My notion was based on when I aproached the mods, he should have gotten his priviledges taken away as soon as possible. I notified the mods constantly seeing him pm others, i did my best to give him negative comments and on chatbox countless hours to notify others. Because not only did this guy take a watch from me, he wasted my time with his lies. And sadly, there are more victims... i understand u need to be fair on both sides when judging matters like this but this time, it took too long and now, we see that theres a loophole in the system.
I suggest there be a new trade system where only VIPs can trade under assumptions that another member can vouche for ones validity. Or somewhere along this line. Ive loved this forum since I joined and i know i might be too inexperienced to tell, but i see a better end to this, a way for these mishaps to be avoided. Ive had mutual trust for everyone on this forum, sharing one great hobby and interest in watches but realized now that even here, bottom feeding retards exist.
I bet theres been countless events like this before, instead of banning their one of thousands of fake accounts, we can establish better trading system to mitigate this once and for all.
Best way to deal with somebody is by looking into them.
When we fail to do that we run into assholes like these.
Best way to avoid scam is to only deal with people you know and people who are active. Look at their sales history. See if you find high dollar items sold from them before dealing with them and if oyu still have doubts, talk to people they have traded with before. Most people will give you feedback.
Sometimes you get scammed by established people as well so there are no guarantees. Mods and other members do their best to single those ************* out but sometimes shit falls through cracks and thats when we do our due diligence. Hope this shit gets resolved.