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 57kombi
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| posted on July 25th, 2003 at 04:00 PM |
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Traders on this site
Just a thought,,,,
Should traders who advertise items for sale on this site, be identified.
Like they do in the Trading Post.
I dont mean the sponsers.
Could help a few people who dont know who the traders are.
Might also stop the people who are using 2 identities????
Just an idea.
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Dave
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57kombi
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 12:39 PM |
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no one has any ideas
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:06 PM |
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maybe no one gives a rats
this has been thrashed around and is boring now
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| posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:15 PM |
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Problem with that is ppl will expect traders to act differently to private sellers. In reality there are all varieties of both.
Im not personally bored by this sort of chat, helps to keep the sharks more honest than if we all didnt give a toss how sellers behaved, how many
ID's they have etc.
Maybe we should have to scan the barcodes on our foreheads before we are allowed to look at the site :P |
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 08:31 AM |
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I'm a moderator over at www.performanceforums.com and we decided that people
have a right to know if they are buying from a private seller or from a buisiness.
we put a little symbol beneath each user name, this one for a sponsor or advertiser of the forum:
 and this one for a recognised trader:
it makes things a lot clearer for everyone. so far it has worked very well.
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 11:22 AM |
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what difference does it make guys
you want some thing you buy it , simple really most dealers sell new stuff ,some guys(like me) find dead VW,s and sell the bits for money yes money
thats right stiff shit you dont go to work for free so what does it matter it aint no crime
david:o:o
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 12:17 PM |
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the difference is people like to know where they are buying things from.
are they buying a part or car cheaply from some guy way out west who just dug one out from under the house somewhere,
or are they buying it from a buisiness who has marked it up by 3 times the private sale price to cover the cost of running a buisiness, but is a
buisiness so can be held accounatble for warranty or money issues.
flagging buisiness operators is only an identifier, not a stab at either private sellers or buisinesses!
on PF we had a huge problem with people (buisinesses mainly) that only ever used the for sale section and turned over a mind boggling amount of money
off our hard work, as the forums are run at a loss and are run privately as most are. We flag them to encourage them to either pay for advertising
(and get privaleges) or offer some form of sponsorship to help cover costs of running the forum. they make a LOT of money from the forums so why
shouldnt that give a little back so it can stay around a bit longer.
this aspect doesnt affect private sellers.
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 01:12 PM |
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If I am buying a part that does not need a warranty, I don't care who I buy it from, I look at the part and the price I am paying.
Different story for something like say a rebuilt starter motor or distributor. I would like to know that if it was a trader if I could have some sort
of guarantee. :o
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 02:09 PM |
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"so what does it matter it aint no crime"
If you have to ask the question you may not understand the answer.........
If you buy and sell bits to make some dosh, good on you for being open and honest about it. Honesty and morals are not universal.
I expect business' to behave differently than private individuals. The laws in this fine continent of our say so too.
Traders have been well known on other forums for dumping crappy stock maskerading as naive private sellers with 'no idea' the stock is crap,
when they really do. When this is often done by mail etc it can be easy to be duped by a smooth operator.
Its obvious you have your opinion, and others (inc me) have theirs. Tis obvious that those differ too.
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 02:18 PM |
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The reason I started this post was that there are a couple of people on this site who only use the Buying and Selling section.
The regular users get to know who they are, New members might think they are buying from enthusiasts and not people who are only interested in making
a buck.
I am not saying this happens but it would be easy for a trader to unload some dodgy stock on the site and the purchaser would have no come backs???
Just a thought as the sponsers are paying good money to advertise and others are getting it for free.
Cheers
Dave
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 02:46 PM |
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At PF we reguarly check for people that only ever post in the for sales, and remove their access to it if they never post anywhere else. we arent a
trading post, if people dont contribute then why bother with them? 
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| posted on July 28th, 2003 at 06:23 PM |
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SAME SHIT DIFFERENT THREAD.
People If you are buying a part or a car or anything from someone on this site, feel free to ask them are you a dealer or do you sell alot of these on
here?
If you want the item and it is what you consider to be a fair price then buy it!
To all those others sitting back whinning about people selling things at a profit, GETOVER IT!!!
Thanks, Have a nice day..........:beer
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