hey folks,
as a reminder what myself (and other mods) have continued to mention via private message, e-mail and other areas.
we do NOT police other trading marketplaces like ebay, youtube, amazon and the rest.
there is ONLY a certain amount of information at our disposal and we do not have the resources in these other locations as we do on this forum - things that we can look at and evaluate.
having said that, there are trading rules on this forum that have been instituted for your own protection for trading transactions
that happen HERE.
this includes the pending / active sales threads, the requirement of feedback posted for any new traders, our support ticketing system, the active investigations held by trading moderators and many other things we do not discuss openly.
we have long held that problems occurring on these other forums and marketplaces should be taken the appropriate authorities on THOSE websites.
many of you are established traders here on this forum and you should know all about the guidelines that are stickied in this section - including having new traders send first, getting tracking from the other party and proof of shipment, and what other precautions can be taken to protect your trading safety.
trading via ebay and their messaging system is against their stated policy and should not occur - and there are reasons why they have created that policy. you don't have protection of paypal or their listing system as a buyer or seller.
having said that, if there is trouble with an ebay seller or buyer, you should go to their website and report it there. if you are not aware of this process, follow the below link for more information.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/report-trading.html
so folks can feel free to chat about a seller or buyer that they are having problems with, but I can tell you right now - there will not be a "witch hunt" by moderators or staff based on one person's account of the problems or trouble they are having - and we limit the action taken for or against members here to transactions that occurred on this forum.
as stated in the thread title of our bad traders list - that list is for FORUM MEMBERS ONLY.
thank you.
