With so many newcomers to the site per your information, I get the feeling this is geared more towards helping make their buying/selling experience flow more smoothly but perhaps what is needed is a tutorial on how to conduct business the way it is? There's the possibility a lot of the first time transactions have complications arising from someone not quite knowing what they're getting themselves into & I see the proposed policy as that "tutorial" that takes away the job of one's doing their homework, so to speak. Of course it might help with those that have buyer's remorse & want to withdraw an offer to buy (or sell) but I don�t quite see how you can force someone to do something from a keyboard. Perhaps before registration can be completed, new members should be required to read through the current buying/selling procedure & acknowledge? Of course, other measures can be taken�
I would think making emails accountable would take away some of the tire kickers that just might come back & make an offer later and even though the initial emails are not part of the accountability process, they might be perceived as being so & might put off a potential buyer. It seems to me that the implementation of the proposed policy would take away some of the human factor that makes most of the dealings enjoyable & "making the deals" is part of the fun of buying/selling. Besides, if a deal is going to go bad, no amount of following procedure is going to change that. It might help assess blame but it won't change the fact the deal went bad.
I think the points that were brought up about having feedback transactionally accountable are good, as is the idea of changing the color of the neg & neutral feedback but overall, I'm against implementing such a structured plan. I emailed one "seller" who put up a test ad just to see how it would look & received no reply. I would think that indicates how some transactions might go & would increase the frustration of someone that feels they are obligated to follow the new protocol.
I would think making emails accountable would take away some of the tire kickers that just might come back & make an offer later and even though the initial emails are not part of the accountability process, they might be perceived as being so & might put off a potential buyer. It seems to me that the implementation of the proposed policy would take away some of the human factor that makes most of the dealings enjoyable & "making the deals" is part of the fun of buying/selling. Besides, if a deal is going to go bad, no amount of following procedure is going to change that. It might help assess blame but it won't change the fact the deal went bad.
I think the points that were brought up about having feedback transactionally accountable are good, as is the idea of changing the color of the neg & neutral feedback but overall, I'm against implementing such a structured plan. I emailed one "seller" who put up a test ad just to see how it would look & received no reply. I would think that indicates how some transactions might go & would increase the frustration of someone that feels they are obligated to follow the new protocol.