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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: CompSci on January 17, 2013, 05:27 am
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If you don't fulfill the fifty post requirement you will now be unable to post responses to vendor threads.As a result, this will negatively impact vendor reviews on the forum. To make matters worse, what about vendors who lack the fifty post minimum? Do they get a reprieve? I sure hope so otherwise, vendors won't even be able to interact with their clientele until they fulfill the fifty post minimum.
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kant kick it with the other kool kids at the kool kids klub
(i actually do feel kinda bad just spamming useless nonsense shit. :/ )
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This was such a bad idea.
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It probably won't be long until those with a vendor acct have bypass of this 50 post ct thing for that reason.
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Even if vendors get a reprieve it will still dramatically reduce the overall quality of the vendor review threads. A lot of vendors request that you follow up with a review in their thread and yet now that isn't any option for many people who don't wish to waste time making fifty worthless posts.
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yeh probably +1 posts
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I think It is good they just put this limitation! It will obviously weed out the hored spammers and hopfully put some good insight and questions up in this section of the forum!
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Yeah, it's true they won't be able to leave follow ups, but then you could actually take more merit from people who bothered to get 50 posts to actually post a review. Unless they spammed their way, I guess.... but anyways...
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Im a "newbie" with less than 50 posts but i also have "vendor" status. I am able to post in the regular forums. :)
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yea, but its all good, this newbie thing just got implemented, takes a bit of time is all. and plus, the kool kids klub isn't all that popular most of the days
after trying to post 8 times...
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Im a "newbie" with less than 50 posts but i also have "vendor" status. I am able to post in the regular forums. :)
That's good to hear. Unfortunately, anyone who purchases from you will be unable to post a review for you if they fall into the "newbie" category.
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Its good because there will be a little bit more truth getting posted on here about vendor reviews though if people have to go through making 50 post makes them think more about what they should say! There are plenty people im guessing that already have 50 posts, just new users, or people creating new accounts are they ones that are going to have to go through it. Its only 50 post truely is not bad!
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Its good because there will be a little bit more truth getting posted on here about vendor reviews though if people have to go through making 50 post makes them think more about what they should say! There are plenty people im guessing that already have 50 posts, just new users, or people creating new accounts are they ones that are going to have to go through it. Its only 50 post truely is not bad!
Take a look at several vendor review threads. At least 50% of the reviews lack the fifty post requirement. Do vendors really want at least a 50% reduction in vendor review posts?
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this is 100 percent STUPID
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Can the vendors maybe premote their product while they try to achieve these 50 posts? so once they do then their numbers will skyrocket in a couple days!... just a thought time will tell and everything has a way of working its self out, I know money and everything else is important and stuff, but there is so much more to it than that! Once I get my stuff up and running smoothly I would love to post great reviews on the vendors and be able to work with them and the people that are going through the same things I have to. or Have already done!
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Vendors should not have this limit
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Im a "newbie" with less than 50 posts but i also have "vendor" status. I am able to post in the regular forums. :)
This. ^^^^ Listen, guys, chill out, not a huge deal. You will reach 50 in the blink of an eye, I really don't think it will be as much of a problem as it first appears. If you can't review you can't review, no one's gonna fie over it.
And galacticnomad, I think it may have a little kinks to iron out for the first month, but overall I think it's a great improvement..... I think you generally reach 50 posts in about 2 weeks.
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could also help protect the vendors! the feedback system on sr is utter shite, lets be honest, its full of 'FE will update' but never any updates..
we need the forums to get accurate fb. without the ability to do this, its just going to be come a free for all for the scammers.
lets face it dpr don't give a shit, as long as he gets his cut, it doesn't matter if the sale was successful or not
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Hey, midwestmedical, I'm planning on becoming a vendor too, but since I can't post on the normal discussion forums, maybe you can help..
What happens with your bond money if it turns out your business is not going good and you can't collect the 1500$/30 transactions? Can you denounce your vendor status and get the bond back? (assuming you really tried a legit business and not just wanted to scam people).
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There is a war on the streets!
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Hi everyone. I'm a newbie who has been a vendor for 20 months. I sell Viagra, Bitcoins, and junk silver. See my vendor page in my signature. Thanks.
This forum reminds me of Lord of the Flies.
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So my understanding is that we must get 50 posts in only one board being the "newbie disscussion before we can post outside of this board?
