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- Sep 22, 1999
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I couldn't find the like button, so...At this point 90% of scams are people being contacted off site via email and not pm.
Private messages solve a lot of this problem. Yes people have to start somewhere in terms of not having any feedback... but those people are just going to have to accept G & S until they are established.
You'll never be able to stop everyone from getting scammed regardless of what you do... and successful scams have been slowing down by a decent margin now that everyone is aware of the same old tactics.
Imho, the avenue of success lays with being informed of good practices and not by banning 4 out of the 5 available payment methods. Although I would go along with mandated PM's.
In terms of anyone being capable of putting in the work and building a legitimate reputation and then deciding to ruin it all by hitting a lick... that stands true of nearly every single selling platform that exists and can't be helped.
Conducting business through PMs and using good common sense practices will cut down on 95% or more of potential scams. There is no 100% solution, if a system exists it will be gamed one way or another.
All that said, I appreciate your opinion on the matter
I for one think spark and the admin have done a great job at it and have the correct take.
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