I'm at a loss, Drh. I don't know what else to say, man.
OK, on behalf of repgeek, you are hereby granted the title of "Sales Thread Deputy". Please feel free to post in sales threads, should you find a member selling a non-Ultimate caseback on an Ultimate model or ask a member who says his Rolex GMT IIc has "better than average rep lume" just *how* much better his replica's lume is.
Jeez, guys, we're really splitting hairs here.
If anyone sees a member trying to sell something that you honestly believe to not be what is advertised, ask the seller in the thread to clarify the description of the member's item you feel the seller has either avoided providing or has outright misrepresented the item to be. (That hasn't stopped numerous members from asking questions in a sales thread.)
To "thread crap" is to post something like "Your watch sucks a monkey's nutsack" or "Why are you selling this piece of trash?" However, if you are genuinely inquiring why a member has listed a GMT IIc CHS, but you can clearly see from the member's macro photos that the hands are indeed incorrectly stacked, then diplomatically request verification from the seller in the thread. Just don't be a pr!ck about it; that's what a "thread crap" is, in my opinion.
All of us make mistakes; if a member listed an Ultimate 104, but he forgot that the caseback was replaced by an inferior 104 caseback, and he advertise the watch as an "Ultimate 104", then please post in the thread, and the "good" member will either edit his original post or clarify his advertisement in a follow-up post to your question.
To me, there is a clear difference between someone who is posting like a madman so that he can sell 3 watches in a 30-day period, and a member who makes an honest mistake (and eventually edits his sales thread) about a watch he has for sale.
In the end, there is no set rule of thumb that moderators (or if there was to be a "sales thread helper" position) follow to ensure a 100% scam-free environment. The other moderators and I have encouraged you, the repgeek public, to let us know if you think a member is up to no good, and that's about all anyone can do.
There will *never* be a black & white answer to resolve potential scammers on repgeek, on the Interweb, or in life. Sometimes, sh!t does happen, like the dude selling t-shirts on "Forrest Gump" said. However, I've attempted to provide guidance on when a member should ask questions in a sales thread, when a member should PM a moderator, and how to diplomatically do this.
Prior to becoming a made man, when I saw a member doing some shady sh!t, I had no problem in calling the member out in their sales thread, in other threads, or starting my own threads. However, I didn't become comfortable doing it until I'd been on repgeek for a while and developed a (small as it is) decent good-guy reputation. I would not recommend that a guy who has 5 posts and signed up yesterday start bearing the burden of catching all repgeek scammers, though, as it would put a pretty large hole in his reputation, should he be wrong on calling out a scammer.
Like Forrest Gump said, "That's all I have to say about that."
(God damn! Did I really make two "Forrest Gump" references in the same post? WTF?)
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Originally Posted by mattusss
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