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Trusted Poal folks, can a marketplace here even be safely realized? I need your ideas.

I imagine, no matter how attentive to filtering out of glows our sheriff is, this place i call home is littered with enemies. Being aware of this possible fact, is there any possible way we can do business?

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I made a post about this frustration many months ago. Is it possible for one of us to do business with the other in a safe and anonymous way?

For instance, Poal user A publishes a request for a smartphone upgrade. Poal user B has said gadget in a drawer he wouldn’t mind selling for a reasonable price or even gifting. How?

For something being sold, there needs to be a financial transaction. For a barter, trade, or gift, A and B need to exchange delivery addresses. For anything being given or sold, delivery addresses need to be exchanged or provided.

Is this somehow possible?

I’ve tried to figure this out, and I just don’t have a method that prevents a crazy abusing a decent person.

Trusted Poal folks, can a marketplace here even be safely realized? I need your ideas. I imagine, no matter how attentive to filtering out of glows our sheriff is, this place i call home is littered with enemies. Being aware of this possible fact, is there any possible way we can do business? I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I made a post about this frustration many months ago. Is it possible for one of us to do business with the other in a safe and anonymous way? For instance, Poal user A publishes a request for a smartphone upgrade. Poal user B has said gadget in a drawer he wouldn’t mind selling for a reasonable price or even gifting. How? For something being sold, there needs to be a financial transaction. For a barter, trade, or gift, A and B need to exchange delivery addresses. For anything being given or sold, delivery addresses need to be exchanged or provided. Is this somehow possible? I’ve tried to figure this out, and I just don’t have a method that prevents a crazy abusing a decent person.

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Anything we don’t need and one of us could use.

Let’s say one of us needed a laptop and money was tight. I have extra laptops. I’d be happy to help someone to have one.

I make hot sauce. I make soap. I wish I could just gift some to some of you guys. It just doesn’t seem like we can do anything like that. Sucks.