Make people verify funds for anything above $XXXX amount

[Clyde]

Recently I've seen an influx of people claiming to be buying things at XXXX+ amounts, a lot of them being new members, some already having a bit of time in the forum and most of the time, those claiming they had that money end up being banned for evading, an attempted scam, or scamming itself, so what I think you should do is whenever a thread with an $XXXX+ amount of money comes up, make them go through an approval process, once they've verified they have the sufficient balance by doing things such as GIF'ing their balance (Whether it'd be bank balance, PayPal balance, etc.) they get their thread approved and out there.

I personally think this can be beneficial in lessening attempted scams and keeping the market more "Secure".

I personally think this can work with $500+ transaction deals as well (But those seem to be more common compared to $XXXX+ deals)

 

[Justis]

Why would the staff team need to moderate these threads and confirm how much money a person has when the people actually interested in selling are just as capable of asking for proof of funds and refusing to do business if they don't get it.

Personal responsibility. At some point, everyone needs to have it.

 

[Clyde]

Why would the staff team need to moderate these threads and confirm how much money a person has when the people actually interested in selling are just as capable of asking for proof of funds and refusing to do business if they don't get it.

Personal responsibility. At some point, everyone needs to have it.

I understand what you mean, I should of worded myself better. I was saying more towards the newer members as I do see a lot more members attempting to sell things at 4 digit numbers. The least the community would want is to be scammed a massive amount. Another problem is that there's gonna be those people who do accidentally fall into the scam and when they open a scam report, what's gonna happen? More than likely nothing as the person will just run off with the money and PayPal may not side with the scammed person. I know it can still happen if the person verifies, but it is way less likely.

 

[Zyphior]

There is always the option of using an Escrow service. If you are involved in transactions with significant amounts of money then a small Escrow fee is nothing in the long term. I realize this isn't perfect for all transactions but is at least a start. (Official MCM Escrow Service... ?)

 

[Mick]

Why would the staff team need to moderate these threads and confirm how much money a person has when the people actually interested in selling are just as capable of asking for proof of funds and refusing to do business if they don't get it.

Personal responsibility. At some point, everyone needs to have it.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.