For Sale Section

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:48 pm

May be a bit late in the day for this suggestion, but how about a minimum membership period? You have to be a forum member for at least 30 days or something?

It's based on info which is already coded. The post in for sale section button can just be put on a restirction similar to the following;

$timestamp = (now-30days);

if($register_date > $timestamp){
display code to show post button in for sale section;
}

3 or 4 lines of extra code and jobs a goodun. No spam posting, no paypal antics

EDIT: I can't type. Also, the above sytax isn't correct by if you want me to write a proper one let me know, I do these sort or restrictions with the systems I run in work

Post by **4thgenphil** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:49 pm

i cant see the problem! ok i can a little but its more the annoyance of people selling crap!

the way i see it is you wont complain if its a bargain! if you pay by paypal then you have a saftey net, if you do it correctly!, if you send as a gift then bigger fool you if its a buyer you dont know!

i have had a sale go wrong with ste (when he was new) and thought he was messing me about! hence why i dont sell expensive items to unknown buyers if they dont collect. turns out he was ok and genuine luckily for me! i have learnt. luckily he was a good guy this time!

i have had a purchase go wrong with a newish seller, i claimed the money back through paypal and i wasnt out of pocket!

buyer and SELLER beware! common sense should prevail!

Post by **Kawa** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:05 pm

Some interesting points. Will check out what the others think.

Post by **Gayno** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:54 pm

Phil, I hear what you're saying.

My point though more centred around people abusing the site for their own gain, rather than existing member's being caught out - this AFAIK hasn't happened yet.

We are all on the site, we contribute to the community, we donate towards its running costs, then someone who's had a Prelude for a while but is now a rust bucket and they want rid just signs up to post an advert because they don't want to pay to advertise on Auto Trader or eBay. Is it too much to ask a small contribution to the site in return for the ability to post an advert, the sum of which will still be cheaper than using the above sites.

I also think the suggestion by Alex could be useful.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:02 pm

@ gayno; i do totally get what you are coming from, i just think that if that is the issue (which i agree with) then we should approach it as that and not under the pretense of protecting buyers/sellers!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:05 pm

^^^^this if we are gonna do it just do it because it needs doing because if your saying you want to protect buyers/sellers you will end up making it to difficult to sell and people wont bother. I agree with a small donation to the forum

Post by **Gayno** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:13 pm

Yeah, perhaps I didn't get my main point across too well.

The "buyer protection" would come as and added bonus, but isn't the main focus.

chrismc · Post by **chrismc** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:30 pm

Main focus should be preventing people from signing up, immediately advertising stuff for sale then disappearing into the night.....

A calendar time delay from creating a profile to being able to create a post in the Parts or Cars for Sale sections sounds simple & plausible.

When I briefly had an ATR, the ATR forum charged ALL its members to advertise cars for sale (only a small amount but I agreed totally with the principal). This could all be above board & help towards admin fees

Post by **4thgenphil** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:33 pm

we need a better system than civ5, they dont let you even look in the sales section before you have 250 posts

great for sellers and potential new owners who joined just to look at the cars for sale section

not that i've been looking for an mc2 vti-s

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:45 pm

the post thing just encourages spamming i did it to buy on preludepower and honda tech so thats no good the rep thing is useless as its given for stupid stuff so has nothing to do with anything its just a popularity contest if you dont beleive me minus rep nitin and watch him sulk