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Would you like new vendors products to be checked by a neutral member of the GG board before they are allowed to place an ad on the board?
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Well I am still working on that question but if it was something avaliable to the community would it be something that they like to have. Maybe it's a community vote as to who would be the product tester. Other boards tried to do it. My main concern is the classified ad section. I was hoping there could be a mod that would control the Ad's and be the one to say an ad is good or not. Just a thought to help the community. Mollysmom Goofy Gorillatoes    MI, USA 2011 Posts If someone obviously has nice, safe items to sell, and has been a suggie owner with great success for several years, I do not see why someone should have to be an ACTIVE member for at least 4-6 months before they're allowed to be a vendor in the classifieds. Let a vendor's work and reputation speak for itself. I've been a suggie mom with very healthy gliders (11 of them in four huge cages) for three years now. I am an honest, responsible person who does nice quality work. This has been proven by several happy customers on this forum, as well as eBay. I have made all of my own bedding for my suggies over the past three years. I have lurked on this forum for a few years, simply because I was working full-time outside of my house 45-60 hours per week in a social service capacity in addition to taking care of my suggies and family...I just read, and didn't really feel that I had much I wanted or needed to say until recently. And, honestly, I didn't have the time. I didn't have the time to read all of the time, or reply. However, I appreciated learning more about these wonderful animals on Glider Gossip whenever I had the opportunity. I've made great stuff for my own suggies for years. Now that I am able to take a breather from my lifelong career for awhile, I am having fun creating nice items for others. I didn't join Glider Gossip to do this. It's my opinion that vendors need to supply pics of their work, if they're making toys and bedding for suggies. I think that one solution to the problem may be a "sticky" thread, as Eric has made for other important topics, with some of our ideas of what safe items for suggies might look like--for example, when Rita brought up the toys parts warning, and when there was discussion about using the smallest stitching size for items. I know that we absolutely cannot anticipate every possible accident that suggies might have. I think that it is up to the buyer to be aware, and for those of us who see something questionable to respectfully attempt to address it with vendor. Anyhow, no disrespect to anyone is intended. I felt the need to have my position about all of this voiced, that's all. trigger Glider USA 164 Posts I feel testing products is very important. I think a tester should be not only an owner, but also have vast sewing experience. I send my products to a rescue home for testing before I offer them to the public. For me this accomplishes two things: 1. I will know a product is safe before selling it 2. I donate to a rescue home & help gliders by providing extra cage sets & toys. glider_mommy Face Hugger AL, USA 931 Posts quote:
Originally posted by Mollysmom
If someone obviously has nice, safe items to sell, and has been a suggie owner with great success for several years, I do not see why someone should have to be an ACTIVE member for at least 4-6 months before they're allowed to be a vendor in the classifieds. Let a vendor's work and reputation speak for itself.
I've been a suggie mom with very healthy gliders (11 of them in four huge cages) for three years now. I am an honest, responsible person who does nice quality work. This has been proven by several happy customers on this forum, as well as eBay. I have made all of my own bedding for my suggies over the past three years. I have lurked on this forum for a few years, simply because I was working full-time outside of my house 45-60 hours per week in a social service capacity in addition to taking care of my suggies and family...I just read, and didn't really feel that I had much I wanted or needed to say until recently. And, honestly, I didn't have the time. I didn't have the time to read all of the time, or reply. However, I appreciated learning more about these wonderful animals on Glider Gossip whenever I had the opportunity.
I've made great stuff for my own suggies for years. Now that I am able to take a breather from my lifelong career for awhile, I am having fun creating nice items for others. I didn't join Glider Gossip to do this.
It's my opinion that vendors need to supply pics of their work, if they're making toys and bedding for suggies. I think that one solution to the problem may be a "sticky" thread, as Eric has made for other important topics, with some of our ideas of what safe items for suggies might look like--for example, when Rita brought up the toys parts warning, and when there was discussion about using the smallest stitching size for items. I know that we absolutely cannot anticipate every possible accident that suggies might have. I think that it is up to the buyer to be aware, and for those of us who see something questionable to respectfully attempt to address it with vendor.
Anyhow, no disrespect to anyone is intended. I felt the need to have my position about all of this voiced, that's all.
Well because we have NO WAY of knowing anything about these new members/vendors. They might not be honest... like a that one vendor that I ordered from and never received my product. I had to go through all that trouble of posting a disputer/claim with paypal. It was a pain... guess how many posts they had... 3. They were a NEW member. Under the guideline I suggested they would NEVER have been allowed to post a classifieds ad. Forgive me if I don't like to take chances with my money. Mollysmom Goofy Gorillatoes MI, USA 2011 Posts quote:
...Forgive me if I don't like to take chances with my money.
I think that the buyer needs to be aware from whom they are buying; that is the responsibility of the buyer, NOT the moderators. I would be cautious in purchasing from someone who only had three posts if I couldn't substantiate a clear history of ethical sales through another source, such as eBay feedback. Hey, you even take that chance if you buy something on another sales venue, such as eBay or Critterbin! And, one would still have to jump through the same hoops, unfortunately, if what happened to Glider Mommy happened on either of those sales sites. What several folks here are talking about, with moderators scrutinzing every single item for safety, and every single seller for ethical sales history, would require an expensive infrastructure, and would put an unfair and time-consuming burden on moderators. It bears mentioning that this site is already moderated, or the classifieds would be full of all kinds of things that I, for one, would NOT want to see, such as porn links, etc. To quote Eric's earlier post, this is neither trivial nor easy.
lovely1inred Fuzzy Wuzzy 1144 Posts I think it boils down to buyer beware. I purchased a couple bonding pouches from tootles on here, but only after I'd seen other people happy with her work. I also have issues dealing with paypal and some of my cards being connected to an account that the email no longer exists to. So I PMed her, asked her what other manner she'd like payment in, and described what I wanted. We both come out of the deal happy. A limit to 4-6 months of active posting would be a nightmare for the administration...do you allow them to post in classifieds at all? Or just not start their own topics? Because a new member is going to want to get on there and say, "Hey, like that pouch, can I get 3 of them?" Or, if blocked, from starting their own topics, will simply piggy-back off someone else posting things like, "I have sets too, check my ebay site here" and provide a link. I like the sticky idea, of safe and unsafe toys, stitches, etc. Even a list of known hazards helps educate us all. But having to hassle to get back money and what not...there's really no way to do anything about it except protect yourself and go through a third party like paypal where you can have a dispute, and then warn others about that vendor, or buy only from well-known and well-regarded vendors. valkyriemome Goofy Gorillatoes USA 3479 Posts While I do always agree with "buyer beware" ... This post almost directly contradicts the "stop being mean" thread on here. If I buy from a vendor and am not satisfied, or if I see pictures of a vendor's items on here that don't looks safe, I'm going to post about it! It isn't bashing. It isn't being mean. It is stating either facts, or my opinions about the quality of vended items. If we had a moderator, I could make those comments privately to a mod, and the mod could take the appropriate action. It wouldn't be "mean". It would come from an objective, non-partial source. The prospective buyers could be warned, and any safety disputes could take place in PM with the moderator, and no one would be accused of "being mean" just for observing unsafe products!
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Well said!