A small suggestion about new members selling Port
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:34 pm
Roy & Stewart,
As the site becomes more popular, I think we should have some form of annoucement on the front page of the Forum, along the lines of....
New Members wishing to sell Port!
It should then explain that the existing Membership does NOT buy Port of new members. Its becoming more and more common, that people think they can come onboard, flog off some family bottle and never been seen again. As we all know, purchases off complete strangers with no provenance, or storage notes is fraught with danger. This practice needs to be discouraged. It wont be long before the scam appears and everyone is left with a sour taste.
The exception could be when a longstanding member sells it on their behalf, because they know them.
Everthing would be out in the open, and those who are going to become active members will know just to hang on for a few months until people get to know them.
Just a thought.
Alan
As the site becomes more popular, I think we should have some form of annoucement on the front page of the Forum, along the lines of....
New Members wishing to sell Port!
It should then explain that the existing Membership does NOT buy Port of new members. Its becoming more and more common, that people think they can come onboard, flog off some family bottle and never been seen again. As we all know, purchases off complete strangers with no provenance, or storage notes is fraught with danger. This practice needs to be discouraged. It wont be long before the scam appears and everyone is left with a sour taste.
The exception could be when a longstanding member sells it on their behalf, because they know them.
Everthing would be out in the open, and those who are going to become active members will know just to hang on for a few months until people get to know them.
Just a thought.
Alan