II N3MES1S II Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Anyone else think there should be a WTB/WTS section for those that are either looking to buy or trying to sell legal and accepted items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranium2001 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 It wouldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillinger Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I think it's a great idea on the surface as I don't have to monitor the spam or deal with the e-mails if something goes awry from a purchase. Then I also remember this is an International website without a paying member base. While it would be easy to add a classification as to whether the poster/respondent was actually a Duma Owning member of the club or not, it wouldn't alleviate all the issues. It could be a liability problem for ownership so I would understand if they didn't want to deal with the added traffic. WTS/WTB is a spammer haven, so you have to build in 2 and 3 stage checks to submit new threads (otherwise it's all pr0n and male enhancement adds) to verify it's a person posting. Then you have to draw a line as to whether the person is a Member of the forum, like a contributing "good" member, or if they just joined to try and sell some stuff, but without any intent to join the community. Web 2-party sales CAN be a nightmare for forum ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II N3MES1S II Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Maybe those that have access to the WTS section must have a transaction ID # from when they purchased the router??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranium2001 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Or just make it a section like the coal mine where people need to be given access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Od1n Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 in general a nice idea but mostly not doable since its hard to prevent scams and other things it would have to be done with another third party platform to guarantee a buyer and seller protection like ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A7Legit Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I know of a forum that does this, but they added a rating system by others who bought and sold from that member and to be able to buy/sell/trade they needed 100 posts ect... Honestly, I don't think this place needs the headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted December 12, 2015 Administrators Share Posted December 12, 2015 I like the idea in theory. However, this is a support forum for our product not a marketplace. Just thinking about how to control that and people scamming each other gives me a headache. I can't see this being done for a long time if at all, there are plenty of other places more specialised/suited for it than a support forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II N3MES1S II Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 I just thought it would be a neat place sell our gaming gear only not other stuff but ten-four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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