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Thus why everyone is just spaming this board I guess, Doesn't seem like a great idea.
I need to respond to my review thread.. Not that I need to now but I will in the future, so here is me getting my 50 posts..
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Good luck and have fun Parcificseeds! :D
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Good luck and have fun Parcificseeds! :D
Haha cheers! Really loving that we have a place like silkroad!
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I'll have negative karma going into the main boards due to disagreeing with someone who likes DMX... lol
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Yeah vendors will suffer because they won't be able to post fake reviews on their own products!
I've seen this happen the other way round too. People who's only posts are in a vendors thread bad mouthing their product.
Why can't people just get along?
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As a vendor, I approve. I'm terribly disgruntled that I dished out over 500 US dollars earlier to become a seller here, and then I have to spend my time making 50 random bullshit posts to be able to promote my product? Ridiculous.
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Why? I just would like to know why.
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Fuck it, let's just work together and escape this cage
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At first, I thought it was a bad idea but it honestly does not take long to get out of here. The overall benefits will definitely outweigh any negatives.
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It's taking me fucking forever. And I hate to say it, but since I dished out hundreds of dollars for a vendor account, I'm pissed at being holed up here. I'm a little entitled to something more than purgatory, you know?
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It's taking me fucking forever. And I hate to say it, but since I dished out hundreds of dollars for a vendor account, I'm pissed at being holed up here. I'm a little entitled to something more than purgatory, you know?
I feel you bro. That's a pretty big mistake they did.
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It wouldn't quite as bad if the captcha wasn't so obfuscating and if SR didn't stop you from posting every time someone makes a reply in the same thread before you do.
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I hate having to make bullshit posts just so I can post in the same threads that I have before.
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You can always make a new thread here because obviously there are experienced users trying to make new accounts on the forums. Maybe help out some of the newer people, maybe they will end up purchasing something from you if you do fall under the vendor cataglory. It is only 50 posts, max it would take is 3 days.
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I agree 100%. it's a very clunky solution to the spamming issues and not very customer/end user friendly to put the burden of the spam issue on SR users.
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The vendors are too busy counting our money to notice any change.
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it has its pros and cons
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not the smartest way to keep spammers away indeed
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There are just so many goddamned fucking idiots who do no research and expect drugs to be directly administered straight to their cerebrum.
But I'm not one, so why torture me?
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If you don't fulfill the fifty post requirement you will now be unable to post responses to vendor threads.As a result, this will negatively impact vendor reviews on the forum. To make matters worse, what about vendors who lack the fifty post minimum? Do they get a reprieve? I sure hope so otherwise, vendors won't even be able to interact with their clientele until they fulfill the fifty post minimum.
I was told by a mod that vendors need 30 transactions and have been a member for 3 months before we receive vendor status.
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Meh, it's whatever, if it works, it works.
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I dont think vendors are really going to suffer much js
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Whatever the sr big dogs think is good I will trust and support
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It does take time to post your 50, but I do hope it does what it is designed to do. One thing it has done has stopped people commenting on negative things going on too. I guess you just have to put in a bit of work and get your 50.
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yes, it does take a while to get to 50 posts.
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sorry if this has been said already because it seems really obvious but some vendors have threads in the rumor mill or product offers so why not just have another in the newbie section and link them all together so when people are researching a vendor they can look at all the threads and post their review where they can
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If you don't fulfill the fifty post requirement you will now be unable to post responses to vendor threads.As a result, this will negatively impact vendor reviews on the forum. To make matters worse, what about vendors who lack the fifty post minimum? Do they get a reprieve? I sure hope so otherwise, vendors won't even be able to interact with their clientele until they fulfill the fifty post minimum.
agreed to an extent however also to an extent it IS ridding of a few morons, scammers and such :D
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There was probably a better way to do it then a 50 post requirement, but at least it only keeps the spammers in this section :-\
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It adds a nice step of wasting time for LE
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quite.
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This was such a bad idea.
I agree, it's BS.
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This should probably be a consideration before being a vendor, it takes a little bit of time to get to 50 posts because of the slowness of the system but it really isnt that hard. I'm almost there.
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I think it does more good than bad, Cause I think it actuallys helps out vendors cause you dont have people with like 10 posts posting shitty reviews and spamming
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So this is why I can't post in there. Just wasted time signing up
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Its not hard to get to 50 posts spud
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I know, but I signed up to post on a specific thread and then found out I couldn't