Phase III preview... time for a word of caution...

Hadn't noticed. Excellent!

Absolutely... I've got a swag of feedback to leave after my Hols. I'm thinking of declaring an Amnesty.

 

Just spent the morning sorting my feedback. I'm going to have to get into a habit of doing it straight away...

 

Well said GP, as the prices continue to get higher I can see some dodgy brothers entering the precious metals arena. Personal safety is paramount.

 

From an info sec standpoint its good to delete off old private messages containing confidential details once you don't need them any more.

 

I don't know if I have been paying abnormal attention to this but it seems to me there are quite a few people who come on ss with zero contributions, and a new history having recently signed up and who have started trading immediately. I appreciate that everyone has to start somewhere when trading but I really do think that some contributions to the forums should be required before being permitted to trade.

This would allow people such as myself who are in an isolated positions (rural) and cannot get to any meets (rather like another member in a regional/rural area) and who have little networks in this area to assess the credibility of traders before venturing. I must confess that there are many items I have seen here that I have been tempted to purchase but the "new handle" without any history has put me off.

I have had a couple of trades here (as a buyer) and although they have been perfect I have not had feedback left for me. Whilst I dont think as a buyer feedback is vital because the trader/seller gets swap/fiat before sending his/her goods on the flip side, with things "hotting" up I would like to see some steps put in place.

all said imho although I would like to hear how others think about it.

 

There are plenty of deals being done on this forum via PM's. Perhaps you could establish your own trusted network and PM for your own deals?

 

Though it is important to mention confidential info can remain stored in back-ups even once they are deleted.
Most reputable hosting providers will do a daily, weekly and monthly back-up and keep them for a year or two.

Also, even after data is deleted from a harddrive, the data is only marked as deleted.
There is a chance for it to be recovered.

As long as the culprit doesn't gain elevated access to the server then these limitations shouldn't be an issue.



*Oh the days ethical hacking was a buzzword >_>*

 

Thanks Errol. I have given feedback and also received feedback and Errol tells me my feedback is great. When I see my own posts I only see Trades: x . How do i get the red and green trade symbols? Or can you see them and I can't?

 

hahaha i had the same question the other day. I had to message GP for the answer everyone else can see them but you cant

 

Correct... You can only see the + and - on other users posts.

Sheesh... I need to read these threads sooner after opening them.

 

OK - I get it now

I'm dumb dumb dumb - that's me and software