View Full Version : New Trading Section rules...
Sc0rian
19-03-2006, 06:24 PM
Ok :rolleyes:,
as we've had a small problem with some users on the Trading Section, I've added a system that only allows users with 25 or more posts to be able to start a thread and atleast 15posts or more to be able to reply to a thread.
Rules updated here:
http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17
thanks guys
Ben
ah that should help out a bit
coolmiester
19-03-2006, 06:53 PM
Nice one Ben - cheers for that;)
KK thanks for clearing up the rules with me.
aww no weapons are allowed to be sold... there goes my plans to purchase a nuclear warhead :lol:
f.sardis
19-03-2006, 08:37 PM
im pretty sure i saw some WMD the other day on ebay :lol:
probably Sadam sold them so the Americans wouldnt find anything.
I wonder if he does free delivery
cheers for the update Ben.
darren1678
19-03-2006, 11:29 PM
i mean i am selling a few items there now and you kinda are penalising me now, since i dont have enough, posts. I no longer can post to my own, threads and find it hard to let people know that the item may be sold or still available
why would you penalise me?
darren1678
19-03-2006, 11:33 PM
the rule where you can reply to a thread, you only need 15 doesnt seem to be working?
it says you need 25
its not a personal attack on you darren1678. Just make the required number of posts and you'll be albe to reply to your trading thread. 25 isn't a hard number to reach
darren1678
20-03-2006, 12:04 AM
its not a personal attack on you darren1678. Just make the required number of posts and you'll be albe to reply to your trading thread. 25 isn't a hard number to reach
your right it isn't a personal attack, i know this but shouldn't we have been informed, then a grace period. where any new members who joined, the rules would apply, but anyone who joined before this date would be given a grace period where they can continue as normal with the old rules and be allowed if they want to, make up enough posts.
at least they should have given us a few days notice! on quite a major change.
i gnerally only post in the "trade section" because i have found it a usefull avenue for getting parts that i find hard to find and maybe selling a few of my own parts.
wftpl
20-03-2006, 01:02 AM
At least the rules are not many pages long like
some other trading forums i can think of.
:)
Sc0rian
20-03-2006, 08:10 AM
the rule where you can reply to a thread, you only need 15 doesnt seem to be working?
it says you need 25
15 to reply
25 to start a thread..
also we had to put the rule in place will all current members as well. Or it would make it pointless. Sorry to trouble your sale. But you still can reply to it. And in another 5 posts time you be able to start new threads again.
Ben
darren1678
20-03-2006, 02:11 PM
15 to reply
25 to start a thread..
also we had to put the rule in place will all current members as well. Or it would make it pointless. Sorry to trouble your sale. But you still can reply to it. And in another 5 posts time you be able to start new threads again.
Ben
i think your gonna have to look at your rules because there not working, cant reply to a threat evenb tho i have 20ish posts.
PHILIP1193
20-03-2006, 09:33 PM
good idea mate, just gota make sure poeple dont spam 25 posts, as its quite a low amount of posts, i think maybe, mods to approve threads before they are posted too??
Phil
Sc0rian
20-03-2006, 10:12 PM
nah darren1678, the forum just hates you ;)
its fixed now.....
megatron
20-03-2006, 10:14 PM
Id like to know exactly what the "problems with some users" were. I have paid for and am awaiting a radiator from a member he had no problem with dealing with me.
megatron
20-03-2006, 10:15 PM
I couldnt even pm the guy, luckily I asked to exchange emails just incase or I would have no way to contact.
Sc0rian
20-03-2006, 10:18 PM
why couldnt you pm him?
we had some issues with some people joining and abusing the trade section...
Ben
coolmiester
20-03-2006, 10:37 PM
It was my idea to put a minimum post counts on the Trading Section to discourage any kind of dishonest trading and also to stop the forum turning into a mini ebay.
The thought behind it is that its pretty easy to spot genuine members after 25 posts taking at least some of the risk out of buying/selling to first time posters.
It was inevitable that there would be some that got caught up in the transitional period and for that i apologise but i'm sure you will agree that it is for the benefit of all in the long run.
zoomee
20-03-2006, 10:45 PM
"It was my idea to put a minimum post counts on the Trading Section to discourage any kind of dishonest trading and also to stop the forum turning into a mini ebay.
"
count yourselves lucky - if it were me - i'd ask for at least 100 posts before anyone gets the privelage of flogging owt! :twisted:
megatron
20-03-2006, 10:48 PM
why couldnt you pm him?
we had some issues with some people joining and abusing the trade section...
