Topic: [Feature Request] Feedback for local trades

I just had a local trading partner bail on a trade.  We agreed more than a week before on the cards to be exchanged.  It was not our first trade.  For the first two, I drove to his hometown to complete the trades.  For the third, I asked him to take a turn driving to my town (<10 minutes from where he works).  Each time I contacted him for a status, he had some other reason for not coming yet, or stated that he was planning to stop by later that day.

He backed out more than a week after agreeing.  Were it a mail trade, I could have left feedback.  As the trade type was local, I cannot. [I won't name him here, because it is not my intent to shame anyone.]

There really needs to be a feedback feature for local trades. It need not calculate into the mail trade rating, but it should be available for other potential trading partners to review.

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Re: [Feature Request] Feedback for local trades

Thanks for the detailed situation / use case description. We agree with your solution, and added it to the todo list. Local trades will have feedback, but scoring will not count for total user score.

Re: [Feature Request] Feedback for local trades

Maybe I'm missing something, but if 2 users trade local through the site, why *shouldn't* local feedback be included in the rating?

Re: [Feature Request] Feedback for local trades

MMJuno wrote:

Maybe I'm missing something, but if 2 users trade local through the site, why *shouldn't* local feedback be included in the rating?

Because you're unlikely to get shafted on a local trade.

Re: [Feature Request] Feedback for local trades

the_wizard_666 wrote:

Because you're unlikely to get shafted on a local trade.

While there's truth to that statement, it still stands somewhat as a measure of... I don't know... decency (?)... in that person's trades. I guess I can see not merging the 2, but I think there's reasoning to at least have a separate local trade rating, perhaps.

On the other hand, as it stands now, there's nothing to stop people from putting in a local trade as a mail trade just to get the rating...

/shrug

Last edited by MMJuno (2012-08-22 03:43:16)