Please tell me if this doesn’t belong in this category, I will move it if need be.
So I haven’t been a part of this community for super long, but I’ve spent the last few months mostly on new as well as old BST topics. In that time, I’ve noticed that a bunch of people have abused some of the rules to scam people, which is pretty unfortunate, especially for new members of this forum. For this reason, I wanted to suggest adding a rule such that everyone wanting to sell or trade will have to add a hand-written note of their username and the date the post was uploaded to the pics, so it’s clear that they actually still own the throws. I am well aware that this will not stop all attempts of scamming, but I feel that it will make a positive change and add reliability to the BST category.
It wouldn’t be very difficult since I feel like most people take some new pictures of their stuff when they post. It could just be one verification picture next to all the throws too if someone was selling a lot.
I would definitely appreciate having as much reliability as possible if I were to dip into selling some of my throws, it’s awkward to not have any reputation to speak of when that’s the only thing people use as a credibility check on this forum.
What does this prove. They post a pic they can still scam you.
As he sez…
While not fool proof, a minimum time as a member, say 30-40 days, and a minimum number of posts, say 30-40 seems to work well on other sites. This is what was used on TheYo forums with good success. Yes, there are some determined crooks that will abide by this, then strike, but it’s rare.
On this forum, they basically let anyone into the BST forum.
not to criticize or be adversarial, but what other sites? there’s a member on here that seemingly has at least 3 different facebook accounts. they recently used their history on yye as legit bst dealings, subsequently ran, what by independent accounts a kinda sketch deal, then finally sent (only after the buyer was on them for almost 2 weeks), their yoyo unsecured and assembled in a bubble mailer…
I know G&S works every time, but the hassle is still important to take into account. It’s a lot of work to go through a purchase to attempt to buy a throw that the seller doesn’t even own, it would just be a bit of extra security that the sale is legitimate. I know countless other BSTs where a handwritten note is absolutely required for any sale or trade post to exist. I personally feel that it adds some extra security, which is honestly never a bad thing.
G&S is actually one of the suggestions for BST transactions already. I agree with you, and, I personally skip any for sale posts that say “F&F or you add the fees for G&S”. If a seller is too lazy to figure out how to calculate what they need to charge to clear the amount they want for the yoyo, I’m not willing to take the chance they aren’t too lazy to properly pack and ship it.
Other communities do require user name and date handwritten in the picture of items being sold. I’m OK with that, but, I would expect most honest sellers would be.
Correct, the guy using a bubble wrap mailer for an expensive yoyo isn’t a scammer, he is just careless, ignorant, or a fool. But, I believe my statement holds true if you replace “guy using bubble wrap mailer” with “guy asking you to pay with F&F”
