Some sellers only have 1 or 2 posts, perhaps they are actually regular members on the forum, they register new account just to sell things, maybe in less upright manner and thereafter they just disappear after the items sold. If they were shady, it doesn't affect their regular membership.
Scammers and Spammers can easily register and start selling too.
Very often all these people does not contribute or discuss in the regular forums.
Some of them are just sneaky advertisers or commercial sellers not paying their dues.
On Services Wanted forum, there is also many commercial 'hunters' trying to prey on eager yet street-inexperience photographers to shoot for free unfairly.
Clubsnap administrators might wish to consider restricting members with less than certain amount of posts and less than certain amount of months of membership from posting in buy/sell and Services Wanted sections. This will reduce chances of bad dealing and greatly reduce the amount of spam and administrative efforts to remove and police them.
This also gives members of good standing and genuine intentions a higher and fairer chance.
I know some other hobby forums practice this too, like members with less than 3 months of membership cannot post in those sections, members with less than 200 posts cannot too, etc, etc.
Mods could deregister these sneaky people, but it only take them 10 minutes to re-register and back in action. However having a barrier in terms of number of post and membership age, it makes it way harder for them.
JMHO and suggestion.
Scammers and Spammers can easily register and start selling too.
Very often all these people does not contribute or discuss in the regular forums.
Some of them are just sneaky advertisers or commercial sellers not paying their dues.
On Services Wanted forum, there is also many commercial 'hunters' trying to prey on eager yet street-inexperience photographers to shoot for free unfairly.
Clubsnap administrators might wish to consider restricting members with less than certain amount of posts and less than certain amount of months of membership from posting in buy/sell and Services Wanted sections. This will reduce chances of bad dealing and greatly reduce the amount of spam and administrative efforts to remove and police them.
This also gives members of good standing and genuine intentions a higher and fairer chance.
I know some other hobby forums practice this too, like members with less than 3 months of membership cannot post in those sections, members with less than 200 posts cannot too, etc, etc.
Mods could deregister these sneaky people, but it only take them 10 minutes to re-register and back in action. However having a barrier in terms of number of post and membership age, it makes it way harder for them.
JMHO and suggestion.
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With a rating system, at least when a deal gone bad, feedbacks can be submitted on that person to warn others of.
