Marketplace?

[No Limit]

How about a for sale board on these forums? Many larger forums have these and it would probably work out great on here so gamers could find good prices on hardware and other computer related stuff.
Paul

[The Dark Elf]

oooh I dunno, its a neat idea but just think of the problems if someone got conned.. Would have to mess about with lawyers to ensure they could cover the site from not being accountable for anything that goes wrong. Personally I'd avoid it, its a court case just waiting to happen :D

In theory though, it would be cool

[D33]

The forums at HLCCL do it, it's actually a good idea.

[The Dark Elf]

Yeah it is a good idea, I'm just an incredibly paranoid person who'll worry about the worst case scenario first :)


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ok what happened, adding this to the end of that post to try avoid it happening again. This thread was fine and just the one, I reply and suddenly there's two copies of the thread.. What am I doing to cause this when it doesn't seem to happen to anyone else? :)

[No Limit]

All the staff has to do here is simply put up a disclaimer that they are not responsible for any of the transactions. Even if they don't put it up they can not be held responsible as the payment never actually got to them. Most large forums do this and its a great way to get good deals on computer parts and a great way to sell any parts you no longer need.
Paul

[Ephemera]

Unless you mean to run a marketplace with serious intent, all that's gonna happen is that a lot of kids (or people acting like one) are gonna get their money buffed by people who will take advantage of the marketsplace. The result of this will be about 5-10 posts a day which will have a header like this: [Insert name here] CHEATED ME FOR [Insert total sum of $ here]!!!

Having the users sign a disclaimer means that the "sharks" will just have a better opportunity at ripping off the kids that I mentioned earlier without anyone taking responsibility for it. My tip is stick around with what your good at. Let dedicated marketplaces take care of that business. I'd rather have a good HL2-forum than a worse-than-shitty All-in-One forum.

[D33]

Actually most forum marketplaces I've seen work quite well.

If you're going to exchange big money then ask for a phone number first. Or send the money via cheque to their home address.

You'll know where they live then.

[No Limit]

Like D33 said, most forum marketplaces work out great. If what you say is true then there would be no ebay and any other online trading places. Also, any news on this? I am looking for a new vid card :).

[jww10789]

that would be great, but im not sure if i would because i would be afraid of getting conned

[No Limit]

I don't really understand what people are afraid of. This is no different than buying things off ebay or any other trading site. We can have a thread up that will be for user feedback on transactions. Like I said, I have seen this on many larger message boards and problems rarely occur. There are car sites out there that have users sell parts for around $1,000 and problems rarely occur.
-Paul

[jww10789]

i dunno i just do not really like the idea of it, hey but thats just me..

[No Limit]

Any news? :smoking: ;)

[D33]

Well I imagine Munro and several other staff have seen this thread by now. If there's no objection I'll create the board and post a legal disclaimer.

[No Limit]

Cool, thanks D33.

[No Limit]

Hate to be a pain in the ass but bump :).

[D33]

Right, no staff have objected in the weeks they've had so I'll be pretty annoyed if they do now. Board created.

[No Limit]

Thank you sir :). I will post many offers there soon to get things moving.
Paul