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Sept 9, 2010 16:00:27 GMT
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Has it ever been considered that a feedback area on here might be a worthwhile idea? Like a small forum at the bottom of the page with a section for each trader (some people are regulars) then in which people can post there expierience with each seller?, If you trade alot you could put a link to it in your signature so people know you can be trusted? Like this : www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=15Just an idea? Its something that could be put at the bottom under the classifieds to that its out of the way, yet there for piece of mind... Just thought as theres alot of money changing hands here...
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maxlee
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Sept 9, 2010 22:30:37 GMT
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defo think this should be done after time wasting today would save alot of other people having there time wasted.. and sort out the bad from the good I know of a few other forums that do it as well works well
may be just a sticky in the for sale and wanted forums?
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Last Edit: Sept 9, 2010 22:31:20 GMT by maxlee
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Sept 15, 2010 11:29:04 GMT
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lol... Guess this isnt a good idea then haha
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maxlee
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Sept 30, 2010 18:37:51 GMT
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I think it is mate after dealing with some on here e30zone has a feed back topic to post good and bad sum of (not all) admin on here are also a little lazy I think after lack of reply not even "thanks for that but we are quite busy" to a pm i sent
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Last Edit: Sept 30, 2010 18:38:38 GMT by maxlee
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Sorry I've not replied to this,.. it is a good idea.. still thinking through some solutions to this.. we spend more time moderating the for sale section than we do any other section of the forum!
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Lawsy
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not sure if the proboards set up can take, but some forums have a feedback button built in.. where you click and say a comment..
only problem with a sticky thread is that I know i wouldnt sit and read countless pages looking to see if someone has had a good word said about them
i know its something a lot of forums are looking into as the 'for sale sections' seem to be the areas that cause most issues for mods and peopel alike.
if it helps, i purchased of retrowagen and found it to be a very smooth transaction.. lol
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Oct 10, 2010 12:46:48 GMT
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not sure if the proboards set up can take, but some forums have a feedback button built in.. where you click and say a comment.. only problem with a sticky thread is that I know I wouldnt sit and read countless pages looking to see if someone has had a good word said about them I know its something a lot of forums are looking into as the 'for sale sections' seem to be the areas that cause most issues for mods and peopel alike. if it helps, I purchased of retrowagen and found it to be a very smooth transaction.. lol haha I'm glad dude ;D
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rob0r
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Possible sales feedback idea?rob0r
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Oct 10, 2010 13:07:03 GMT
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Other forums I've been on simply have a subforum with a thread created for individual people, this is what happens on E30zone.
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Oct 10, 2010 16:10:40 GMT
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Other forums I've been on simply have a subforum with a thread created for individual people, this is what happens on E30zone. thats what i was trying to sugest. Then you can have the link to your feeback area in your signature. Might even be worth having a poll in the thread so that each negative and positive is easily viewable as a table?
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maxlee
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Other forums I've been on simply have a subforum with a thread created for individual people, this is what happens on E30zone. works well to it don't matter how much you mod the for sale topics its people saying i will have that and be there at such and such a time and day then never showing tyhere is a member on this forum that is good at being really intrested the going on holaday must have 12 a year lol feed back would soon stop this i think never been messed about on the zone
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Dez
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Possible sales feedback idea?Dez
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its a good idea in practice, but hard to implement. I buy and sell lots on here, ive only been complained at a couple of times and thats simply because people havent read the description properly, or are looking at items through rose tints. late night alchohol fuelled purchasing isnt confined exclusively to ebay there must be hundereds of people on here if had stuff off me by now!! conversly, ive had mixed experiences buying on here. lots of good experiences, generally with the 'regulars' ^dan included, twice I think!^ but alos ive had two sets of wheels off here recently that were misdescribed (a set of alloys described as good condition with usable tyres that were actually quite poor with heavy kerbing, damaged wheel bolt holes, and shagged tyres, and a set of banded steels that were an inch narrower than described and looked like theyd been set to with hammer the amount of dents in them) plus both were horrendously packaged and split open in transit causing more headaches locating them. thing was, the people selling where members with hardly any posts, so its not like the feedback would really have any bearing. it would also be good if mods could make comments about weather people actually follow the f/s rules. it really, really pisses me off when people post 5 threads with a seperate thing for sale in each rather than one amalgamated thread, or ebay/pistonheads/other forum links, or totally disregard the car for sale form and put up woefully inadequate information, or keep re-posting the same thing for sale when theyve been told this isnt the place to sell it or they're not following the rules properly. having a 'selling retard' marker would be a good idea.
