[MyNameIs940]

Putting a post limit will just cause people to spam until they can post there. Omni says no to all post limit ideas.

Also, like I said before: User group, rep, post count etc do not define if someone will scam or not scam. The only thing you can trust is their personality.

[Vorfin]

I imo a "Seller" group should be made, with a cost of $5-$10 you are allowed to make threads in the sellers section, if you're not in the group, you can only reply.

[theboner]

Why not just ignore buying from sellers that are not l33t or ub3r though? Certainly buyers have a responsibility to decide wisely who they are buying from. No matter what criteria I create to stop scammers it won't stop them.

Yea why should you make things more complicated for him. Just use your common sense. If he has less posts and any other previous scam reports do not trade and at the very least do not go first and have him pay with something other then paypal.

People always fail to realize that 99 percent of the time when people get scammed its because they didnt use common sense.

[Moneybags]

Yeah , paying for threads wouldn't be very convient for anyone. Although , it might help with the current problem , it might actually create more in the end.

[Vorfin]

Why not just ignore buying from sellers that are not l33t or ub3r though? Certainly buyers have a responsibility to decide wisely who they are buying from. No matter what criteria I create to stop scammers it won't stop them.

Of course, you could do that, but by restricting all sales to people who have paid, even a small amount it would reduce scams, it's like a down payment, if you don't scam, you will quickly earn your $5 back, and as you have to be subscribed, there is less competition, so you earn even more. However if you're here just to scam, you will lose your down payment in the form of a ban rather fast.

[Moneybags]

Just because I disagree with something doesn't mean you have to be accusatory... I was just offering my opinion.

[MyNameIs940]

Of course, you could do that, but by restricting all sales to people who have paid, even a small amount it would reduce scams, it's like a down payment, if you don't scam, you will quickly earn your $5 back, and as you have to be subscribed, there is less competition, so you earn even more. However if you're here just to scam, you will lose your down payment in the form of a ban rather fast.

If you do that they will just pay the $5. Scam $20 and make $15 profit. Make a new account, pay $5 again, scam some more and make profit.

That's why a lot of scammers buy hf l33t (People think l33t are more trustable). How it is now is fine. Just trust people that you think should be trusted, don't go by user groups/post count/rep/etc.

[fagalite]

I like anyone that has l33t or ub3r, os a s3113r group could sell. That sounds fair to me.. s3113r group at $5

No.

simply no.

That's just all bad, since HF does not encourage trading, it just happens to have marketplace.

trade at your own risk.

[fagalite]

How many here take place in marketplace and actually tell buyers "no deal"?

not many at all, but before when i used to be active in the market i wouldnt accept services from anyone with less than 50 posts. or multiple reps.

[MyNameIs940]

not many at all, but before when i used to be active in the market i wouldnt accept services from anyone with less than 50 posts. or multiple reps.

I use to do it every 3 or 4 trades as I got a lot of shady people trying to deal with me.

[MyNameIs940]

And did you get scammed a lot?

Very rarely.

[MyNameIs940]

perhaps,in a way we should have dealings with only those people who have some stake at hf,like hf leet/ub3r,that may help us all in the long run?

Read the other threads. The answer is NO.

[MyNameIs940]

i know it,it was just an idea for all to unofficially adopt,

I feel like I'm repeating myself >_>

Usergroups/posts/rep mean nothing when doing deals. Vaqxine was staff and scammed, Daniel was l33t with 40 rep and scammed etc.

[checkster]

perhaps,in a way we should have dealings with only those people who have some stake at hf,like hf leet/ub3r,that may help us all in the long run?

There are scammers in both 1337/ub3r.So just common sence is the trick.