My Disappointment

[JasonGilholme]

i have to disagree with "every trader would benefit". I'm more then able to become a trader and start selling items, but am i going to be able to compete with a trader like JDMYard? I think not.

Quality traders vs quality traders = descent competitiong and descent results for members.

[Q_ball]

Dude, do you have any idea how much work that is to be researching etc etc about every single trader prior to signing them up?

All for a "feature" of the forums, that ISNT supposed to be the main priority of Ozhonda.

Seriously, we only hear about the cases that are negative,
Negative versus good - i say the way our trading operates now, works.
Its unfortunate that some people here get ripped off - but theres really nothing more that we can do imo.

You shop, you buy, you transact at your discretion.
If in the instance that a trader has ripped off a member, then he/she should get in touch with mods/admin - and we'll investigate further.

[panda[cRx]]

exactly. We as moderators allow the user to find out quite easily. Simply pm as requested or check trade feedback Its not that hard.

yep if joe had left feedback for the trader we could all access view it by clicking on his trade rating under his username http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/itrader.php?u=19521&iv=4


another thing is we are yet to hear the traders side of the story. the trader may very well be in the wrong but they at least deserve a right of reply

[JasonGilholme]

Dude, do you have any idea how much work that is to be researching etc etc about every single trader prior to signing them up?

probably alot less then looking at every post and checking/editing it for legal safety.

If we had quality traders, that did a quality job, we wouldn't have to worry about being ripped off.

It seems as though when i look at the traders list i see the equivalent of 2/3 major tuning shops and then a whole bunch of market stalls...

[EK9]

^^ agreed. we've only heard a fraction of the story - not taking anything away from Joe.

anyway, the more i write, the more confused i get... haha.

[Zilli]

Caveat Emptor... buyer beware...

I do have an idea though, for the noobs that dont know so much about the buying situation, perhaps have an eBay style rating next to the traders name, rather than having it behind a link that one needs to follow and read comments which could potentially be very long...

Lot of work to set up, but a more ready deterrent i suppose... but then you are really moving the focus of the site in a direction which is completely obvious by Wyn's commentary that he doesnt want to take it... its a community not a sale site...

Difficult balance i suppose... then again, the issue will be more prevalent in the private sellers rather than traders... then where do you draw the line, does everyone have a visible percentage?

[panda[cRx]]

Caveat Emptor... buyer beware...

I do have an idea though, for the noobs that dont know so much about the buying situation, perhaps have an eBay style rating next to the traders name, rather than having it behind a link that one needs to follow and read comments which could potentially be very long...

errrr it already IS very similar to ebay, except we don't have stars lol

[Zilli]

sorry, i cant see the pictures youve got there Panda, but when i look at someones post it says the number of peices of feedback right? does it say, at a glance, whether its good or bad or put any rating on it without having to go into it and read everything?

[panda[cRx]]

<---look where is says trade rating. you click on the number and you see the full details, which is exactly the same as ebay. the only difference is ebay displays a &#37; of positive feedback on the smaller screen, whereas on ozhonda it's seen on the second screen with the fully detailed feedback

[Zilli]

which is exactly what i am suggesting in my original post, that perhaps more visibility of that percentage may help....

[bennjamin]

which is exactly what i am suggesting in my original post, that perhaps more visibility of that percentage may help....

i believe such a thing isnt possible as Wyn is sticking to vb in its basic format. Any further "additions" (such as stars ala ebay) leave backdoors in the websites security. Plus we dont cater to the absolute lazy member that requires over-information , it takes 1 heart beat to click someones trade feedback and thats it. Dont be lazy.

[Zilli]

fair enough... it was just a suggestion...