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As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
I see where you're coming from, Telejester.
At one point I would have agreed with you, but not any more. I have sold a number of things on there to people with very low fret counts, some of them under 50. At one time I would have been reluctant to trust someone with such a low number of frets but you sort of know from chatting to someone in PM if they are genuine. I think it's only fair to give everyone a chance to buy and sell.
If you're suspicious you could always PM a mod and get them to do a bit of checking on the person to see if they can spot anything dodgy from their end.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
I'm a member of that forum as well and yes, it does work well. Not sure how it works but as Mark said, if you blast out a bunch of rubbish to get your post count up it detects it. I think your account gets suspended but not sure. It does reduce the risk of bum deals, fakes and inflated prices. It was driven by a glut of new Rolex's being advertised at above RRP IIRC...
Having said that, whether guitars or watches, I am always super cautious and if there's anything I'm not sure about I walk away. It's not like no other USA Strats or whatever are available...
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
Obviously if theyre new here it’s difficult but obviously common sense prevails there. I.e meet in public, pay cash or at least regular PayPal.
The most pro active thing TheFB does to increase membership is to talk to people at the Birmingham guitar show and the feedback from that has tended to be that people are more interested in the idea of free classifieds than anything else.
Anyone old enough to remember Harmony Central may also remember the infamous "JBrazz" incident.
Sadly, even long time posters with thousands of posts sometimes turn out to be dodgy. You need to judge each person individually, not their post count.
Post limits are pretty annoying. Had a problem with my girlfriends car recently so joined a Seat forum. Took photos of the issue to ask for advice but wasn’t allowed to post any photos until I had 50 posts. I’m sure people had the knowledge about the issue they were willing to share but I couldn’t show them what the problem was. In the end had to try and describe it the best I could and got nowhere.
What if someone passes the participation test and then scams someone? There cannot be any sort of comeback to anyone who isn't a party to the transaction.
Keep things as they are.
I think the only thing you'd learn from looking at my fret count is that I don't Wow people very much
If if it’s not a ‘face to face’ sale, I think new sellers should perhaps have to accept ‘normal’PayPal only?
I am happy with either to be honest. The feedback thread on the watch forum is used as a matter of course for all deals (give or take i'm sure) but when there are far more regular high-price items being sold and traded, I do not think this is a bad thing at all.
Less than a full month in, how many frets/posts did you have have that point?