntarily post pics, and sounds too good to be true, then yea it's fishy, stay away. Scammers will still find a way to post and keep doing what they do.
My two cents.