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Re:Ask HN: Is this idea even legal? by byoung2 on Friday August 01, 2014 @05:40PM (#8122989)
Where can you get the data? I can't speak to the legality issue, but practically speaking, you (or businesses that use your service) will have a lot of confused and angry customers who want to know why you won't ship to their address. Do the ratings for an address reset when a person moves out? It seems unfair to punish me because the last guy who lived here was a problem customer.
Re:Ask HN: Is this idea even legal? by ripsoco on Saturday August 02, 2014 @02:34AM (#8124204)
Hi, thanks for getting back.

The search bit would be free, so i was hoping that sellers would share their both their successful and unsuccessful transactions. To prevent spurious data the seller would have to provide postal tracking numbers.

Buyers would be given the chance to claim their address and associated 'delivery' reputation. This lets them take their reputation with them when they move. Periodically the buyers would receive a letter from the service just to confirm they are still at the said address - proof required also.

I guess these are some of the problems that need resolving if this service was to fly. There's definitely a large problem here but maybe this approach isnt the silver bullet.

Re:Ask HN: Is this idea even legal? by safelysell on Saturday August 02, 2014 @02:45AM (#8124234)
The above comment is from me. I used an old browser session that cached an old username.