Old Boggy Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 (edited) This ruling obviously no longer exists but is still printed. I thought the idea was to stop the forum being used as a ‘free version of e-bay to all comers’. Clearly I am wrong. OB Edited February 14 by Old Boggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyH Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Free version of GunTrader and gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 I agree, bad form and bad practice IMO, one of the many benefits of being a forum member is getting a "feel" for a fellow member and thus gaining more confident should you want to buy an item offered for sale.50 meaningful posts or having a forum member that can vouch for you would be my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted February 14 Author Report Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, bruno22rf said: I agree, bad form and bad practice IMO, one of the many benefits of being a forum member is getting a "feel" for a fellow member and thus gaining more confident should you want to buy an item offered for sale.50 meaningful posts or having a forum member that can vouch for you would be my suggestion. Good morning Chris, It’s good to welcome newcomers to this great forum in the hope that they will contribute or learn from the others experience, but as you rightly say, bad form to offer guns for sale as a first post. ATB OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin55 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Members with over 100 posts can now sell 2 used items per month in each of the classifieds sections. From Flyfishing.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 I don’t see what the issue is, buying anything unseen is a risk, I got scammed by a member on here despite doing all the checks and let’s be fair there are a number of members only seem to post sales threads and contribute nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Same as always Buyer beware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 10 hours ago, bruno22rf said: I agree, bad form and bad practice IMO, one of the many benefits of being a forum member is getting a "feel" for a fellow member and thus gaining more confident should you want to buy an item offered for sale.50 meaningful posts or having a forum member that can vouch for you would be my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 16 hours ago, Old Boggy said: This ruling obviously no longer exists but is still printed. I thought the idea was to stop the forum being used as a ‘free version of e-bay to all comers’. Clearly I am wrong. OB Not sure what the issue is; you get the occasional bargoon. Also a lot of people just aren’t life’s forum posters. I know a couple of people in real life, who have accounts on here but “can’t be bothered with all the drama” and come on here to buy/sell things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: I think 50 Meaningful posts is OTT - and as OCD as an airgunforum in fact. It has about 3 times less members than another air gun forum because of draconian rules, OCD mods and their sycophants. A lot of people have better things to do than think up 50 posts just to show they are genuine shooters. I'd say maybe 5 or 10 meaningful posts would suffice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) 17 hours ago, bruno22rf said: I agree, bad form and bad practice IMO, one of the many benefits of being a forum member is getting a "feel" for a fellow member and thus gaining more confident should you want to buy an item offered for sale. This! 100%. If someone has been on here a while...or even too long for their own good...at least you do get that feel for their integrity. Edited February 15 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 13 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said: Not sure what the issue is; you get the occasional bargoon. Also a lot of people just aren’t life’s forum posters. I know a couple of people in real life, who have accounts on here but “can’t be bothered with all the drama” and come on here to buy/sell things. 100% Let's be honest there is a few on here have built up their posts by posting in the sales section "Welcome to Pigeon Watch" pretty sad really but if they get off on it, like everything else, who cares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 18 hours ago, udderlyoffroad said: Not sure what the issue is; you get the occasional bargoon. Also a lot of people just aren’t life’s forum posters. I know a couple of people in real life, who have accounts on here but “can’t be bothered with all the drama” and come on here to buy/sell things. Yes the buy and sell forum is good on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 14/02/2025 at 10:35, button said: I don’t see what the issue is, buying anything unseen is a risk, I got scammed by a member on here despite doing all the checks and let’s be fair there are a number of members only seem to post sales threads and contribute nothing else Hello, Why did you not post the members name so we could all be aware of getting Scammed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 I personally was scammed by a long time member on here. Thankfully, this was the only time it happened. I cannot name and shame but he knows who he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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