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re: How Long

I believe it's six weeks after a reminder that you can do a force_receive if the other person hasn't responded to contact and it seems plausible that the book would have arrived by now. All three that you sent reminders haven't been on in 2+ months, so I'd say you're probably fine to do a force. The button should show up next to the mooch on your pending page after the appropriate amount of time.

chelonianmobile
13 years ago
re: "Delays"

@Sgt Big G

"My concern is what prevents someone from listing 100 books that are all requested immediately, spending the 100 points, and never shipping any books?"

There are in fact people do this, and most of them are scammers. ("Good" moochers generally won't spend all their points if they have a bunch of pending mooches.) Who prevents this from being worse than it could be? We do! While Admin often catches these accounts on their own, a lot of the time accounts are closed or put on hold because the iffy behavior is reported to the abuse team by other moochers who noticed that something about the account seemed amiss. I like to suggest that people take a look at the whole account of the person they are mooching from. Learning to evaluate user accounts is really important for a positive BookMooch experience.

chelonianmobile
13 years ago