I am the mod who cleaned out the comments. It is inappropriate for members to go into sales threads in which they are not bidding and hijack the thread. Any potential buyer should use due diligence when making any purchase.
well, mods cant get involved and investigate every thread on digitalpoint to see if its a scam or not.. its impossible.. THE DP Marketplace is HUGE thats why there is a couple of rules, if you are not interested in a buying the website, then you should not post a negative comment.. this is sad because some people may get scammed without those negative comments sometimes(so many newbies on DP..), but its not your fault if someone is not "educated" one should educate himself and do the necessary researchs before buying a website. now about this "pr6" directory, buyers should check the backlinks.. because its possible that even a dropped pr6 domain keep its pr (if it have a strong pr7 backlink for example).. even if its rare..
I really cant believe this. I was watching that thread as well as the discussion here to see if we can really do something about it. And look what we got? jhnrang got infraction for doing the right thing and now the whole thread is cleaned and now ready to trap a noob. Its really sad to see a Senior member doing such a thing. I guess you guys were just trying to give facts so people can at least see what are they getting for their money. Seems like "he" believes his site to be similar to linksfactory.net & submitdirectory.org. He is selling a domain purely on the basis of PR and has nothing to back it up. ! Ask ! Where are you?? We need you here.
If that was the case it would not be so bad, but it is the previous software site that had the PR6, not the new directory which he admitted he did not do any promotion for.
This type of thread should be deleted.However, i can understand moderators.It's buyer responsibility to check a site before bidding on it.Personally, i think if you start a directory on expired domain.Promote it and on next pagerank when your inner pages have pr then sell your directory. Thanks, S
Thats what I meant (In slightly different way ) The directory will be getting a legit PR soon enough. I think he should have waited a bit to see what kinda potential the directory has.
i would hope that someone with so much experience and reputation as he does will not deliberately try to misrepresent his directory but its sad when a forum is not allowed to fulfill all that it can due to overly restrictive rules. The idea of forums is for ppl to voice their opinions, in a civilized manner, whether they agree or disagree and let others learn and grow. By removing all the opposing threads simply makes DP a much weaker forum that what I thought it to be.....
Well as I said in my intial post that started this thread, I don't really have a problem with anything accept the title and the opening (bolded) line of his auction. Those two lines are very misleading (in the least). As a senior member I though MG would understand how misrepresenting something is not really fair, especially to the newer members that might not understand how to do 'due diligence' and are just excited at owning a "real, aged pr6 directory for very cheap!" - It is an expensive lesson for the buyer to learn and it will hurt his reputation as well (that is the part I don't understand), he keeps defending his auction but it is so blatantly wrong that I am puzzled.
And is it not inappropriate for members to create sales threads which are completely misleading and false? Yes a potential buyer should carry out due diligence but not every buyer is an experienced webmaster or directory owner in which case the opinion of experienced webmasters and or directory owners is important. I understand the rules and I abide by them, but I was able to read all of the comments before you *cleaned* that thread and in my opinion there were several valid posts which should not have been removed as they provided valuable information which would have helped a potential buyer with his/her due diligence. Whilst I do not wish to question your role as a mod, as I do not know you, I have to wonder if you would have acted in the same way if it were a member with less than 50 posts and a single iTrader to his / her name. No, true they cannot, however when a sales thread is highlighted like this one was, when experienced directory owners are questioning the legitimacy of the auction AND a seperate thread was set up to discuss it, surely that sends up some red flags, that maybe just maybe there is something wrong with the sale. eBay is also a huge marketplace and they are reprimanded if they don't try to prevent fraud, why should DP be any different? This guy is clearly taking advantage of his position in the community to inflate the price and as the OP stated, it is this kind of BS which is ruining this industry. Just my tuppence worth
I just checked the domain's internal PR (with livepr.info) none of the internal pages are having PR! if he wants to sell it ,he may have waited till the update!
It's unfortunate for the community that you felt all of the posts were off topic and hijacked the sales thread. Due diligence includes the right to question the claims set forth by the seller and anything else they feel may have a bearing on their decision as a potential buyer. Other mods seemed to have no problems with the majority of the comments/posts, and the posts they felt were inappropriate were dealt with accordingly.
If everyone posts in that thread all at once then some action would have been taken, didnt expect reputed people playing with others money
I've just check the thread, the site has been taken out of sale with following comment May be this person will more careful next time
I would have thought that asking questions about the directory, PR, Age etc would be OK. I think any prospective buyers of the directory should read the posts and the questions and then make up their own minds. If the correct questions have been asked and the thread shows that there is concern from others about the validity of the site then I would have to say its 'caveat emptor' as they say (Let the buyer beware).
Personally I think a seller is allowed to ask for any price they want and it is the market that will decide if the price is reasonable or not. The only part that is not really fair in my eyes is if the person placing the auction lies or misleads through false statements. Well said, I totally agree. I think what happened in this case is some members lost their tempers. I have seen MG's posts before and he is a senior member and seems like a pretty good guy, that is why I was more than a little surprised at his misleading statements and he unwillingness to admit they were so. Anyone can get a little carried away when they advertise an auction but you still have to be careful to not trick people into thinking something that is not true.
I think the mod did right by giving me infraction --my posts were too harsh. But it was because that guy incited me to post those -he should have properly answered my queries rather than threatening me to report to mods.
That's toooooo bad.... Same thread on Namepros: http://www.namepros.com/developed-s...ry-with-revenue-for-sale.html?highlight=esand