by everything » Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:53 pm
Would or wouldn't ship first with how many transactions first?
This thread is awesome, I love it when people get upset, the testiness, and, lol, men bickering like women, but most importantly the educational aspect. I see gimmesilver could have just been using bgretz in a way, as catfish stated, how would he know anyways. Also, how would bgretz get ripped off in a face to face? Also, the scammer might use the oh, lost in shipping as an excuse? I could see something getting lost in shipping and not being worked out.
We can't put dollar figures in the feedback, the IRS would come knocking eventually. With trust eroding in this world, online communities like this are showing that it is possible that an electronic handshake can work. What we could do is use this thread to establish a method of early detecting a possible scammer, a probationary period is my only suggestion, like 5-10 transactions until you get full trust status, or verification, like when members do know each other locally, or where each other lives, or how to track them down. I've tried to be a little more connected to my local coin collectors but sometimes we are a paranoid lot. I mean cripes, someone could die while in the middle of a transaction, who would know? In the state I live in, for free you can check someone's criminal record, which sometimes gives you an idea of what kind of person they really are.
I think the OP apologized a couple of times, what is cool is that an established member referred him so he's been, likely verified as trustworthy. Still, all this over one CTU?, it just doesn't get any better!