Market Feedback Possible Measure to Reduce Scams in Marketplace

[solo_wing]

First of all for low feedbacks members(for both buyer and seller) and high value stuff can be purchased on 50:50 basis....you get paid 50% first and then after receiving the stuff remaining 50.

This way both buyer and seller can reduce the risk fairly.
For buyer who has low or no feedbacks ...seller can be at higher risk in that case too so need to be fair to seller also.

Secondly buyer can ask for sellers address and schedule pick up himself through Shiprocket or direct delhivery.

With thorough packaging details shared.

This will atleast give buyer a chance to trace the scammer.

Now the scammer can give fake address too but in that case buyer can ask seller to show a picture of his stuff in his room with date and time and Id( not showing anything personal but atleast knowing it is a house) and at same time share current Google map location point which should pin point to his current position.

It is still possible to scam but atleast you will have something to trace him down .

 

[MadAxe]

TD is dead.

Which forum is this?

 

[kartikoli]

TD - Digit forum (Think Digit), It was never famous for marketplace even members used to suggest posting a sale thread on Erodov and TE for better offers

 

[montsa007]

TD - Digit forum (Think Digit), It was never famous for marketplace even members used to suggest posting a sale thread on Erodov and TE for better offers

TD is beyond its glory days now, it was a legend when it was, now in ruins.
It was me who pushed the TD team to restart the bazaar section as it was closed midway, sadly i never took part in it again.

 

[blr_p]

I believe that the current Feedback and Rep system is the best to identify trustworthy sellers.

Not to mention some of the more eagle eyed members who call out a scam in the thread itself. There was a thread not long ago where a scammer got called out.

This place is policed well enough without requiring more regulation

You cant find all of it for the same person [I know there is photoshop, but there are ways to cross check that too]

Don't count on it.

When i buy i just look at the seller's rep. That's how i do it on amazon too. Easy and works.

Keep the views pouring in, will let the admin/mod team take a call

What call ? they have a working system here that has organically grown over a decade

You are proposing more headaches for all conerned with no perceivable benefit

 

[techno_funky]

Aadhar and Pan ? , might as well convert this forum to aliexpress or ask the admins to get shopify and start selling stuff.

The classified section is supposed to be "part" of this forum so that one can sell his/her regular unwanted stuff not to conduct a full blown business. Even amazon does not ask me my PAN and Aadhar.

High value sale should have due diligence from both seller and buyer with mutual understanding, no one will want their aadhar and pan to be displayed on a random internet forum.

Also mods here do the forum management voluntarily it isn't their day job so there is no need to add more headache on them.

 

[montsa007]

Please read this post.

https://techenclave.com/threads/possible-measure-to-reduce-scams-in-marketplace.207119/post-2377447

 

[blr_p]

Even amazon does not ask me my PAN and Aadhar.

They do ask for it if its an import

 

[Kloud]

They do ask for it if its an import

I think he meant as a seller. Amazon only asks for GST number. Whereas flipkart, shopclues, snapdeal, paytm etc etc all desi business work in desi govt fashion so they ask everything aadhar, pan, gst, bank, business registration, cast, gotra, hair length etc.

 

[techno_funky]

I think he meant as a seller. Amazon only asks for GST number. Whereas flipkart, shopclues, snapdeal, paytm etc etc all desi business work in desi govt fashion so they ask everything aadhar, pan, gst, bank, business registration, cast, gotra, hair length etc.

They do ask for it if its an import

I think he meant as a seller. Amazon only asks for GST number. Whereas flipkart, shopclues, snapdeal, paytm etc etc all desi business work in desi govt fashion so they ask everything aadhar, pan, gst, bank, business registration, cast, gotra, hair length etc.

I meant as a "casual" seller and a buyer, not a full blown corporate or a seller with GST registration. No idea how resellers work on this forum though.

 

[jammy420]

How about a rule that those who post in trading section should doxx themselves to admin with ID and address proof, then only the trading section will open for them?

 

[ibose]

How about a rule that those who post in trading section should doxx themselves to admin with ID and address proof, then only the trading section will open for them?

Do you really want the admins to do KYC for those selling in this section ? And how will the genuineness be verified and moreover, do you really think it will prevent any of these scams ?
I think this has already been discussed in the other Market issues thread or Feedback sections.