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Khledar · 08-25-2003, 04:11 PM

It's not exactly a majority issue - it's one negative feedback from one user - our opinions on a single deal really don't matter. When we're being prospective buyers/sellers it's the overall history of trades that form a judgement of un/acceptable trader. This trade should be a negative - but similar to big(and good) traders on ebay most have 97-100% positive - very rarely is it 100% - meaning a troll is not formed from one poor transaction.

There will always be deals that don't work out - for whatever reason - and regardless of how cheated you feel by person A's customer service - that doesn't make them a troll. There is AFAIK a resolution to this - yes it seems a bit shady. We can, and SHOULD, judge every person we trade with - but it is not necessary for us to judge someone pubilicly on a deal we are nor ever were part of.

The idea of trader evaluations is such that buyers/sellers post experiences with people, not so random people can post their opinions on how they feel about deal X.

There's nothing wrong with trying to inform people but I definately agree with trollhunters.com on the below statement.

"First thing you should do if another is giving you a hard time with a deal is to contact the moderator at the forum the trade originated at so they know what's going on." - trollhunters.com

[Edit: re-read changed wording a bit - just trying to be clearer]

08-25-2003, 04:11 PM	#90
Khledar Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Vancouver BC Posts: 234	It's not exactly a majority issue - it's one negative feedback from one user - our opinions on a single deal really don't matter. When we're being prospective buyers/sellers it's the overall history of trades that form a judgement of un/acceptable trader. This trade should be a negative - but similar to big(and good) traders on ebay most have 97-100% positive - very rarely is it 100% - meaning a troll is not formed from one poor transaction. There will always be deals that don't work out - for whatever reason - and regardless of how cheated you feel by person A's customer service - that doesn't make them a troll. There is AFAIK a resolution to this - yes it seems a bit shady. We can, and SHOULD, judge every person we trade with - but it is not necessary for us to judge someone pubilicly on a deal we are nor ever were part of. The idea of trader evaluations is such that buyers/sellers post experiences with people, not so random people can post their opinions on how they feel about deal X. There's nothing wrong with trying to inform people but I definately agree with trollhunters.com on the below statement. "First thing you should do if another is giving you a hard time with a deal is to contact the moderator at the forum the trade originated at so they know what's going on." - trollhunters.com [Edit: re-read changed wording a bit - just trying to be clearer] __________________ "mooooo" said the cow. ERTW - UBC P4 2.4B @3.01Ghz 167FSB :: Abit IC7 :: 2x256MB HyperX PC3700 :: ASUS 9600XT :: WD Raptor 2x36GB RAID0 Last edited by Khledar; 08-25-2003 at 04:18 PM.