Market Forum MIA again?

The buy/sell forum is gone for good. Sorry to the honest sellers and buyes but it was just getting worse and worse even with the strict rules and costing HB alot of users and credibility. If people decide to leave because that section is gone its unfortunate but the site will benifit from quality over quanity. Im sure Kevin will give the final word on this.

The buy/sell forum is gone for good. Sorry to the honest sellers and buyes but it was just getting worse and worse even with the strict rules and costing HB alot of users and credibility. If people decide to leave because that section is gone its unfortunate but the site will benifit from quality over quanity. Im sure Kevin will give the final word on this.

If you think the lack of the BST Forum will scar Hypebeast, consider the amount of scams we've had in the last month alone. You think that these don't affect the rep of Hypebeast? with the new rules still implemented, people were still being scammed.

now, unless any of you wanna volunteer to go to each buyer/sellers house, and check if their legit before they make the sale, then there really isnt much more to make the BST forum safer

We're really sorry that we have to shut down the Buy/Sell forum.

Unfortunately, our forum is targetting by many scammers who use it to make a quick buck from our members.

We tried making things harder for people to scam but somehow people still do. We even put in a sticky thread telling people how to not get scammed but I guess not everyone reads that as well.

We're truly sorry about this.

I really dont agree here, people first off gotta realize that _they_ themselves have to take it upon them to take the steps _they_ feel are necessery to ensure themselves of a safe trade, one cant really expect nor try and hold hypebeast responsible for trades gone bad, it's funny how plenty of forums survive just fine with BST boards , since going by the logics of your argument here they should be barely scraping by, i wonder why that is that they _arent_

HB stating that they dont take resposibility , and a FAQ thingie for how one can ensure themselves the best way of a safe trade , what to look for and things that should send up red flags for newbies, a feedback thread , and it shouldnt really be any problem, most other boards dont have any more safeguards than these and there rolling along just fine.

That and keeping the tagged pics should be more then enough , scams are pretty much impossible to avoid completly , there are however ways to lower the possibilitys for scams.

I agree that many forums have fabulous buy/sell forums and are working perfectly fine with even less rules than we have.

However it doesn't seem to work here because:

1. Some of our members don't read how to prevent fraud from happening. I don't know why though cuz clicking onto that "prevent fraud" thread isn't that hard.

2. The clothing industry has way too many fakes therefore creating a easy way for people to make money off.

3. People here seem to complain more than in other forums which gives a bad vibe for the forum itself. When you get frauded because you paid by money order, then you are certain to become a victim! But people keep complaining and stuff and it just doesn't give the forum a good feeling.


I'm up for any ideas as long as it doesn't require like 20 mods moderating the buy/sell forum 24/7.

i agree. its into the buyer/sellers hands. but sooner or later, someone is gonna be scammed for a thousand bucks for a PS3 or some shit, and the cops are gonna be notified. Hypebeast will PROBABLY be shut down if that happens. i mean all of it, if the cops decide to do a criminal investigation, since it IS stealing if you take someones good's, and dont give them the money for it. so in a way, the BST forums is small payment

Kevin and the mods have already tried fixing things up with more rules. obviously, not working
we're up for any ideas though. i doubt therell be many, since we've thrown in most of them, and they havnt worked....

Just allowing clothing and clothing related stuff would be a start , there are tons of other forums you can use if you wanna sell electronics , that are much better suited for it aswell.

^ but there'll still always be the dumb kid that decides its legit enough cause its 10 dollar evisu, why not?