Mike why do you duck shove my valid point by referrring me to a previous thread on the subject where there was no outcome.
Scammers are rife in todays society and IMO you have a "duty of care" to ensure members are not taken for a ride by placing a few safeguards in place to lessen the likelyhood of it happening.
Have you sort a legal opinion on this??? (under your classsiefied terms of service)
- 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.
Also do you also scan Ebay to ensure an item hasn't been posted there already.
One sale in a thousand gone wrong because of a scammer is still a bad sale.
Whether those safe guards work or not doesn't matter at least you have done your best for your members and IMO I don't think it's a big ask to at least post pictures of the sale item.
PS: your own terms of service in the classifieds state
The post should ideally contain:
- A Description of the item
- A picture of the item
- Cost you are willing to sell it for
- Postage costs or pickup location
- Preferred contact method (forum private message, email, phone, etc)
- Preferred payment methods