SAU Traders

[SeriesIIGTST]

Hi

For the purposes of keeping the forums clean, we seem to be acquiring quite a lot of traders being listed in the classifieds section on the main page. Perhaps the addition of a traders subsection should be added which then links to all the traders (NewKon.Biz, Allblitz, Kudos, etc)

Just a suggestion.

[Cefiro_PWA]

I second that, this is looking messy and not cool :werd:

[funkymonkey]

been thinking of gettin Prank and a few other admins to enforce a screening policy.

Basically, anyone buying items should:

get a copy of the seller's driver's license prior to transferring money

get a signed contract of sale from the seller

and try to get COD, insured, tracked postage, or organise for a regional moderator, friend or someone with good reputation to pick up the items where ever possible

Prior to selling, sellers have to:

Disclose to SAU their bank details, residential address, contact phone number and driver's license

If they are a business, provide ABN/ACN details, along with contact number and business/home address.

All sellers have to have made 45 posts over a 3 month period on an average of 1 post per 2 days (so that you can't just make 45 posts in one day and be allowed to sell stuff) prior to being allowed to create threads in the for sale section. Traders will be exempt from this.

Been tossing up a few other ideas as well. Unfortunately implementing them is a bit of a headache.

[mini2]

I suggested something like Shan's idea in another thread but I was grilled by another member...it works but that means the mods will have tonnes of work on their shoulders.

[Blitz]

Its a battle keeping up with it as is, but all new traders that I allow to register are asked to provide all relevant information including landline contact number and residential address so we can do our very best to cut down on the number of dodgy pricks that are roaming all the forums at the moment.

[agd33]

hey there,

i paid for sponsorship a couple of weeks ago

for the username: garage-13

and its still disabled.

any ideas?

[Blitz]

Alex - can you be more specific regarding the problem you are having as your account looks fine.

[ferni]

I think Shan has some good ideas there.

I don't think the problem is with registered traders, its more personal sellers that you find are dodgy. Businesses are usually legit.

As for not having enough man power to enforce it - get more mods. I'm sure there are plenty of trustworthy people happy to help out with modding this stuff - I'm happy to help, especially stamping out dodgy traders.

[funkymonkey]

businesses are usually legit? ferni mate, have you checked nissansilvia's trading section lately? full of 17-20 year old young entrepreneurs with no business capital to fall back on, simply onselling stuff, claiming they pay GST when they're not even registered for it, etc etc. All they do is register as a sole trader, because its free and you can do it in under 5 mins online, and hey presto you're a "business". An ABN means shit f**k all these days.

[Blitz]

its funny because its true - Nissan Silvia has every man and his dog claiming to be a performance parts "business"

[Beer Baron]

I would like to sign up as a trader. i read shans post and it sounded like a good business plan. i am now in phase one. implementation.

[ferni]

hahaha never been to nissansilvia forums, but good points I'm just going from experience, I've seen more people ripped off on forums by individuals not businesses..

[funkymonkey]

I would like to sign up as a trader. i read shans post and it sounded like a good business plan. i am now in phase one. implementation.

skaaaweet... you gonna sell japanese schoolgirl panties?

btw, where's that memory card?

[Beer Baron]

yeah, i will be importing all kind of shit.

hmm, must dig out memory card. it's still brand new in it's pack and I dunno where the f**k i put it.

[lwells]

I have a whinge about traders. Personally I am getting really sick of all the traders posting amongst the private for sale ads. For all its failings, one of the better things about the setup at NissanSilvia is that they have a complete seperate forum for traders. Could we possibly have the same thing here (ie. the standard parts for sale forum and a special traders parts forum)?

The indivual trader forum sections don't work that well either IMHO. Its kind of irritating having to check six or seven forum sections to see what they are doing. Maybe its just me? Are the traders happy with the amount of traffic to their individual forum sub-sections?

Lucien.