As a Member on Here I Was Interested in Purchasing a Few Items-I Want to Contact the Sellers But When i Click On the Contact Seller it States i Have to be a Premium Member WHY is That
Read the post just above yours for your answer. To make it easier for you, I'll quote it again here.
Actually the premium membership isn't for a revenue stream but more a way to stop scammers or at least attempt to protect the users. For the premium membership a valid credit card, etc. must be provided that makes the user a bit less "anonymous" to the site. If a scammer lists things here and fails to deliver what was paid for, it allows the site's management a way to help provide details to law enforcement to help prosecute them. Now they don't give that information to just anyone, but will (and have in the past) worked with law enforcement to identify and prosecute scammers after those that were scammed filed the necessary claims with the PD and official requests were sent to the site for that information.
This post demonstrates what I'm talking about.
http://forums.radioreference.com/sale-feedback-forum/223949-buyers-beware.html#post1630877
I Dont Think It,s at All Fair to Discriminate Members on Here Which You Are-Wanting to Buy Items that Aren,t Premium Members and at Least be Able to Talk to the Seller Direct
Your quite welcome to your own opinion. I don't believe that except for users with very few non-tavern posts you're prevented form sending a private message to most members (and sellers are members) so you can generally contact them through the site even without being a premium member.
Do You Think It,s Fair that a Seller Isn,t Gonna Sell an Item and Has to Wait for a Premium Member to Grab it Up or Possibly Not Sell the Item at All Because of the Restrictions??
Yes I do believe that it's very fair. What's better, not selling your item until someone that has been "vetted" and is traceable purchases or to sell it to some scammer that found the site, created several different identities, agrees to purchase your item and gives you a bogus payment, which you naturally don't find out it's bogus until after you've already shipped it to him?
Why Do You Even Have a Classified Section Then If Non-Paying Membership Parties Cant Use the Service
Simple, to offer protection from the few non-paying members that were successful in scamming many other members when the policy was that anyone could buy or sell items in this site's classified section.
Something Has to Change On Here-To Many UnHappy People Posting/Voicing Concerns About the Way R/R is Being Run and i Agree 100% With Them
Many more members are quite happy about the rules here or at least feel that they help to keep the site run for the betterment of all. What would you prefer, the site as is, or the site (as several others have done) that just gives you a tease of what's available and when you find something that you really want stops you with a "Wait there buddy, you need to pay to get that!". Just because a vocal few are saying things, doesn't speak for the vast majority of site members.
If you're truly unsatisfied with this site, especially for the very few items that require a premium subscription you have two (well, three really) choices:
1 - Pay the premium fee (much less than a monthly trip to Starbucks, or many other establishments).
2 - Stop visiting the site.
3 (this may not affect your dissatisfaction level, but included for completeness) - Continue to visit the site and stop complaining about what can't/won't be changed. Basically just take what you want and find a new site to do what you can't get to.
Policies Have to Change and Fast at Least for the Classified Area,s--I Am Very Unhappy Because there,s Things I Want to Purchase and Can,t--and I,ll be Dammed to Purchase a Membership on Here Because i Dont Need all The Extra,s You Provide
You can always go to ebay, Craig's List, or many of the other sites that have classified areas. It's not like this is the only site where things (or even scanner related things) are available for sale or trade. I do find it funny that you're "Very Unhappy" because you can't get to one of "The Extra,s You Provide" and don't want to pay a little to get it simply "Because i Dont Need" them.
Oh, if it's simply the cost, there's a way you can get a premium membership without sending any money. Simply start broadcasting a feed and get the Premium Membership in return for providing the feed.