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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: GaltRR on February 02, 2012, 04:19 pm

Title: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: GaltRR on February 02, 2012, 04:19 pm
Currently it shows if a buyer has 3/0, it would be nice to know what that buyer has previously purchased. Maybe even a join date. You could spend $5 and get 10/0 rating if you buy electronic goods and have that rating in like 6 hours. It would be an easy way to distinguish real buyers from scammers.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: Mr_P on February 02, 2012, 09:02 pm
I kind of agree and disagree, I've had trouble getting vendors to work with me in escrow because of low purchases but the few I've made total $1000+. Still, to give out the exact items would mean that anyone with a buyers account could find out how much of what I've bought from where which makes me uneasy.

Maybe they could do it like the sellers ratings where you get a $100+, $500+, $1000+ sort of a system? That seems vague enough to protect my privacy but give a general idea that I can be trusted on large orders.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: tordemon on February 03, 2012, 02:28 am
I kind of agree and disagree, I've had trouble getting vendors to work with me in escrow because of low purchases but the few I've made total $1000+. Still, to give out the exact items would mean that anyone with a buyers account could find out how much of what I've bought from where which makes me uneasy.

Maybe they could do it like the sellers ratings where you get a $100+, $500+, $1000+ sort of a system? That seems vague enough to protect my privacy but give a general idea that I can be trusted on large orders.
This is actually really a pretty interesting idea. It's a good solution to the problem of scammers. It'll still be possible to scam, as I'm sure it always will be, but that will at least make scamming fairly more difficult.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: Oldtoker on February 03, 2012, 11:28 am
Seems to me that this would be a pretty good idea.  Seems like the scammers just keep trying.  Most of 'em are so stupid that they're pretty easy to spot but, it seems to me that, this should help to prevent many from trying.  Like the old saying, every little bit helps.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: UK107 on February 03, 2012, 04:05 pm
As a vendor, I would like to know what kind of products the buyer has been purchasing so I can guesstimate whether or not I'm likely to get scammed. There's way too many e-products on here which are super cheap that can bump up a buyer's purchasing stats. Digital goods should be highlighted to avoid such situations.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: GaltRR on February 03, 2012, 07:23 pm
I wonder if SR is able to see them, because if someone has an account that is 1 day old and 6 digital transactions, I would hope they would rule in my favor for the resolution.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: feverrey on February 04, 2012, 01:09 am
I agree on some points but I dont like a record of my transactions following me around :\
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: FiveSeven on February 04, 2012, 03:18 am
I kind of agree and disagree, I've had trouble getting vendors to work with me in escrow because of low purchases but the few I've made total $1000+. Still, to give out the exact items would mean that anyone with a buyers account could find out how much of what I've bought from where which makes me uneasy.

Maybe they could do it like the sellers ratings where you get a $100+, $500+, $1000+ sort of a system? That seems vague enough to protect my privacy but give a general idea that I can be trusted on large orders.

This would be perfect. Has the added bonus of making cheap digital purchases seems less significant.
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: LexusMiles on February 04, 2012, 03:37 am
it would be nice to know what that buyer has previously purchased

As a buyer, +1.

If not the full details, then at least weighted average spend ($) per transaction.

Think about it: many transactions @ $1 = many rep points. Then a transaction of $750 = red flag. Vendors need to be aware of this red flag......
Title: Re: Show buyers previous purchases
Post by: ChillyP on February 06, 2012, 08:12 am
Brilliant. It'd be easy to create an algorithm that calculates a score based on the value of transactions completed and the diversity of purchases as well. For instance, you could create one that generated high scores if someone had a number of high-value transaction from several different vendors. This would reduce the likelihood of someone with a vendor account making a buyers account, racking up a number of high-value transactions with themselves, and them scamming with their self-generated credibility. This solves the problem of keeping your transactions anonymous but also getting rep for having a diverse portfolio of purchases that would indicate you are a legit buyer.