i used to trade in lelong also, till they force member to pay rm2 to registered then i switch to lowyat, reason ? simple, i'm toooo cheap to pay the rm2

whoever (maintain the trading forum) will get flamed till death if receiving "small fee" and eventually buyer(s) got conned... some ppl just ridiculous and blaming others if they got conned

currently what lowyat.net have is good enough for a FREE forum, although something can be make even better. But we ain't paying their salary, i don't give orders.

bottomline:
1) COD whenever possible
2) check seller's reputation before purchase from him/her
online trading is all about 'at your own risk'

the only thing i looking forward to is:
a search function in blacklist/successfull trade thread,
currently if searching for a name need to ctrl+f -> 'nick' for 20+ pages is a pain in the neck

i don't really like the idea of submitting I.C.
imho it's against privacy, most of time i rather kept myself anonymous.

i guess there was no shortcut to gain reputation here,
nothing i can suggest buy slowly build up ownself reputation by buying/selling.
for those whom are newly join it would be difficult since their history are blank.
and nowaday quite some number of conmen/conwomen appears.

u are the tai kor, when ppl go against your ideas,
u shoot ppl like loose cannon.
don't speak of freedom of speech,
u've got the freedom to talk, and others also have the freedom to accept/reject it. you don't have to force everyone to accept your idea(s).

let's discuss it in a civilized manner.

ST tag is only for a reference,
it's sorta telling the other party that "this fella once a trusthworthy person", and he/she sell/buy alot stuffs and got supported by other forumer(s). It's no gurantee that ppl w/ ST tag won't con your money. as lowyat.net rules said "AT YOUR OWN RISK", u want cheap stuffs? then bear the risk.

and bear in mind that, contributing isn't as easy as someone said wanna contribute. Lowyat.net is a community, it's understandable it only allowed friends, ppl they knew to work out the forum, to avoid the risk that the forum being hijacked or harm. They will not simply invite anyone to moderation/development team because 'they WILLING to contribute'. It's cruel but that's the fact.