Market Feedback Is any action possible againts buyers who waste time?

[logistopath]

^^ A point that we have been mentioning time and again. If you are not confident about a buyer/seller, go the ebay route. List it on ebay, and send the link to the buyer, after he has committed to buy. You will end up paying a little more, but you will have peace of mind. At least until a member gains sufficient trust in the community, ebay is definitely better.

What madnav mentioned is true. There are certain things that TE would not like to be involved in. Litigations regarding market section is one of them. All TE does is provide a platform for members to offload their unused and excess baggage.

It is also very difficult to apply certain rules for select members only based on their post count or iTrust ratings. As mentioned before, there are some who are here only for the markets, and there are others for whom the market section is as good as non-existent. As a seller, you have the liberty to set your own terms and conditions. And it ends there.

As for your current problem, I would only suggest this: Mention that you will not keep any item on hold. Mention in your thread that a prospective buyer has to commit to buying in writing via PM or email, and that within a day or two of making this commitment, he will have to make the payment barring which he will receive a negative rating. You can leave ratings once someone commits to the deal. So get it in writing. If for some reason the buyer is not able to go through with the deal, ask the reason for the same, and forgive if it appears genuine, or leave a -ve rating if the reason appears fake.

You will probably get fewer responses to your sale, but that is a compromise you will have to make to ensure that someone doesn't make inordinate delays.

 

[jojothedragon]

^Thanks for the response. Much appreciated. And thanks for clearing that i'm able to use any condition on my item when i'm selling.

 

[blr_p]

as for the concerned member kuld33p.
have dealt with him once and he seemed like a reasonable fellow. But i do not want to generalize and categorize him based on one experience of mine.

So neither does OP's experience with him him count either ?

Also,By enforcing the rule you proposed, it makes it easy for scum bags to scam people by pressuring them into confirming with deal. Everybody has problems, real or imaginary...and the judgement on that call will differ person to person.

This is the main reason why i think no changes should be made to the current system.

 

[madnav]

So neither does OP's experience with him him count either ?

i do not want to add to a double negative so i'll form a complete sentence rather than yes/no

OP's experience counts. He has learnt something with it. Experience is what we get when we don't get what we wanted. But can you generalize every buyer and enforce conditions on every seller based on one experience.?

Isn't it like completely ruling out personal conditions and implications a buyer may have.

For eg.

If seller is a teenager and buyer is a middle aged family guy (other than Peter Griffin). Teenager is more likely to feel cheated and time wasted if the Family guy has to back out due to personal issues.

The Family Guy wouldn't expect the teenager to understand his issues so he wouldn't care explaining them unless asked for.

Does that mean the Family guy is a time waster in general?

Note: Not based on a true story; characters and story is purely imaginary. Any resemblance to reality is merely coincidence.

My Issues with this are relating:

Security and Rights of a buyer

Unnecessary Implication on TE for involvement. (Thereby resulting in e-com)

Generalization on the basis of random.

 

[blr_p]

But can you generalize every buyer and enforce conditions on every seller based on one experience.?

No

Isn't it like completely ruling out personal conditions and implications a buyer may have.

This is one of those wierd things that only happens in a forum, it could not happen in a brick & mortar shop nor on ebay. Its one of those 'forum' gotcha's.

For eg.
If seller is a teenager and buyer is a middle aged family guy (other than Peter Griffin). Teenager is more likely to feel cheated and time wasted if the Family guy has to back out due to personal issues.
The Family Guy wouldn't expect the teenager to understand his issues so he wouldn't care explaining them unless asked for.
Does that mean the Family guy is a time waster in general?

What if it was the other way around which i think would prolly be more common, older guy selling to teenager and the latter blew his pocket money on something else.

All in the game, best to leave it at that.

My Issues with this are relating:
Security and Rights of a buyer
Unnecessary Implication on TE for involvement. (Thereby resulting in e-com)
Generalization on the basis of random.

Nothing will come out of it.

 

[madnav]

This is one of those wierd things that only happens in a forum, it could not happen in a brick & mortar shop nor on ebay. Its one of those 'forum' gotcha's.

not in brick & mortar shop because the seller has no right to demand a sale. neither would he have time to track customer down out of issues that do not consent with legislation.

ebay, well there is a 'request to cancel' (sort of) option which if you apply then seller can consent with. People can be considerate of others even with set of rules.

What if it was the other way around which i think would prolly be more common, older guy selling to teenager and the latter blew his pocket money on something else.

As you are saying, it is the case most prolly....have we seen someone in that position create a feedback thread for the purpose yet?

The Family guy would rather prefer to move on.