Due to the increased load being put on admins and moderators, and because of the latest rash of scams/misrepresentations being discussed, may I suggest that the admins assign "sales section helper" status to some members. These members would have no official powers, and would only do the following:

- send PMs to admins/mods for posts that violate sales rules
- warn about missing tagged pics
- suggest posting better and clearer pics
- ask for more details, when they feel it is pertinent to full disclosure (maybe even "name the damned dealer!")
- clarify/verify certain aspects of the sale (e.g. is that really a Swiss movement, definitely not E.L. case, etc.)

And anything else you think maybe helpful.

Remember these members would not need any special privileges, and actually shouldn't have any - because they are just there to help. Any editing, moving, deleting or warnings should still be done by admins/mods.

When a mod or admin receives a PM from one of these "helpers" they will know to give it priority, as they've probably already done a lot of things the mod/admin would have done. This will cut down the workload on staff, and make the enforcement of rules more efficient, while ensuring that sales posts are not misleading and contain all info needed for someone to make an informed purchasing decision.

What do you think? And feel free (as if you wouldn't) to post some additional duties you believe may be useful.



NOTE: Please try not to derail this thread into a discussion of a particular scam or other method to prevent them.