i totally agree with you guys.... you have cut scamming down drastically.... my suggestion is just that a suggestion...... i understand its probally more then you care for but it would almost eliminate it...

 

Lol I always check Itraded before buying lol. Maybe you guys should have done that

 

The only thing that would stop it is some sort of escrow deal where the money goes into a hold at a neutral 3rd party until the part is delivered. That would involve a complex and expensive middle man setup which would be massive overkill for the few small parts that get bought and sold here.

 

That's pretty much what paypal is, they don't instanty refund your money because if they took one sides verison of the story as truth right away they'd had a lot of pissed honest customers that have busy lives. Paypal takes a little time but if you don't get the goods they will refund you the amount you spent and they go after the seller for the money (and normally get it)

 

You guys have some decent ideas, but they arent really feasible....

Our mod positions are 100% volunteer.

We are not paid for what we do, and are not on here 24/7.

We try our best to cut down on scams, but we can only do so much.

It's a few mods vs. a lot more members.

 

On most forums you can't even access the classified til you have been on the forum for awhile or made enough posts.

 

It's 5 or 10 posts here. Forgot which. Should be more.

 

Lol 5 posts takes 2 minutes

 

50 posts, 100 posts are easy to get to as well.

But guess what??? People have been scammed by people with 1000+ posts, or members that have been here for awhile.

Buying and selling on a car forum is a risk/gamble. This isn't e-bay with buyer protection.

We try our best to make the site safer for buying/selling, but it isn't 100%.

 

i bought the header and dp colbalt... bad decision.lol. and i mean guys its not like he was a brand new member he had made post in the past before. i mean i jus got ripped off and ill deal with paypal.. this site already does enough, i cant ask much more from them... i think we all know the risk of buying off u someone u dont know..

*buying off someone that u dont kno

 

As long as everyone paid via paypal and not gifted him the money, you will all get your money refunded in time. My experience with this guy was a little different. He sent me most of the parts I paid for but "forgot" others. After a week or so, he sent me the final parts ut it was broken. After messaging back n forth though pm's, he stopped logging on so I started a claim against him. Once paypal got in contact with him, he emailed me asking what it would take to get me to cancel the claim. I asked for a replacement for the broken part or a partial refund for what the part was worth and he agreed to the refund. He said he would paypal me the refund later that day and it never happend. So I kept the claim open and after the 30 day period, paypal refunded me the full amount for everything I paid for due to him not responding to their questions after their initial contact with him.

 

i jus wanted my daym header and downpipe. sh*t i would even pay the extra shipping, jus give me what i paid for ya kno.

 

If he is indeed scamming, he will be going by by once you guys get your money back or your parts.

 

this guy you guys are talking about actually contacted me about my cams i have for sale. he was wanting to do a trade im guessing its a good thing i didn't send mine off

 

I would love to moderate the classifieds threads

Im here almost all the times !

 

I'm here a lot.

It's not as easy as you might think it is....