New Member Rule Breakers!

[gladdyontherise]

has anyone else here had to cancel a trade or dealt with a problem where your an established trader and a new trader expects you to send first?
today i asked the new trader if he sent since its been about 10 days and he says. NO, im waiting for yours. i have 195 feedback to his 5!!!!! and he wants ME to send first. am i crazy or on to something. ive had alot of new members wait till they get theres first weather its a trade or in this guys case a sale. who else finds this is ridculous and the fact we need an established traders forum for us vetrans of the site
anyway leave some input

[BCUS28]

Put the trade in dispute bud :)

[gladdyontherise]

whats there to put in dispute. he doesnt want to trade and i never sent, would there still be a reason to do it? do you put it in dispute if he backs out?

[hoeser]

A dispute needs to be initiated. The staff needs to be able to identify new traders who are not following the rules they agreed to when they signed up.

[andrewcstein]

The rule is that new members must send first. That's part of the agreement of the trade, and if it's violated, it is disputable. Also, if someone backs out of a trade that is already posted, that should be in dispute also.

[etmill01]

Dan, pm me the information for this and I will contact him and link the rules to him and explain they need to be followed..Thanks Ed

[molly1984]

Maybe the person did not know, especially if they are new to the site. Just point them to the rules page and mention it when you are posting the trade. I always mention it in the PMs when we are setting the trade up so the other person is aware.

[DAVE30]

I agree with you molly but they should read the rules they are their for a reason, Maybe you should have to read the rules before signing up on scf just a thought. That might help people understand what they need to do as far as trading or selling on scf. Pointing it out about the send first rule can cause them to not want to trade which is the same as not following the rules i think.

Dave

[molly1984]

Yeah, you have a good point. Though I'm sure most people when they sign up for a site just check the box (think of all the contests you enter or sites, where the page to read is so long, so you just check the box. I do read or skim sometimes but many times I just go ahead and just check whatever box I have to check to sign up!).

Maybe we need more placement of the rules, a sticky in each trading forum with a link to the rules (like a must read before trading?). I bet some people just wander straight into the trading forums and don't look around much.

[DAVE30]

Maybe when signing up maybe their could be a spot that says you must send first until you reach 20 trades. If the box next to it is not checked your request to join will not go through.