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Originally Posted by zerogott
No fully against it.
Having epvp staff/mods themself as a middleman not only makes it biased, it also forces more work onto the staff/mods.
The Middleman service offered by users is already enough.
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To explain this more precisely: I’m certain it would mean more work initially, especially at the start. But given how often people get scammed here leading to daily support tickets this would actually "reduce" that workload in the long run. It would also act as a barrier, drastically cutting down how often scams happen, simply because trades would regain real value. Right now, we keep seeing new accounts pop up with tons of trades, but… whatever.
Take Feveer’s system as an example: You buy a product from a seller, send the money to the "platform" (not directly), and from there, changes can’t just be made arbitrarily. On Feveer, depending on the seller, you might get 1-3 minor adjustments for free after that, there’s a cost. That’s a layer of security for the seller, too.
Then a deadline is set, and over time, the product is either shown/explained periodically by the seller (upon request or proactively). If it’s completed early, the seller can submit for approval before the deadline but the buyer has to confirm (or deny) completion. So, 99% of the control stays with the buyer&Seller. The entire process stays within the trade system, and if both parties agree, the deal closes.
The advantages here are obvious:
- Support can intervene directly and monitor progress in real time.
- Everything is far easier to track, without waiting for back-and-forth updates.
- It simplifies support, improves accountability, and prevents scams on a large scale.
Frankly, not implementing a system like this especially when epvp could earn a share seems questionable to me. There aren’t any strong counterarguments unless it’s just laziness.
The upsides are overwhelmingly positive, and the effort to manage it would likely be "less" than the current moderation workload for scam tickets.
And if epvp doesn’t want to handle this directly like I said, it could be an optional feature they could also appoint selected "partner" middlemen from the support team to oversee these trades. There are plenty of ways to make it work, and epvp already has a solid, versatile foundation to build on.
