The only lesson it seems is not to trust anyone and to never trade. No one is willing to do anything because that could be construed as taking responsibility of which no one seems to want, while at the same time using geekhack to promote the GB and classifieds with GH keys etc... Meh it's upto the people who run it to dictate how to run it but I think it's pretty ****ty to treat members who get caught out with little more than 'lolnothingtodowithme'
This is precisely the problem with Bartering..
Which is why most large trades in real life are done through a PAID-middle-man to arbitrate in case of default..
Since we do not have paid Moderators, they have no incentive to help us..
If they DID help us, they'd be giving up their resources for no return.. NO mod is that benevolent..
There has to be SOMETHING worth their time in the trade..
For example...
We can Pay the mod to bounty hunt....
So, lets say we pay Moz to get Megaxpop's keyboard back.. by allowing Moz to get to keep a percentage of that recovered funds..
Just coming on here to complain, (wall of shame) would help warn against trading with a scammer, however, it does not get rid of the inherent problems of Bartering...
Which is why if you'd just sell the item to each other, it'd be much easier, because there's a paid 3rd party to arbitrate.. and at worst they're covered by insurance..
