[Talisman]

Originally Posted by Reeve of shinra

I think VB.org should stop handling paid requests... it doesnt seem to be working out and people are getting burned on both ends.

I agree. The staff at vb.org has no way to determine who's lying or who's to blame in any disputed claim, so they can't pass judgement on either party in cases like this. But to merely jump in on these complaints threads with a quick reminder that they don't endorse anyone and are, therefore, not responsible for any of this is not true.

This site IS responsible for its part in setting people up to be taken advantage of by other disreputable members: It's the vb.org site, itself, that brings both parties together in the first place. New people come here looking for help with their projects because they trust Jelsoft and they trust its official .org hacking community -- and they are justified in believing that a reasonably active member in good standing within a highly regarded technical forum like this with years of involvement, lots of posts, lots of hacks released, and a fancy title ARE going to be reliable. The site allows us to show off this implied credibility in our profiles, our postbit details, and our signatures ... it allows our members to solicit each other here to conduct (private) business transactions ... it has devoted a special section all it's own to advertise/facilitate paid service requests ... and it lets anyone do as they please in this regard with no limits, no censure, and no recourse when these business transactions go badly.

To then make claim that vb.org has nothing to do with this, makes no guarantees, feels that a high majority of service requests must probably bring about happy results for everyone is just plain wrong.