Increase requirement for marketplace

I agree i think it should be 50 posts and 90 days

 

There needs to be some time limit, 30 days is probably the best. It acts as a spam deterrent for those who spam their way to 50. For those types it is more the presence of a waiting period than it's length.

 

I voted 50 posts and 60 days.

There should be an exception rule of course, if a person contacts you with enough proof and is an item that is interesting enough. But most people coming here are doing so to just pawn off some crappy items and leave.

 

I think we should go with 50 posts and 30 days (voted) and see how it works. If needed be we can then increase it to 60 days.

 

50 posts and 30 days sounds like the most practical one.

 

yep gone for 50 posts and 30 days too, if it doesnt work increase it to 60 days, then 90 if that doesnt work etc.

 

I choose 90days for the reason of 2 months will shoot past in no time, but I guess any time limit is better than "Lol" "Thanks" type posts.

 

I agree!
I voted "50 posts and 60 days" but then if it doesnt work increase it to 90 days.

 

I have voted for 90 days.

What I really want to see is the rules stickied permanently at the top of the marketplace section and harsher punishments to ALL members for not following them.

 

+1 though it is easier if the other stickies such as buy or trade. ebay and yahoo finds etc where moved to their own section, or unstickied as they are bumped daily anyway.

 

I voted for 90.

 

Where's the 100 posts and 90 day option! 50 posts is far too low to get a feel for someone, especially if their posts are short and sweet fillers only (as is often the case).

I don't know how many new members join each day / week / month etc, and of those, how many actually hit 50 posts within 1-3 months, but I don't imagine it to be a particularly high number. Personally I think once someone hits 50 posts that should only qualify them for Marketplace sales consideration. At that point a Mod should have a quick skim through the member's posts to date to make a more informed decision on their selling rights here.

50 posts of 'Wow, cool' or 'Awesome, I agree' = someone I won't do business with.

Edit - So in the absence of 'other', I'll vote for the harshest option above.

 

Awesome, I agree.

 

50posts and 90 days seem fair enough. Took me 90 days to get 50 posts when I first signed up. I think that time should give senior members plenty of space to see if the new member is a good one, troll, or just another spammer/ bot.

 

A greater amount of posts/days could lead to safer trading but in the other hand will turn off people that might want to sell their stuff on a forum and not on eBay and that usually is a good thing...

 

I find great merit in this statement.

 

49 left for you Bad_Ad84.

49.5 left you you APE.

 

voted for 90 days

 

If someone came with a ultra rare unreleased game or something - they could quite easily PM assembler and provide him with as much proof as he requires. Then an exception can be made for that person, with assembler posting the first reply to that persons thread saying he has OK'ed it.

There are always exceptions to the rule - but those are much rarer than what generally happens, and the rules should fit the common situation.