vborg's stance on fraudulent coders?
 

I wasn't sure what forum to put this in...i was thinking site feedback...but it really isn't feedback...just a question...(i didn't want to busy pming and admin when maybe some other people might now already)

I paid a coder that contacted me via the service forum here at vborg to create a hack for me. He was supposed to have it done in two weeks...it has been almost a month now. He doesn't return any pm's, emails...and i can't find a phone or i would try that as well. Also his website he has listed (and i have showing in paypal on the transaction info) doesn't even exist.

I guess what i want to know is if vborg does anything about these kinds of situations...like ban that person, or disable them from responding to the service requests or something...

i'm not really concerned either way...but just wondering if i need to let an admin know about who this person is

Judging from previous cases, they don't really seem to have a policy.

Yes, they do Paul. The policy is buyer beware. The mods here don't get involved in personal transactions. Instead, they advise you to do your homework before hiring a coder or paying in advance.

There would be no way for us to legitimately investigate each case. Sorry.

(and annoyingly enough, PayPal doesn't provide protection for most of the stuff that is vBulletin-service-related)

This is partly why we have always been wary of having a services request forum - in the end, we bowed to public demand and added it. The bottom line is that vB.org does not and cannot verify the service providers here - it's not our aim and would take too much resources - therefore, members have to be careful, and if they are defrauded to contact the local police and relevant authorities.

Yet again, a ratings system would be oh so useful. hopefully one is forthcoming since the upgrade to 3.5.

I agree, I think the traderratings system would be excellent! Personally If I were looking for work to be done, having feedback from the user via traderratings or something would help make a better decision and you would see alot less threads being created stating that stuff didn't get finished on time :)

iTrader +1 :banana:

I think in the agreement you ask for a cd backup (physical good) shipped to you that it would then be covered but something that is just code (no sort of physical item) isnt covered.

Good idea in theory BUT it would be abused so I say it would be bad.