Helping to fight fraudsters on BC

[ped]

Hi folks

As you know, items priced at £50 and under are free to post here. Recently we introduced some code that means anything listed under the threshold has to be approved first, because in the past we’ve seen scammers listing basses worth thousands for £1 just so they can avoid paying the fee. 

The fee protects you as customers - if a seller is dishonest enough to defraud our system we don’t expect them to be great people to deal with. 

Currently there’s a gap in the code where items posted at exactly £50 are free and may pass by the filter, too. 

Today I’ve had to stop three idiots trying to evade payment this way. Often people have commented on the thread before I’ve been able to take it down. 

Could you help out by clicking ‘report post’ instead, so I can get rid? 

I’ve asked for the gap to be plugged ASAP so hopefully this won’t be for long. 

Lets try and keep the marketplace free of these types of people please!

Cheers

ped

[TheGreek]

Can I buy the thousand pound bass for £1???

[ped]

Strangely enough they never reply to the PM I usually send! 

Everyone who does it gets a warning which stays on record and after two goes their content gets moderated before it appears on the site. 

Some own up and apologise, others scuttle back off to gumtree or Facebook 😝 good riddance. 

[Dan Dare]

8 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Can I buy the thousand pound bass for £1???

I'll pay two quid for it 😁

[TheGreek]

Yeah...£7 per item, £20 for the year is far too much 

[BreadBin]

It's only £18 isn't it? Hardly extortionate!

[Dan Dare]

So how does it work? Suppose I contact Sid Scammer and say "I'll have your Fodera for a quid"? Does he say he's had a better offer and invite me to top it?

[ped]

3 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

It's only £18 isn't it? Hardly extortionate!

£18 to renew an existing £20 sub. Most people also see the sub as a kind of ‘thank you’ which is nice, and the good people far outweigh the scammers. It annoys me when they get through though because it makes a mockery of those who pay and pierces our safe little ecosystem which we’ve developed over the years!

[ped]

3 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

So how does it work? Suppose I contact Sid Scammer and say "I'll have your Fodera for a quid"? Does he say he's had a better offer and invite me to top it?

They say ‘actual price is £3500’ in the ad and make it sound like they didn’t put £1 on purpose. We’ve had some classics recently, one guy even said ‘it’s not £50 it’s £750 but it asked me to pay if I put that’

 

[BreadBin]

1 minute ago, ped said:

They say ‘actual price is £3500’ in the ad and make it sound like they didn’t put £1 on purpose. We’ve had some classics recently, one guy even said ‘it’s not £50 it’s £750 but it asked me to pay if I put that’

 

[ped]

[stewblack]

When I finally amassed enough gear to actually be able to sell some of it, I havered over paying to advertise it here. How much would I have to charge per item to make back my £20.

Then I had a bit of a word with myself. Basschat is worth the £20 regardless of whether I buy and sell here. The advice, companionship, inspiration and ideas are worth a sight more in fact.

 

[Reggaebass]

16 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Aye aye Captain. Will keep ‘em peeled 👍

+1 to that ,  👍

Edited July 23, 2019 by Reggaebass

[BreadBin]

30 minutes ago, stewblack said:

When I finally amassed enough gear to actually be able to sell some of it, I havered over paying to advertise it here. How much would I have to charge per item to make back my £20.

Then I had a bit of a word with myself. Basschat is worth the £20 regardless of whether I buy and sell here. The advice, companionship, inspiration and ideas are worth a sight more in fact.

 

I very rarely actually advertise anything on here, but do trade and also answer wanted ads so feel it's only reasonable to pay the subs. But also like you I get plenty of enjoyment 👍

[fiatcoupe432]

I only pay to support the bass community and basschat! I don't use Facebook anymore so this is where I spend most of my free time.

I hardly sell so my £20 a year goes as thank you to you ped for making this happen and I will def help reports idiots

[Ricky 4000]

I wonder if you're underselling the whole subs thing, boss?

I keep meaning to sign up for the subs, though there's nothing I want to sell at present.

Perhaps a 'Premium Member' usergroup for those who've paid up?

I'm sure you've thought about it before though.

I used to belong to a Scooby forum that had premium subs or basic membership for free... though that forum went to sh*t (though I think that was because of it was sold off by the owner to Internet Brands).

Edited July 23, 2019 by Ricky 4000

[yorks5stringer]

38 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

I wonder if you're underselling the whole subs thing, boss?

I keep meaning to sign up for the subs, though there's nothing I want to sell at present.

Perhaps a 'Premium Member' usergroup for those who've paid up?

I'm sure you've thought about it before though.

I used to belong to a Scooby forum that had premium subs or basic membership for free... though that forum went to sh*t (though I think that was because of it was sold off by the owner to Internet Brands).

I love scooby doo, shaggy and all the gang. can you give me an address for the site please?

[BassTractor]

10 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

I love scooby doo, shaggy and all the gang. can you give me an address for the site please?

I think you misunderstand. He meant diving. 😐

Edited July 24, 2019 by BassTractor

[skankdelvar]

1 minute ago, BassTractor said:

I think you misunderstand. He meant diving.

[Skinnyman]

Not wishing to derail this but while we're on the subject, you've reminded me.....

I recently got an email telling me my £18 was due.

I'm not keen on clicking links in emails - but i can't find anywhere on the site that allows me to pay my dues .

This is no doubt because I've very stupid but please help a confused old man and tell me how I pay my £18 😀

[Ricky 4000]

3 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

Not wishing to derail this but while we're on the subject, you've reminded me.....

I recently got an email telling me my £18 was due.

I'm not keen on clicking links in emails - but i can't find anywhere on the site that allows me to pay my dues .

This is no doubt because I've very stupid but please help a confused old man and tell me how I pay my £18 😀

... ah, a clever way of letting everybody know that you're already a premium member...

 

 

(Scooby the car, you other numbskulls. )

[ped]

6 hours ago, Skinnyman said:

Not wishing to derail this but while we're on the subject, you've reminded me.....

I recently got an email telling me my £18 was due.

I'm not keen on clicking links in emails - but i can't find anywhere on the site that allows me to pay my dues .

This is no doubt because I've very stupid but please help a confused old man and tell me how I pay my £18 😀

It’ll come out automatically if you chose that option. Otherwise there’s an orange button in the email which should take you to the correct page here 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/clients/purchases/ 

You can click ‘renew now’ 

Thanks

ped

[BassTractor]

8 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

(Scooby the car, you other numbskulls. )

 

Methinks its about time you othah numbskull's started to respec my noledges.
It's diving! Scooby diving!
(OK then: AKA Scubaru)

 

[Teebs]

10 minutes ago, BassTractor said:

 

Methinks its about time you othah numbskull's started to respec my noledges.
It's diving! Scooby diving!
(OK then: AKA Scubaru)

 

Brilliant!

Ricky really should respek ur nolige! 👍

[Teebs]

8 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

... ah, a clever way of letting everybody know that you're already a premium member...

He's such a swot!