"I would never buy something at a forum."

[jajaja]

try www.ebay.com
I would never buy something at a forum. Where is the security that you wont get fraud?

[AB Positive]

try www.ebay.com
I would never buy something at a forum. Where is the security that you wont get fraud?

Feedback forum, read up on the people first and then decide if they're trustworthy.

frankly I've been ripped off more times on eBay (5) than I have on any of the three forums I buy/sell on (0)

-AG

[tholly]

try www.ebay.com
I would never buy something at a forum. Where is the security that you wont get fraud?

this forum is very good with sales...

i have bought from 10+ people with not 1 problem

just look at who you are buying from first....if they havent posted a lot and have no feedback or references, then stay away....if they appear to be a good seller on this forum, then they probably are

[Flack]

I split this from the Gamecube FS thread, as it had no place there. Hundreds if not thousands of dollars trade hands here every week, and except for the occasional bad apple, things run pretty ding-dang smoothly.

[Kamino]

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

THANKS

-Chris

[Sph1nx]

/me feeds Kamino instead.

[imanerd0011]

I have done a few trades here, and everything has gone perfectly. Just make sure the person posts alot, and has good feedback from others here, and everything should go smoothly.

[Cauterize]

/me feeds Kamino instead.

Bad idea, Kamino is a Troll

(I love you really Kamino )

[-hellvin-]

AWESOME! Then keep your opinon to yourself and buy nothing.

[racecar]

try www.ebay.com
I would never buy something at a forum. Where is the security that you wont get fraud?

this forum(dp is special unlike any other one's)
MOST people here are trustworthy gamer's like the one's on my signature
also you can USE THE FEED BACK THREAD !!

[jajaja]

Why? Its a free world (most places) so i can say my opinion ;P

[Sniderman]

Looks like jajaja got pwntpwntpwnt.

Seriously, trades and deals are thrown around here all the time with very few tales of woe. The first time someone gets screwed around here, the siren is sounded and the "screwer" is usually beaten soundly and tossed out the door. As long as you're not throwing $1,000 for a "OMG RAER GAME CART FOR NITEEDOO GAM<EBOX!!!!ONE" towards someone with 3 posts to his name, you should be fine. Most everyone ehere is happy to recommend folks and warn you who to stay away from.

Dozens of DP deals - not a single prob.
Ebay - been ripped off twice and had my money taken twice with no "recourse" either.


You take your chances regardless of where you trade or buy. I'd rather buy from people I know rather than eBay vendors who may or may not be NARUed the second my check clears their account.

[buttasuperb]

does he work for ebay?

i only use ebay as a last resort since i don't like listing fees, non paying bidders and all that garbage.

[racecar]

mod's MOVED this thread to off topic's, it dosn't belong here !!

[jajaja]

Yes.. i didnt start a new topic with this ;P
I see some people here got angry or something when i said this.. dont know why, but ok.. strange
Anyways.. Im just asking if there is any protection when you trade on this forum.
Like.. if i buy something here, and use Paypal to pay with, and i never recive anything, am i screwed then or is there some kind of protection?

[Lady Jaye]

Hmm, yes it does.

[Sniderman]

Yes.. i didnt start a new topic with this ;P
I see some people here got angry or something when i said this.. dont know why, but ok.. strange
Anyways.. Im just asking if there is any protection when you trade on this forum.
Like.. if i buy something here, and use Paypal to pay with, and i never recive anything, am i screwed then or is there some kind of protection?

If you pay with Paypal, isn't that enough? Claim you got ripped off and they start investigating. Doesn't need to be an eBay transaction. Hell, pay with a Credit Card and double your safety. Or use a Money Order and keep your receipt. No product? Start tracing the MO and see where it leads. Or pay with a check and sic your bank on them if they rip you off. Seriously, how do you deal with this kind of thing outside of eBay?

I think what's got everyone irked is that you kinda suggested that folks here couldn't be trusted. ("I would never buy from a forum" and suggesting fraud may occur.) That may not have been your intent, but that's what I think has everyone on your case. Most everyone here has only good things to say about trading with other members. I suggest listening to them rather than getting defensive at this point.

[maxlords]

Yes.. i didnt start a new topic with this ;P
I see some people here got angry or something when i said this.. dont know why, but ok.. strange
Anyways.. Im just asking if there is any protection when you trade on this forum.
Like.. if i buy something here, and use Paypal to pay with, and i never recive anything, am i screwed then or is there some kind of protection?

Paypal actually only provides protection within an extremely limited spectrum. They'll only cover you IF the item didn't arrive (not if it was damaged), IF you and the seller were both verified, IF IF IF. They're VERY bad about it and screw people all the time. You rarely get your money back from them. Out of three times I've had to file for it, I've gotten my money back exactly ONCE.

There's no CASH protection but scammers get roundly decimated on these boards. People tend to speak out quite vocally when they get burned here, and it even gets passed on amongst other forums. Scam someone here and you'll probably never be able to trade on most major gaming forums again (at least anytime soon). We tend to ask a lot of questions here, and tend to make sure of people first, especially those with no trading reps, and normally the new person has to send first, buying or selling.

The feedback forum works. We've actually got a LOT more trades than it shows, but we've just instituted it fairly recently, so everyone (myself included) is slowly adding to the people they've dealt with. I've probably done over 300 trades on here (maybe MANY more) but I currently have around 20 feedbacks in the forums. I've never been burned on a package here either. Not ONCE.

As for eBay, there's no protection there either. Negative feedbacks don't stop scammers. There are 1000 times more scammers on eBay than here because everyone uses eBay, good, bad, and ugly. But only DPers use this board mostly, and in general, we're a pretty good lot (don't ask my wife about that tho....).

[Kamino]

/me feeds Kamino instead.

Bad idea, Kamino is a Troll

(I love you really Kamino )

*Grunt Grunt*
<troll> *takes out big club and beats Adam's skull down* </troll>
and thanks sph1nx, i didnt feel like making any lunch today!

[jajaja]

"("I would never buy from a forum" and suggesting fraud may occur.) That may not have been your intent, but that's what I think has everyone on your case"

No.. of course not. Im new to this forum and i dont know anyone here.
And i said "A forum", not "THIS forum". I was talking generaly.
But your right, you can probly trace the guy, i didnt think about that.
As i said, I did NOT make this topic! It was a post in another topic and a MOD (flack i think) moved it here for some reason.. So please delete this topic because i didnt make it and flack made me look like a idiot