I recently contemplated buying a guide that promised $500 a week from the guide section. So I asked a very basic question wondering if it was a dropshipping guide before I bought it, because if it was there was a million out there for free. From the details released, and my experience, it sounded like one but I just wanted to make sure before buying it. I go back to check and my post was deleted and my assumption is that my question was what the method is. I wasn't guessing the guide just purveying before purchasing to make sure I wasn't going to get ripped off, because that is pretty much what the guide section is exploiting ignorance. I think it is detrimental to censor the customer base who are genuinely inquiring, especially if the method is something that is as obvious and as free as dropshopping. I would also like to recruit several people and compile the names and description of numerous common methods so that people don't get screwed over. If they look through the list and find that their guide matches one of the methods they can go to the person and demand a refund, or take it to the RaSC if need be.
I've always just PMed any questions like that. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a real life guide on this site worth buying and I don't think I'll ever see one either.
I agree. It's a difficult situation, the staff are giving members the right to be able to provide and sell guides, but obviously methods can always be difficult for some or not what users have expected, and it's not the staffs job to babysit and look at every possible guide on the internet to sort these things out. It's why there was Official Guide Verification, which basically knocked back every Real-Life guide because they were all so, well, bad. I dunno what can be done about it but the safety of buyers is definitely not very assuring.
I would agree. We should have a list that can be updated that has a list of commonly sold guides that are well known. Think back to the BH days for transferring money. Some methods were leaked and were not allowed to be sold but I am sure some people still sold them.
Any possibility of OGV returning? In all honesty it really weeded out the crappy guides and prevented users from getting ripped off by someone selling a poorly written/well known guide
It kinda seemed like the OGV didn't do a lot though. Most of the time there wasn't any guides to verify and the Private Forum just died, and when there was almost everything was denied. It didn't seem to do a lot, but I was only there for 2-3 months.
This is very true. All of the guides that, at least in my time, went through were complete crap and were almost wholly ripped off.
Unfortunately this :/ Most of the time the guide seller is just profiting off of peoples curiosity, people are really hoping that there is some good money making method out there that they've never heard of or considered. Its almost always a let down once you actually get the guide. @Nero, looks like its already in place.
Short answer: no. Anyway, anyone can feel free to PM me or someone with market permissions to edit the DNS list
If you can find the guide on Google. (or anywhere it's free) they are not allowed to sell it. If you happen to buy one that's free, report the user and you'll get your money back or they will be banned.
What happens if a method is purchased, and it's something that the buyer already knows? Are they permitted to ask what the guide is about and are the entitled to a correct answer? If they purchase it and they're right and can prove that they asked if it was a particular method, are they entitled to a refund?
