Without going in to loads of detail, would it be possible to use a plugin to implement some kind of seller feedback for classifieds, kind of like eBay?
Plenty of times things come up for sale but I'm hesitant as I don't recognise the user or such, especially as it's not like eBay where you can just dispute the case and get your money back...
Classifieds Feedback?
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iDemonix
, Feb 14 2012 11:39 AM
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 11:59 AM
good call
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 12:17 PM
Like it!
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:01 PM
it's been asked before many times
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:08 PM
Its a very good idea. I have had issues with purchasing things on here
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:41 PM
Good Idea in theory, but it sounds like a potential minefield for the admin team. Can you imagine all the disputes that they would have to get involved with about unfair feedback and the like. I reckon it would probably mean a big headache and load more work, for a bunch of people who do run TMF in their spare time after all.
Edited by AVV IT, 14 February 2012 - 07:43 PM.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 09:17 PM
I'd definitely volunteer to help out, I think most things go well so it wouldn't be too bad, it's just to get rid of the people that abuse it.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 02:39 AM
The problem with this is proof of purchase:
eBay
1. Agree to purchase item for seller (item is automatically marked as sold and thus a transaction between seller and winning bidder is opened).
2. Pay with PayPal (action confirmed by eBay).
3. Receive item.
4. Leave feedback using proof of transaction.
5. Transaction closed.
TMF
1. Seller lists item.
2. Various people make offers or negotiate via PM.
3. Seller chooses what deal to go with.
4. Payment made by whatever means (PayPal, cheque, bank transfer, etc.).
5. Receive item.
Basically, TMF is completely out of the loop after step 1. We have no idea who a seller decides to deal with so have no means of confirming whether a given piece of feedback is legitimate or not. We just don't have the control over it like eBay does so it's not really viable sadly.
eBay
1. Agree to purchase item for seller (item is automatically marked as sold and thus a transaction between seller and winning bidder is opened).
2. Pay with PayPal (action confirmed by eBay).
3. Receive item.
4. Leave feedback using proof of transaction.
5. Transaction closed.
TMF
1. Seller lists item.
2. Various people make offers or negotiate via PM.
3. Seller chooses what deal to go with.
4. Payment made by whatever means (PayPal, cheque, bank transfer, etc.).
5. Receive item.
Basically, TMF is completely out of the loop after step 1. We have no idea who a seller decides to deal with so have no means of confirming whether a given piece of feedback is legitimate or not. We just don't have the control over it like eBay does so it's not really viable sadly.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 04:47 AM
Sorry to high jack the thread but its to do with classifieds and didnt want to clog up the forum
Would it be possible with the for sale sections we have a sub title section for Projects or restorations etc to take them away from the main mini, clubman, pickup and van sub titles as many of the titles arent much of a give away and waste your time searching through floods of projects just to find a few decent minis which is unfair to the owners as there threads get pushed back pages for these projects.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 01:27 PM
Actually Sam, I think that would be a good idea. That gets my vote. Not only does it help the people looking for a car ready to go, it helps the people looking for a project as it means they don't have to traipse through all of the normal ads.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 03:44 PM
I've just had a look, the first 5 threads I clicked on were for complete cars. In addition to that there is only 30 threads in total in the roundnose section.
Really not worth a sub section for the amount of people that advertise projects and whole cars.
Really not worth a sub section for the amount of people that advertise projects and whole cars.
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Posted 21 February 2012 - 06:49 PM
I've just had a look, the first 5 threads I clicked on were for complete cars. In addition to that there is only 30 threads in total in the roundnose section.
Really not worth a sub section for the amount of people that advertise projects and whole cars.
That's not the point, you could argue that sub section "Other" is pretty pointless seeming as it has only 2 cars for sale in it..Oh wait ones sold...that makes it one
I just think it would be more user friendly.
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