I mentioned this in a thread, but rather than hijacking it further I thought I'd bring the idea out here and see if it gets any interest.

What if we could reduce the number of people who get suckered into buying "minty" eBay razors and Zeepks?

I think we could pretty easily design a simple setup that would function as an "SRP seal of approval" for eBay sellers. It could increase our membership, help fight fraud and ripoff artists, and generally be a service to men everywhere. It would also help sellers, since auctions with the seal might command a higher bid price.

Here's what I'm thinking: We could design a simple logo, based on the SRP logo; that would be the seal. Sellers would ask us for permission to use it. (We could get the ball rolling with the members here who sell on eBay.)

In exchange, they'd need to follow a set of auction standards, listing meaningful info like blade width, condition and grind rather than overall length.

In the auction they could include the seal, a link to an SRP guide to buying straights and a link to our list of approved sellers, where their name would be displayed. We already keep a list of names, so we probably could figure out a way to make this fly. Our RAD sufferers could help police things.

EBayers who were looking at a variety of straights would probably stumble across one listed with the SRP seal and links, and maybe we'd get a few new members.

Anyway, it's just an idea, but I thought I'd throw it out there. I just shudder every time someone comes here and asks about his shiny new razor he got for $2.99 plus $49.97 shipping and handling... I guess it is expensive to ship stuff from Pakistan.

Anybody else think this could work?

Josh