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2010 0:48:52 GMT by Dez
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dungbug
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I used to be on a Scooter forum years ago & the board wouldn't let anyone post a for sale ad unless they'd made a certain number of posts, I think the idea was that only 'regulars' could use the board for selling stuff. Volkszone uses a feedback system & has a sub board for people to make comments about people they've brought from. I know this could potentially cause arguments etc but it is good to read through and know a bit about who you're blindly sending money to, usually the sellers reaction is a good gauge of their decency. I've brought from Dez & the service has been 1st class so I would buy from him again, but it's a bit of a gamble buying off someone new. It's a difficult one to 'police' in my opinion & would be extra work for the mods in keeping an eye on an extra board for feedback....Mods do have jobs/live's etc so it would be asking more from them. Any threads that are poorly written, lack of info or contact details can be reported easily. I guess I'm fortunate that I haven't had any bad dealings but no doubt it does happen, this would be helpful though.
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Nov 17, 2010 22:00:43 GMT
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I just wrote something like this in the zetec ka thread, and tought i'd open my mouth in this part of the forum too for once. I, and i'm pretty sure quite a few others are getting tired of "new guys" who know nothing about, well, anything really, asking the same bloody questions and just having a bad attitude. Sometimes i can't even find a single car picture on the entire first page of the "general board"! I think alot of people come here for the for sale/wanted part. and i think, just like dungbug wrote, we should have a 100 posts, or half a year membership or even both, before they can write in the for sale forum. Another thing i'd like is a one week quarantine after you've registered when you can't write anyting, or at least not make a new topic, hell, make it a month. Or something like 100 posts before you get the ability to make new topics. I really think this would, at least a bit, improve the quality of the topics here. Yes, i know, you get what you put in. But when someone has 1000 for sale posts, and asks the same god damn exhaust, or induction related question and keeps getting answers without posting a single tinyest fraction of a picture in his entire retro-rides carrier.. I can't keep from getting frustrated. I'll stop my ranting now, and go post some pictures
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Nov 18, 2010 16:36:25 GMT
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Totally agree. Although in reality i guess we would need more mods to impliment that.
I know what you mean about the first page of the general board being a bit hit and miss lately. Ive also noticed that when it gets backed up with those threads it goes dead for a few days and nothing realy moves/changes.... I don't mind offering advice. I like if i can help people out, And appriciate if people help me too. But coming here to ask about sourcing a bumper for a civic or somthing then never coming back annoys me. And its somthing thats getting a little more frequent.
Maybe as you say we need a way to prevent that. I.E register and no posts for the first week. Or no threads for a month that sort of thing. So the newbies can only post good things in existing threads?
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smurf
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Jan 22, 2011 13:11:31 GMT
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What about a subforum for feedback and people link to their own threads within that to either their sig or in their forsale posts?
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Jan 22, 2011 20:18:27 GMT
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$0:02 some boards I have seen have a 'karma' feature where people can increase or decrease it, and leave a comment (a bit like ebay feedback really) but I think that is PHPBB not proboards
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Jan 23, 2011 17:17:45 GMT
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$0:02 some boards I have seen have a 'karma' feature where people can increase or decrease it, and leave a comment (a bit like ebay feedback really) but I think that is PHPBB not proboards Yeah ive seen those too. Cant remember where though. Think the easiest feasible option is like this: This guys signature has a feedback button www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=125318Which takes you here: www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72762&highlight=northerndaveIts easy enough. Its allways there so even if your buying from his reply in a wanted add you can check to see if hes all up to snuff...
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