Ben
10post before PM accessible.
I said in my first post that since I was buying then I would pay in advance, and I cant really see how a seller can be ripped off this way. The only one who can be burned is the buyer, if paying in advance; and that is standard procedure. I had one user ask to recieve the goods in advance, and I refused (in another forum). Buyer always pays first cause then they cant get the seller to send it then decide they dont want it.
Limit starting new threads in the trading section for new members unless there is some scam that Im not aware of.
coolmiester
20-03-2006, 11:39 PM
The rules are there to hopefully help protect buyers and sellers.
One that sticks in my mind was this bad experience (http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1067) that happened to OV3RCLOCK3R which never got sorted out (not to my knowledge anyway) and maybe could have been prevented if we'd had something like the minimum post count in place.
I could get on my soap box about other stuff here but we'll see how it goes as is and make any changes if need be.
Rest assured though megatron there is nothing personal towards you here.
megatron
20-03-2006, 11:49 PM
Ofcourse nothing personal, but more buyers is better for seller's no? See above that buyers are safer than sellers.
Just checked out the link, its a buyer, Ive heard stories of 13 yr olds defrauding people on ebay. I think u probably made trading safer here but imo a little heavy handed, I wouldnt have been able to buy a radiator if I had to be an active member here. Since I have been able to my post count has only gone up though.
Anyhow, just my opinion; I dont disagree with the measures ur taking.:cool:
"I am selling for a friend"
http://coolercasesuk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1020
Not a good sign, I know other forums have specific rules against this.
coolmiester
21-03-2006, 12:01 AM
Ofcourse nothing personal, but more buyers is better for seller's no? See above that buyers are safer than sellers.
Of course but the forum as a whole is more than just a Trading Section for newcomers to peddle their wares surly and i don't see how 25/15 posts would be a hardship to any genuine would be member and certainly a small price to pay for having free advertising to an ever increasing audience.
megatron
21-03-2006, 12:16 AM
Of course but the forum as a whole is more than just a Trading Section for newcomers to peddle their wares
If they cant make a new post they cant peddle their wares, and therefore not sellers but point taken.:P
Awoken
26-03-2006, 02:52 AM
Well that explains things! HAdn't posted for a while and was wondering why I couldn't advertise my gear on the trading forum. Oh well, have to head on over to Bit for trades until my post count grows here.
megatron
26-03-2006, 06:16 AM
Or just post random drivel elsewhere to get 25 posts.:P
[TFF]Q
31-03-2006, 11:16 AM
well I'd best post in here to bump my post counts up, considering I can't buy anything now :(
coolmiester
31-03-2006, 11:23 AM
Shouldn't you be getting ready for the TFF LAN (http://thefragfactory.com/Wolf.pl) this weekend??
After anything in particular???
[TFF]Q
31-03-2006, 11:38 AM
been looking for a new mobo, well I say new a 2nd hand one because my DFI's poped and there being arse's about taking it back, was trying to see if anyone was close enough so I could swing in on the way up to the LAN tonight, however I've sorted that problem now rang our Lan sponsors up and there gonna deliver a newen for me tonight.
but nothing THAT major beccause my boards been poped for weeks, just sulking because I couldn't buy anything even if I'd wanted to.
on a side note, I've already sorted all the servers for the LAN, when are we gonna see you again at another?
Ah Ha! 15 posts, Bring on the trading section..........Muwahahahaha!
coolmiester
31-03-2006, 12:20 PM
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on a side note, I've already sorted all the servers for the LAN, when are we gonna see you again at another?
As soon as i hear the CURRY and BEER words :D
That hotel LAN was great - any more planned there??
[TFF]Q
31-03-2006, 04:29 PM
at this current time no, we have tried to stump up enough intreast but unfortunatly it failed, take a nose over at http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=15862
-={Q}=-
[TFF]Q
31-03-2006, 04:33 PM
CURRY BEER
why don't you come down to the one this weekend?
only thing is you have twice the milage to travel, I'm 55miles form the event your 110miles.
would be nice to see you again, and have we just hi jacked this thread :P
-={Q}=-
megatron
03-04-2006, 02:48 AM
How about a rule saying you cant delete prices after a sale has gone through? Just saw it in the trading section and I never could work out why someone changes the £price to £sold.:?: Unless they have more to sell.:rolleyes: