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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Member Discussion: How Should We Handle Members Who Post Inventory They Don't Have?

How many times have you found what you need on Tradeloop and contacted the seller, ready to buy - only to find out they don't really have the product in stock?

That's definitely frustrating and it's also against the rules at Tradeloop to post inventory you don't have in stock. How do you think we should enforce it?

Naturally, we don't mean the member who just sold the part a hour before you called about it. Rather, we're focused on the chronic offenders. Tradeloop is a trading community - not a place for people to advertise inventory they don't actually have.

We're discussing options internally, and we'd like your opinion too:
  1. Should it be an Ethics violation?
  2. How should we police it?
  3. Should we ban someone for it or just delete their inventory?
We urge you to comment here at the blog so other members can review and discuss options. Tradeloop is a community: we want member input before we implement new features and policies.
Posted by Tradeloop Corporation at 10:32 AM
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Tradeloop Corporation said...

Here's what Tradeloop customers are saying:

"Your going to lose at least 25% of your members if you start doing anything like you are talking about. A broker usually is selling someone else's product or inventory and dealers do the same.
Just thought I would let you know." - Robb Adams, Computechsale

"Thanks for asking,it happens on every site and its time wasting and sometimes the phone
number they gave doesnt work,they should be banned that what i think." - Babar Rafiq, AR Trading

"I’m for a “3 strikes your out” style of enforcement for something like this." - Erik Hanaka, NovaStar Solutions

April 27, 2010 at 2:28 PM

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