how about a change in the for sale section, not a huge one. Options

[njccmd2002]

I am member of a couple of forums, and one thing i like, is that in one of them you are not allowed to sale if you are a newbie with less than 50 posts, and also once you start selling, if there is no picture of the item you are selling, it is not allowed. And if you do have a picture you must include your username with a piece of paper (and this is recyclable) in all your pictures. This just proves that the item is in our possesion. Just like the below picture i borrowed from somebedy.

It not only protects the buyer and seller, it just shows legitimate business and piece of mind, and not only takes but 5 extra minutes. Just a thought.

see below, we dont have to copy another website, but can we do something similar. like, just making a pic a necessary evil

[bmrabb]

I think we should probably have a sticky for buyers to read that suggests getting sellers they're considering buying from to do this, but I don't think a formal rule is necessary.

I agree with the idea of a sticky being put up. There is absolutely no reason a seller can't post a picture of the item with his username written on something. If the seller really decides not to, then he can't want to sell the item that bad...or he simply doesn't have the item.