Vendor Reviews & Complaints

shadoquad

Yes, but the forum is focused on our discourse, not our personal business transactions.

And as far as the vendor ratings, it would be corrupted too easily. Sure, you'll have honesty in reviews for the most part, but you could also have people deliberate smear one of these businesses for no good reason or on false pretenses.

I just think that it buys the site nothing.

XwChriswX

Stop being so damned rational... gawd! You just won't let the trolls have their fun will you?!

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With no safeguard in place or at the very least some form of user feedback like trader feedback, this forum is a feeding ground for potential fraud and shady business tactics/sales.

At the very least, a trader feedback should be in place like many other forums do.

We get that no money is actually transferred through the forum, but that is irrelevant especially legally. Whoever owns the forum is providing a place for business to take place. The forum provides the way for vendors to contact consumers and vice versa, there has to be a system in place to keep consumers and vendors aware of transaction history and potential problems with vendors or consumers.

Right now there is no protection for the consumers. I understand that vendors bankroll this site, but without consumers, this forum and its vendors wouldn't be around for too long.

shadoquad

Do your research outside of the forum, then. And even if there was something in place, new vendors would be a crapshoot.

I respectfully disagree. This isn't "the370zmarket.com". You're not putting in paypal information or anything. Nothing is stopping you from doing research on these companies outside of this site. You just want the legwork done for you.

So, you'd rather have possible user review fraud take the place of vendor fraud? Look, fraudulent vendors don't last long here. But if you just have the ability for random Joe User to enter a review, then what's to prevent troll reviews or even focused and deliberate falsifications from a rival company? And you're right, without consumers this site wouldn't last long. Neither would it last if the sponsors defraud the user base. You think AK is deliberately having his users shafted by forum sponsors?