Now accepting.. also panty trust Q

Panty Trust is run by panty buyers and sellers. Anyone who has been involved in the used panty community is welcome and encouraged to volunteer to assist with the day to day operations. A core group consists of myself (I manage the site), Sean who manages the process for new applicants, and  Anna who completes the verification of European members. Other community members volunteer as they have time (such as Cindy who has been a real sweetheart and has always been willing to help with anything over the years). Volunteers assist with verification activities, handling member and buyer questions, answering email, helping people who might have a concern, and dispute resolution activities in the rare instances it has been needed over the years. Proposals and suggestions for any changes to Panty Trust are made by any member or community member and are then decided on by all Panty Trust members.

Panty Trust was started in the forums of an adult auction site back in 2001. Basically a group of buyers and sellers who were frustrated with fraud and bad business practices got together and came up with the Panty Trust idea and membership procedures. In 2003 the group decided to separate from association with any particular selling site and become an independent service so that anyone buying and selling used lingerie anywhere on the internet could benefit.

Membership was free for several years, however as Panty Trust started to grow, it was decided that a small fee to join was needed to discourage those that were just “looking for advertising” and/or just felt that they should join simply because others had. Panty Trust and its members take our goal of bettering customer service and promoting trust in the used panty community very seriously. All members have worked very hard over the last many years to build the reputation that the organization now has. Frankly, Panty Trust is not interested in having every panty seller as a member because not every panty seller can uphold the commitment to customer service and fair business practices that we strive for. If they did, there would be no reason for Panty Trust to exist.

The Panty Trust site is well visited, and there are many buyers who won’t even consider buying from those who aren’t members. Think of it this way, if you were a buyer looking at two sellers who are equally appealing to you and who both had good feedback from past buyers, but only one of them cared enough to take the time and effort to declare that the promotion of outstanding customer service and trust was very important to them, which one of those sellers would you buy from? Panty Trust certainly helps sellers get noticed, but then again, if this is the only reason a seller wants to join, and the seller doesn’t actually “buy into” the idea of bettering the community, then Panty Trust truly does not want them as a member because it is our reputation and our members who do take this philosophy very seriously who will ultimately suffer for it.

Bill
Panty Trust Manager

I’m quite frankly amazed at these questions.

Where do you think the money goes? Does Bill use it to pay for an all expenses paid trip around the world, or does it go towards the running costs of not only a website, but a number of other benefits that PT members enjoy?

What are you actually asking for? A balance sheet?

You’re talking about £20. That is the sale of one or two panties that probably came to you because you got verified! We’re not talking about a fortune here, we’re talking about an investment.

Oh and if you’re in the UK the panties come to me, not a ‘man called Bill’ – sheesh!

*shakes head*

The benefits of joining Panty Trust is quite clearly listed on their website. I would be very surprised if a new seller was unable to find this info.

Info for Sellers

Are we saying that Bill should provide a breakdown of exactly where the fees for lifetime membership go?

Does it matter where the fees go if the benefits gained are helpful and improve our business?

Holy Shit talk about sticking both your feet straight up the gift horse’s ass.

Wake up and look around for Christ’s sake. Aside from Panty Hog of course, Panty Trust is the only other “commercial” service that I see actually working unselfishly to give something to the Panty Community (Mike’s site and other seller’s sites/blogs too, but I’m talking services).

I was around the panty community when Panty Trust started, and you couldn’t believe the rippoffs and bad service that were the norm before they arrived. I truly believe that Panty Trust has helped sustain the used panty trade. After all, how many buyers would keep coming back if they were always getting hosed?

Even the sellers that aren’t members of Panty Trust benefit from Panty Trust in this way because the experiences the buyers have with Panty Trust members gives them the confidence to keep buying.

I can tell you by having watched Panty Trust start and grow that the people there worked tirelessly to help develop some sort of trust in this community for the sole benefit of sellers and buyers and never at any time asked for a dime from anyone until they were forced to by the actions of some unscrupulous members of the panty community.

By the way, I see plainly worded on their site that the fee for a lifetime membership (read that as Panty Trust volunteers will bust their ass nonstop to assist your buyers who may have a problem because of your mistake for as many years as you sell) is $35.00.

The $5.00 extra is a security deposit that you get back if you quit selling. Once again, Panty Trust was forced to charge this deposit to help buyers because people would quit selling, not tell them, and buyers were getting ripped off by sending money to people who no longer sold but didn’t take the five minutes to take their sites and auction me pages down.

I’ll let “Bill the con man” speak for himself, but I had to say my piece because this thread just floored me.

PK

PS. I can help you out a bit with the “where does the money go” question. Take at look at our banner ads here at Panty Hog and then go read our advertising rates. Panty Trust has supported us by buying two spots each and every month since Panty Hog started.

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I’m just not naive enough to part with my money and not ask where it goes.

I don’t see the big crime in asking about this:huh: I don’t see how questioning you all seems to be “putting both my feet up a horses arse”. To be honest if anything a select crew of you are way too fucking defensive and really unfriendly.

sheesh

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Jessica, I have to say your attitude really bites.
Bill took the time to write a long reply to your original question as did a few others, and cant you see what you said was really rude?

“I would love to get verified…i’m just not so keen on sending a weeks shopping £ and a pair of knickers to somebody called Bill..”

Are you really that surprised that people have answered the way that they have?  There are a startling amount of fakes out there, and as PK has told us that number had decreased thanks to pantytrust (and pantyhog!) Did you even read through their site?  Surely the fact that the so called “[color=red]Veterans” and “fucking defensive” crew are with them, and vouch for the panty trust says a hell of alot, even if PantyHog believing in them doesnt mean a thing to you. 

Oh, and calling us way too fucking defensive and naive in this way is really not the way to get people to take you seriously[/color]