A trading post idea (feedback system)

[billyhallfan]

I think that with all of the trading and selling going on in the trading post that there needs to be some sort of system to give all of our traders/sellers/buyers feedback. Now I know that probably the immidiate thought of everyone is that if a deal doesn't work out some nasty things could be said and it could get ugly, but 1) I don't see that happening, and 2) that happens other places, more in Ned Yost discussions than bobblehead discussion. I think that we just need to have one long thread that can be titled "Member Feedback" and have it pinned to the top, and whenever someone wants to say something nice about 20fry, or me, or BrewCrewin2004, or Jason21nl, or whoever, doesn't matter than it can go there.

 

Also another thing that it does is it provides a basis of reference for people that are going to be trading with our members, trading over the internet is a risk and I just think that this would be a nice feature and add to the already good trading post.

 

It seems like this year there are a lot more trades and sales going on and I just think that this would be a good thing to have,

 

am I completely wrong?

[1992casey]

I think you have an excellent idea.

 

Do you think following forum rules would be an adequate guideline? It's should be feasible to do a negative feedback without condescension, for instance.

[billyhallfan]

absolutly, if something didn't work out then no one needs to start calling people names, just explain what went wrong, hopefully everyone can be mature about it, I was thinking that it would have to follow forum guidlines.

[berniebrewer4life]

I think that's a good idea. Also, if i may add; how about a tally at the top? Every member that is given a good review gets a +1, a bad review -1.

 

So it would look something like this:

 

Billyhallfan +3

Berniebrewer4life -1

dadofandrew +4

ect,

ect,.

 

 

That way, if someone is about to do a deal, and dosen't have the time to read thru all the posts, they can just look at the first post, find the name and see what his score is.

[1992casey]

Yeah, a tally at the top would be a definite usability need.

 

I see a legitimate concern that something could cause an 'unpleasant' exchange. Any suggestions regarding how to ensure that things are kept civil?

[Team Canada]

Another option might be to use an existing feedback solution like heatware.com.

[billyhallfan]

to answer your question casey I think we would have to make it clear that forum rules apply, and someone would have to administer it.

[TerraceReserved]

Any update on whether this will be happening? I think it's a great idea, and would enhance the already great Trading Post.

[billyhallfan]

well I think I or someone else just need to start a thread that says something to the effect of "Member Feedback or Trade Feedback" and then it needs pinned, and there we go!