Hi Jeff,
In those last times scammers seem to be stronger than ever, and this makes Chronotrader always more dangerous for buying watches from not well-known collectors...fortunately the users make a wonderful job to catch the scammers, but the risk to fall into their net is high...

I know you don't wanna be the "sheriff" of this wonderful forum and of the affiliated Chronotrader, but, at this point, why not put some few basic rules for everyone wants to sell their watches on this forum?
Obviously the well-known users would not need them (who would not trustly buy a watch from Darren, or Amer, or Jorge, or StewartM, just to quote the first names that come in my mind) but there are many people new here that arrive and post their FS ads without any knowledge about them...

Would be quite simple IMO, e.g.
- not allowed put on sale a watch without any image of it;
- at least one image must have, on the background and near the watch, the date and the email (or the nick name) of the seller, written obviously with a pencil and not as post-elaboration of the image.

On other fora a new user must present himself (sometimes in a separate room) before he can post something, here instead seems more and more like a Far-West...

My 2 cents.

Best.

Gianluca