Is there any way to prevent fraud? The last 3 orders I have placed from people with 10+ iTraders have taken my money and ran. 2 of them continue to post their services, yet they will not reply, or refund my money. Then when I complained, they left me a negative iTrader???? This is the 3rd time and I'm done getting ripped off. Is there anyway, we can file a complaint to get these people banned?
I only see a single negative iTrader that you left. Where are the other two: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/itrader.php?u=292652&iv=4
I sent them via email off of DP after the 1st guy I complained to, called me a cheater and left me with a negative iTrader. I have opened up disputes with PayPal, but they are basically not willing to do anything. It would be great if Digital Point forced buyers and sellers to use an online escrow service to guarantee that payments and services are delivered. Maybe they could even get a percentage from each transaction as an affiliate.
Well, from what I understand, Digital Point aims to have a Lassez Faire type of economy. What you are proposing is a regulated economy wherein the staff of this place monitor all transactions between the members here, which would not only seem quite invasive to some of the users here, but it would also create extraneous workload for those here that already have a lot on their hands. I believe that the system we have now is good already. Yes, in a free market like this, there would undoubtedly be scams along the way, but, as in real life, a person's reputation is carried onwards so that continual cheating isn't so frequent. Of course, the iTrader system here can be abused as the OP has reported in this thread, but, if you're truly a moral businessman here, I doubt the slander of character by one or two people would even matter.
As a user, please explain how exactly I can force you to use an escrow service? You already *know* about escrow services (since you mentioned it), and you still don't use them.
I don't get why DP doesn't have strict rules like NP or WHT? They have rules and if the sellers or buyers DON'T follow through... well your gonna get punished. at DP, there is no punishment... heck anyone can scam multiple times and get away with it.... Ya, you might say you don't have enough staff members. I would say GET MORE STAFF MEMBERS... there are LOTS of qualified members here at DP that can help.
That's not true. A LOT of scammers get banned -- you just don't see that happening unless they've personally scammed you. Just don't make assumptions when you don't see the whole story.
Hi! Hah. What "strict rules" does WHT have???? What a joke. There are no strict rules about this on WHT. In fact..the mods will often side with the scammers and not the good guys. Please. What a joke. >>>For the nosey peope: I have not been kicked off of WHT. In fact..I didn't even earn any points this time going against a certain "user" who couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it. I chose not to participate on moral grounds. Bryon