Militaria blacklist/whitelist
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Militaria blacklist/whitelist
How about this for an idea - a 'library' of all the good and bad militaria dealers out there. Be it knifes, documents or medals, I'm sure this would be a valuable resource for a lot of people, especially newcomers.
It could include a list of the dealers that are good (don't cheat, don't sell repros as reals), but also a list of the 'not so good' (which could include usernames for eBay...)
I wouldn't want to put grades on how good some stores were, since all the goods should be worth dealing with - but a blacklist would certainly be good, and would not force anyone out of business that doesn't deserve to be...
What do you think?
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It could include a list of the dealers that are good (don't cheat, don't sell repros as reals), but also a list of the 'not so good' (which could include usernames for eBay...)
I wouldn't want to put grades on how good some stores were, since all the goods should be worth dealing with - but a blacklist would certainly be good, and would not force anyone out of business that doesn't deserve to be...
What do you think?
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Even just a recommended list of dealers is still potentially very tricky.
One guy might have had favorable dealings with one dealer while another might have had the exact opposite experience with the same dealer.
For example in the medals section of this forum, one guy asked about dealer "A", he got positive recommendations from the first few replies, as the postings went on this same dealer also got some very negative feedback.
One guy might have had favorable dealings with one dealer while another might have had the exact opposite experience with the same dealer.
For example in the medals section of this forum, one guy asked about dealer "A", he got positive recommendations from the first few replies, as the postings went on this same dealer also got some very negative feedback.
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Be carefull here. Leaglity is the issue. First of all, a List most likely would not help here, as said before, sometimes a dealer makes a mistake, and then would be branded for life, plus, how do you prove a dealer is a "crook", unless its been set in court, and proven, you have little proof, its one persons word against anothers. Although it would be nice, its way too risky, and law suits might pop up from it. Be carefull if you slander anybody selling this stuff, I recommend if you have to, base it on personal experiences, not others, as you might not know all the facts. I have learned to say, "I personally would not buy from him'her" and leave it at that. Its risky!
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I dont think thats the issue being made here at all.
As I see it it would be made up of a points system on which you may vote on your experience with a particular dealer.
There would not be any acusations made against anybody.
If you had an enjoyable transaction and were plaesed with the items you purchased then you may vote a 10 for example, if on the other hand you received a fake that was advertised as genuine or had problems with delivery or whatever reason then you would vote accordingly.
I dont really know if anything like this would work anyway, as each dealer would maybe have to subscribe to this list, you would never know how a dealer rated unless you visited this site to check their scoring.
And Im sure if a dealer had a low score they would simply pull out of the system.
As I see it it would be made up of a points system on which you may vote on your experience with a particular dealer.
There would not be any acusations made against anybody.
If you had an enjoyable transaction and were plaesed with the items you purchased then you may vote a 10 for example, if on the other hand you received a fake that was advertised as genuine or had problems with delivery or whatever reason then you would vote accordingly.
I dont really know if anything like this would work anyway, as each dealer would maybe have to subscribe to this list, you would never know how a dealer rated unless you visited this site to check their scoring.
And Im sure if a dealer had a low score they would simply pull out of the system.
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