New members on B/S/T forum

[OLD_SCHOOL]

I see what you mean.

[Don]

Fuuny this is brought up we will be evaluting the B/S/T and the Vendor in the very near future we have already started some discussions.

[Tony Miller]

I think on B&B the state the rules in a sticky at the top of the forum then the posts are personally moderated. If a newbie then posts it is removed and a reminder of the rules posted in it's place.

Not sure I fully agree with stopping newbies from posting there. Yes, it's more of a risk but looking at a low post count tells you where they are and the buyer can make his own risk assesment before dropping lots of money.

On the other hand if a newbie came here first wanting to sell his fathers collection on 47 mint Escher Stones and 72 Dubl Duck Wonderedges I would hate to send him away till his post count was higher

Tony

Tony

[gssixgun]

Not sure I fully agree with stopping newbies from posting there. Yes, it's more of a risk but looking at a low post count tells you where they are and the buyer can make his own risk assesment before dropping lots of money.

On the other hand if a newbie came here first wanting to sell his fathers collection on 47 mint Escher Stones and 72 Dubl Duck Wonderedges I would hate to send him away till his post count was higher

Tony

Tony

I have to agree with what I think is the meat, of what Tony is saying here.... That being said, I would add, that we as a forum, seem to self-regulate very well, if a bad sale is made, the two parties seem to figure things out really fast between themselves... I personally would hate to see this forum start to become too regulated, and to full of rules, there is enough political correctness already out in the real world... Please lets try to keep, this world, running on common sense, and common decency.....

[JMS]

I have to agree with what I think is the meat, of what Tony is saying here.... That being said, I would add, that we as a forum, seem to self-regulate very well, if a bad sale is made, the two parties seem to figure things out really fast between themselves... I personally would hate to see this forum start to become too regulated, and to full of rules, there is enough political correctness already out in the real world... Please lets try to keep, this world, running on common sense, and common decency.....

I like your thinking!

[AFDavis11]

I would also prefer a little more justification. The "B&B does it" isn't enough for me.

[The Topher]

OK so here is my take. I think newbs should be allowed to post WTB or WTT but not FS until a reasonable level is reached. it is 100 posts at B&B which I think is really high. Something like 20 or 30 might be more appropriate. I wish people showed up with their fathers collection more often but it doesn't happen at least not much. Ebay is where that goes usually. The idea would to be able to just keep the people off who show up TO sell something and that is it. The trouble with B&B is that everything there is taken WAY to seriously and it hurts the fun and make the tempers flare. I AM HONESTLY AFRAID TO SELL MY KITS THERE OR MY RAZORS cause of the way things get handled. I have almost 200 posts there but I just won't do it.


So here is a proposal. Limit the review section to 50 posts since there are members here for 2 years with 50 posts who pop up every now and then and the FS: to 30 so we know they are not an ebayer looking for a new market. Then seperate of the FT and WTB so that the buying and selling is its own place and the WTB and WTT doesn't get lost in the FS:

[Kees]

I would also prefer a little more justification. The "B&B does it" isn't enough for me.

"B&B does it and so should we" wasn't the reason for me to start this thread.
I have noticed a couple of times people signing up, selling their stuff and never post again. I am not saying that's wrong, I just felt that it deserved some thought. It was just an issue I wanted to raise. I would hate to see SRP turn into a marketplace for those who merely want to save on ebay charges. Do we want a newbee buying a razor (or whatever) of disappointing quality from another newbee, thinking "this razor should be OK because it is on SRP's B/S/T forum".

For the sake of the argument: suppose a newbee who bought a zeepk on ebay would try to flog it here after a disappointing shave, selling it as "near mint, minimal honewear, used only once".

[Kenrup]

I think on B&B the state the rules in a sticky at the top of the forum then the posts are personally moderated. If a newbie then posts it is removed and a reminder of the rules posted in it's place.

Not sure I fully agree with stopping newbies from posting there. Yes, it's more of a risk but looking at a low post count tells you where they are and the buyer can make his own risk assesment before dropping lots of money.

On the other hand if a newbie came here first wanting to sell his fathers collection on 47 mint Escher Stones and 72 Dubl Duck Wonderedges I would hate to send him away till his post count was higher

Tony

Tony

PM SENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who's selling it by the way?

[Friodur]

If you really want to put up rules like a minimum membership time or a min. ammount of posts everybody at SRP should be affraid of loosing their profils at the next SRP crash and theres one thing you can count on, it will happen.

I think a trusted moderator would be a good thing who first contacts a dubious member via PM to get rid of misunderstandings, if there are some. Nevertheless if there are any major problems the moderator should have the possibility to close the thread. Such an approach would be just fair, wouldn't it?

Just my opinion