Can we talk about +rep please ?

[YinYangYolo]

can we talk about the dozens of people i see every day begging for / buying , please ?
there are several types of people and several methods they use.

+rep for +rep
free items....! just type +rep on my profile
n gems for +rep

there's even a whole group about this, and some have automatized the exchange by bots.
what's the point in giving fake +rep to another, if everyone knows about it ?
it ruins the whole concept and no-one profits from it. if you are about to trade a very expensive item and see a hundred pages full of +rep on someones profile page; would you trust them more or even less ? it becomes more obvious the shorter the interval between the comments is. if a person gets 10-20 +reps within an hour i know what to expect.
to me, this is fraud, plain and simple. is this even allowed - or just tolerated ?
if i were a moderator in any of the trading channels i'd love to warn them once, then ban them right away.

[Tev]

It's not tolerated.

Originally posted by KillahInstinct:

Rep is solliciting and bannable (and that's besides me thinking it's a completely idiotic system).

Feel free to report any posts.

Not that I'd trust such a verbal reputation to begin with after how many gullible people give it next to anybody (and potential account theft on accounts with lots of +rep), besides in trading window trades - it's completely unnecessary too.

[Xantain]

It's a good way to detect scammers. If someone has "+rep" on their profile, block and report.

[YinYangYolo]

Originally posted by Xantain:

It's a good way to detect scammers. If someone has "+rep" on their profile, block and report.

[.....]

i made a giveaway asking for only comments and wrote there no +reps please. people kept spamming me reps.

[YinYangYolo]

Originally posted by YinYangYolo:

sorry, i didn't want to be disrespectful but i disagree with your opinion, Xantain.
there are indeed honest traders with . having some on your profile doesn't mean that you're a scammer.

[Xantain]

Originally posted by YinYangYolo:

Originally posted by YinYangYolo:

:rfacepalm:

sorry, i didn't want to be disrespectful but i disagree with your opinion, Xantain.
there are indeed honest traders with :rep2:. having some on your profile doesn't mean that you're a scammer.

Well you're right. I was exaggerating a bit. But we still can't deny the fact that "rep" can't be taken as a proof of an honest trader. Whenever I trade with someone, I always tell them to not comment rep on my profile because it is annoying. But each to their own. If someone wants to use rep then that's fine. I presonally don't like it.

[YinYangYolo]

Originally posted by Xantain:

... we still can't deny the fct that "rep" can't be taken as a proof of an honest trader.

right. it definitely has to be taken with a pinch of salt it's left to oneself how to interpret them


i'd like to quote myself here:

Originally posted by YinYangYolo:

it becomes more obvious the shorter the interval between the comments is. if a person gets 10-20 +reps within an hour i know what to expect.