Fisher
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I have just had a friend who recently got scammed on ebay when he brought a laptop. He paid through paypal but couldnt get any of of his money because the seller didnt offer him buyer protection from paypal, so he was only able to get £110 of it back from ebay. there seems to me to be a common belief that if you buy something from paypal you are covered. i think this is wrong as if you buy something outside of ebay you are merely just handing over money using paypal on the trust of the seller.
it also seems abit more dodgy if someone has just joined the forums and has only posted to sell something, like this one:
http://www.computerforums.org/showthread.php?t=52508
maybe you could put a rule on that people with only say a a minimum of 250 posts (or if thats a little too high/low) that has been a member of CF for over, say, 6 months can advertise and sell items outside of ebay. then at least you can get to know them and build up a feeling for them on CF, kinda like a CF feedback system rlying on the input of the regualr members on here to build up a trust base before you exchange money with them. instead of just having a stranger come on, advertise something and get some naive person to send them money only to never hear from them again
it also seems abit more dodgy if someone has just joined the forums and has only posted to sell something, like this one:
http://www.computerforums.org/showthread.php?t=52508
maybe you could put a rule on that people with only say a a minimum of 250 posts (or if thats a little too high/low) that has been a member of CF for over, say, 6 months can advertise and sell items outside of ebay. then at least you can get to know them and build up a feeling for them on CF, kinda like a CF feedback system rlying on the input of the regualr members on here to build up a trust base before you exchange money with them. instead of just having a stranger come on, advertise something and get some naive person to send them money only to never hear from them again