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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1496337, member: 38783"]While I understand your points, I still think it's yet another tool for people to use to help them make informed decisions. Is it perfect, no, but it can help. And, I disagree with your comparison of eBay to a site like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay is just a marketplace, with magnitudes of people just looking to sell and buy things, period. The ratio of noise and scum-baggery is obviously much higher, with hundreds of millions of users, compared to a few thousand registered members, and even fewer regulars here. Plus, there's no other interaction with users there, beyond seller inquiries about the product. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here, people are interacting and discussion their passions every day. You can quickly get a feel for who people are by their posts and general discussion. You can see how long they've been around, and read their posts to see what their experiences and knowledge levels may be. You might decide to trust those folks, and if something is said from one of them about "these guys are reputable", or "I had a bad experience with x,y and z", it may help the decision making process. Am I going to trust it implicitly? I shouldn't, but again, it may help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1496337, member: 38783"]While I understand your points, I still think it's yet another tool for people to use to help them make informed decisions. Is it perfect, no, but it can help. And, I disagree with your comparison of eBay to a site like this. eBay is just a marketplace, with magnitudes of people just looking to sell and buy things, period. The ratio of noise and scum-baggery is obviously much higher, with hundreds of millions of users, compared to a few thousand registered members, and even fewer regulars here. Plus, there's no other interaction with users there, beyond seller inquiries about the product. Here, people are interacting and discussion their passions every day. You can quickly get a feel for who people are by their posts and general discussion. You can see how long they've been around, and read their posts to see what their experiences and knowledge levels may be. You might decide to trust those folks, and if something is said from one of them about "these guys are reputable", or "I had a bad experience with x,y and z", it may help the decision making process. Am I going to trust it implicitly? I shouldn't, but again, it may help.[/QUOTE]
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