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Ive noticed an increasing number of threads started by individuals who dont meet the requirements to sell on RG, basically saying they want to sell their watch but dont have enough posts yet. My idea would be that when someone is found to be doing this, their PM capabilities are locked to prevent possible scamming of other members and to show these "lurkers" that they cant bypass the trade rules on Repgeek
If ya see someone doing it hit the report post button and the staff will delete the post and dispatch a nastygram :D
Thats what I have been doing and it seems to work well. The mods are quick to "fix" it...
Agreed... We all had to pass through fire to get these priviliges... We all need to contribute before starting to sell.. This is not a dumping ground..
Related trend is noobs spam reply to every thread with the same/meaningless comment to inflate post count. :eyeroll:
At least its more difficult than the "GLWS" post on a sales thread...
I saw Nembo nuke a guys count back down to 20 on the Breit section because he was inflating posts.
One dude had 83 "Nice" posts in 2 days. He hit 100 and was instantly dropped back to 1 :D
Couldn't do it without you guys though!!
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Originally Posted by mgoony
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That's one for each of you!!! Any more and I'm gonna have to report ya!!!:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by jjenk
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Originally Posted by rockin'ron
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lol!!!!!
I went hardcore this week... gave 2 people 1 week bans for blatant backdoor sales. I guess you could say I went SFA on their a$$es! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by SFA437
You've been a good beat cop this week, no perps got past you. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by mgoony
Glws.
Nice
You're all a pack of raving nutters... every last one of ya!
And so you should...good on ya!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brobert
I half expected my post count to magically become 6 or something like that :lol:
Overall I think the mods do a nice job. Its hard to remember they don't get paid for their service...
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Originally Posted by mgoony
If you guys knew 1/2 of the headaches, drama, agita and nonsense we have to deal with you'd have us committed. Nobody in their right mind does what we do for free :lol:
That being said the forum has been moving forward in a very positive fashion and we've had a great bunch of newer guys come in over the past couple months. We're always going to have the occasional asshat in the group but with your help we'll keep this place on track :D
Well put boss
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Originally Posted by SFA437
Give ya an example- right now we're dealing with a dude who is trying to backdoor sell 100's of EL Fiddies and Fiddy Destros he supposedly found through an unknown dealer who had them on his shelf for the past 6 years :rolleyes:
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure I believe that. BTW I can get as many black V2 SOH as ya want and just found 1000 old school Ti Seawolves in a shoebox :lol:
Keep up the good work mods :)
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My grandpa's got a barn full of old boxes filled with Heuer Silverstones, Camaros and Autavias. PM me if interested :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SFA437
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Originally Posted by SFA437
I always assumed "backdoor" sales meant closing a sales thread by stating "gonna keep this one for now" Only to find out later on that it was sold to another member. This happened to me on a gen forum when I tried going for a gen Tag Aquaracer and the douchebag stated "sold" then I see it up for sale by another member 2 months later.
I've never encountered this type of backdoor dealings. I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it but who in their right mind would buy into it anyway? After-all we're geeks not gullible. =D
Ahhhhh crap... so is it a bad idea then to buy from someone who PMs you to sell you something when you've posted about interest in another thread? They're a "VIP Member" with some positive feedback so it didn't occur to me that it was dodgy so much as just trying not to hijack the existing thread... :S
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Originally Posted by SFA437
sorry, i just really thought they were Nice watches...
can i have my posts back now?
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Do you take Paypal?Quote:
Originally Posted by SFA437
I think you misunderstand. VIP members have selling priveleges so i don't mind them contacting me if i place a WTB ad or mention it in a thread. Non-VIP Members with less than 100 post that do this is not allowedQuote:
Originally Posted by ferretallica
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Originally Posted by wimpie007
Best way is not to buy anything by PM if they have what you want tell them to post it in the correct member section in the correct format. There is a record of it then if things should go wrong the Mods can look into it at least
Same with members offing services use them by all means but don't expect the Mods to have too much sympathy if they are not accredited on the forum as watch repairers . You have been warned to only deal with people who have been vetted by Admin they do this for a reason and the reason is to protect you
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Originally Posted by SatansPants
if your interested, just pm me. iv'e got pictures and everything
Always good to know the rules! (I printed them and sleep with them under my pillow)