guido Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Hi Hi just a warning to be carefull a brand new PW member messaged me in response to a wanted ad asking me to email a third party email as he had what i wanted . the member name given me has no such post and the whole thing screams BEWARE to me, I can confirm this has happened to me for a choke key & the request was to pay by PayPal F&F (so there is no claim to recover funds on Paypal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 I’ve had several message me. Might be time we had some sort of restriction on the sales section? Members with so many posts or verified in some way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 1 hour ago, Lloyd90 said: Members with so many posts or verified in some way? Absolutely, say 10-20 mod' verified posts before you can buy or sell. Sales section should also be hidden to non members if it isn't already. Why would anyone trust sending money and giving their address to someone who's only just joined and is selling something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Trouble is that 99% of members are decent and honest people and you tend to believe that everyone is the same , I do sell a few fairly low value items on the forum and have never had a single problem , to give a member peace of mind I now send them a copy of the post office receipt as soon as I post it so they know it's on the way and know roughly when to expect it , I know there is no need to but if the item get lost or take a long time to be delivered then they know it is not down to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Agreed. We operate a 20 valid post rule before anyone can advertise or use the PM system on the vehicle forum I have been co admin for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Yet this still exists in the New Members section,,,,, 🤔 Can't see anywhere that this has been negated ? 🤷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 I will pass it upstairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 6 hours ago, JKD said: Yet this still exists in the New Members section,,,,, 🤔 Can't see anywhere that this has been negated ? 🤷 Just totally abused and not enforced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 34 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: Just totally abused and not enforced. I think the Forum really does miss Zapp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 Access to the "Trading Post" is granted on the basis of being an active contributor to the content of the forum. If you are only here to buy/sell then please look elsewhere to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 9 hours ago, shaun4860 said: I will pass it upstairs Thank you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 10 hours ago, shaun4860 said: I will pass it upstairs Thank you I’ve never had a problem but I wouldn’t do business with someone who’s got 0-1 posts or very few. This is a great forum would hate to see wrong’uns using it to try and scam any of our members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 Depending on the constraints of the forum software but it is often possible to set automatic limits on when a new member can post in a certain section without first contributing a certain number a valid posts in other areas. This saves manual admin or moderator input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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