I understand your frustrations. However there is not anything we can officially do. In this forum we moderators are doing our best to make sure things run smoothly and to avoid fraud and people being scammed, keep the peace if threads get out of hand, etc... ya know, typical moderator stuff. We are not here to and we will not micromanage anyone's runs. Participating in customs is and always has been a "Proceed at your own risk" sort of endeavor. We have no legal or authoritative ability over any thread runner. All we can do is communicate with the run organizer, inform them of any concerns by members, and then let them run their runs.
Obviously if items aren't delivered, monies are stolen, etc., there are consequences in the form of banning. However discussing banning in any situation similar to this would do no one any good because then the project runner has no way to communicate with anyone within the forum any longer.
And just so everyone knows, we have had some significant issues with our moderator tools on the forum. We have been working with the site administrator to get these issues worked out, but it has hindered our ability to modify and shape the forum in a way that we feel will benefit the community. As a result we have not been able to make sticky posts, post rules for participating in runs, etc.... things most of you from the Sideshow days are used to seeing. These will be meant to set expectations for the forum in terms of being a project organizer as well as what to expect when participating in a project. But please be aware we ARE working on it.
We appreciate everyone's concerns and I am glad Hector has been in here to update you all. Hopefully you will see some of the improvements we are thinking of once we get the moderator tools worked out.
