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post #1 of 6
1/9/02 at 5:15pm
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Does anybody think having a sub-forum for rating online stores in the For Sale forum would be a good idea (kinda like the Buyer/Seller feedback sub-forum, but for online stores)? It'd be nice to be able to see comments from people that indicate if buying from a particular store is likely to be a good experience or not. The main focus would be on audio online shops, but wouldn't have to be exclusive.
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post #2 of 6
1/9/02 at 5:22pm
Sounds a pretty good idea to me

BUT... Rather than just posting about shop X and then three months later someone does another shop X thread... it would have to have someone who could sit on top of it (don't want thousands of threads to have to read through)

And, i'll let you into a little secret... so far as I am aware the "Rating" system that was piloted when Head-Fi first opened is still available... that'd be cool, so you could see at a glance whether people thought the place was good or not (although... the bit i DON'T know is, if that feature can be limited to posters only...)
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post #3 of 6
1/9/02 at 5:30pm
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Quote:
Duncan said...

BUT... Rather than just posting about shop X and then three months later someone does another shop X thread... it would have to have someone who could sit on top of it (don't want thousands of threads to have to read through)
Not quite sure what you mean by "sit on top of it". You mean, if somebody posted about a site that already had a thread, a mod would merge the two or something?

Besides, I would hope people would just use the search function if the sub-forum actually got that big, but maybe I'm expecting too much there...

As for the ratings system, it's OK, but if you give a negative rating, it doesn't really tell you what aspect (prices, customer support, etc...) was bad, so I wouldn't be concerned about that. I'd be more interested in reading the specific comments.
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post #4 of 6
1/9/02 at 5:35pm
Sorry DH... You're correct... it'd need a moderator there, just to keep things nice and tidy

As to the ratings system, you're more than likely right in what you say, which is why I suggested (if it were possible) that posters ONLY had the chance to rate the store

That way, if you saw a fantastic deal, looked in your forum and saw your store had 5 stars.. wahoo.. buy away, but if it didn't.. time to read why not?!?

As I say, they are only quick ideas, and seeing that you had the principle of the idea, i really can't see any major problem (although i would presume blatant advertising would be way off the menu... but that goes without saying)
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post #5 of 6
1/9/02 at 7:53pm
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Hmm, good points. Yeah, the voting only by members is a good idea, though the difficulty of the task is the question. If it was going to take some effort, I'd rather not have it used at all.

Actually, I just thought of a possible problem that could also affect the Buyer/Seller Feedback sub-forum. The thread starter shouldn't be allowed to put the little message icons, like thumbs up, for the initial post. Reason being, if the first person has a good experience, but five more people have bad experiences, then that thumbs up icon is going to look odd, w/ so many negative comments. It's not as much of a problem w/ the Buyer/Seller feedback forum, since most people here are pretty good about such dealings, but maybe not so w/ most online stores.

And as you said, advertising should not be allowed. Only people that have had a direct transaction w/ the company in question should post.
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post #6 of 6
1/9/02 at 11:40pm
It would require a mod to periodically merge threads. I do this regularly in the Buyer/Seller Feedback forum -- seems most people can't be bothered to check to see if there is another thread already there for a person (and it also doesn't help that the default view is 30 days, so only recent threads show up )
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