While some of these stories are interesting and add weight to the suggestion that people should be careful buying stuff online, some of them are not really relevant to the original topic - that is, the SELLER having to wait before being allowed to post a new for-sale thread.
In fact some of those stories above were where the long-term member was the seller. It's obviously much easier to protect yourself when you're the seller.
There have been other suggestions about how you can protect yourself when trading online..
* Use (or insist) paypal,
* Use (or insist) registered post,
* Ask for their phone number and speak to them,
* Wait for the money to show in your account before posting
* etc
A general reminder from the
TOS about using the IceTrade Classifieds (see section 10 for the whole list):
- Persons holding out items for sale shall be truthful in their description of items for sale, and shall not be indemnified by the administrators or moderators of the site in respect of any claim that a purchaser may have against such vendor under any trade practices or sale of good legislation.
- The administrators and moderators expressly have no liability for the transactions which may occur between members of the forum, whether through the medium of the IceTrade Classifieds, or otherwise.
- Each forum member who purchases an item from another forum member, does so at their own risk and they expressly waive any entitlement to bring any claim against an administrator or moderator with respect to any such transaction.