Selling on RJ - WHY do strangers ask to be your friend? POLL
 

Seems like anytime I am selling something on RJ there are a number of strangers that respond by requesting to be a friend. I always ignore these requests.

I dont do the social media like myspace, facebook, etc. as I dont want to potentially engage any freaks or crooks.

However, this time I am selling a car, and don't want to turn away potential buyers.

Am I mistakenly ignoring interested buyers? Do serious buyers ever respond first by requesting to be a friend?

Maybe some think the more friends they have the better it looks when they sell stuff (maybe scam someone) , I dont accept many and deleted a lot of people that I dont know.

DITTO, it's not how MANY friends one has, but the QUALITY !!

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If someone can see your pics and you have completed your profile it may give a perspective buyer the chance to see who you really are????

yep.... we all know scammers are lazy and do as lilas poss... so if they dont have any info,friends or pics,ect..... i wont deal with them at all :wink:

Most of the time ad's will say more pic's in my profile ! Well if you choose to ignore them then yes you could loose buyer's by doing this :!: I see nothing wrong with having a friend's list :!: :!:


Mark

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Amen bobr well said :!: :!: But you still don't have a profile :!: :!:



Mark

WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT !!!???

NO PRETTY FACE TO SEE :?

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When the "friends" option first hit theses sites, I noticed many requests contained sexually explicit photos. Yeah, sure the material is interesting, but it's not anything I care to associate my name or reputation with.

However, I took some of your advice and accepted a number of new friends (all of them). A few have been genuinely interested in my profile, and I have met some really nice members. But not one has inquired about the sale.

I think the jury is still out on whether serious buyers insist on seeing your profile as a precondition to contacting you with any questions. Keep in mind they can already see some of your stats like Honor Payment info, how long you have been a member, and there is a contact seller button.

The poll numbers are really low. Remove my vote and it leaves four real voters. Hardly enough to claim "80% of of RJ members agree..."
Perhaps it's just not interesting, or the poll appears to have a false pretense.

Thanks to those who voted, and I really appreciate everyone's opinion. Keep em coming!

No offense, but I disagree. The scammers I have seen work just as hard at ripping off people as the average Joe earning an honest paycheck.

Personally, I search the forums for seller & buyer names for signs of trouble whenever dealing with strangers. (due diligence)

A person wouldn't have to request to be friends if you could look at a members pics in the gallery.
But RJ makes you be friends as a way to lure in members.

I agree in part if you could see peoples gallery pics you wouldnt have to request to be friends( I have seen a car Ive liked and asked to be friends just to see if they have more pics of it in their gallery) RJs perspective is if that was to happen they would loose revenue for posting additional pics.If you dont want to be friends with people on here put in your ad photos and info will be sent if requested and if their truely interested they will respond just my opinion.

I am dealing with this right now,if someone is interested in my car,but cant call the phone number listed in the ad?