Having to have 100 posts before trading?

**Jimit10** · 10-07-2011, 11:26 PM

I know some people have all day to sit on the net but i dont.

I hoped to join this site to buy and trade decent rep watches but have now discovered u need 100 posts in order to join in.

What a jib. Thats going to take me about 5 years

**Ckim111** · 10-08-2011, 01:34 AM

Or you could upgrade to VIP

**elvis** · 10-08-2011, 02:10 AM

you joined today and you already have eight right now. jeez,

at that rate it will take you a whole 12 and a half days.

look around for something that interests you and ask a question, learn something, or give someone your opinion about something that you already know about. or introduce yourself in that section and tell us a little bit about yourself. be courteous and polite, and don't complain about how bad it is in your first few post. it will get better. hang in there and have a little patience. theres alot to be had here and if you stick around you'll see what i mean, it is well worth it

there's alot of guys here who are willing to help, but you got to play nice. hey, you can even pm me if you want to.

**SatansPants** · 10-08-2011, 05:35 AM

The idea is we want you to contribute to the community here on the forum, not just drop in to snap up the great watches being built. The 100 post limit was one of the best rules introduced in recent years...

**MrZoSo** · 10-08-2011, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Jimit10

I know some people have all day to sit on the net but i dont.

I hoped to join this site to buy and trade decent rep watches but have now discovered u need 100 posts in order to join in.

What a jib. Thats going to take me about 5 years

If you need to sell your watches right away just pay for a VIP membership and you are all set. Problem solved in 2 minutes, not 5 years.

**If you see Kay** · 10-08-2011, 06:59 AM

see you in five years...

**nembo** · 10-08-2011, 07:09 AM

Not a good start....read around and try to understand the spirit that makes RG.
THis is not ebay my friend.

**MuZI** · 10-08-2011, 07:11 AM

All of us went through it. You are not exempt from the rules.

Either make 100 posts or pay up the VIP fee.

**Simon Templar** · 10-08-2011, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Jimit10

I know some people have all day to sit on the net but i dont.

I hoped to join this site to buy and trade decent rep watches but have now discovered u need 100 posts in order to join in.

What a jib. Thats going to take me about 5 years

Well then....it would appear you joined for all the wrong reasons then, didn't you?

RG is a community (emphasis on 'Community' ) for those who collect and tinker with watches of all sorts...but particularly reps. It is NOT the rep-version of Tradin' Times or the Thrifty Nickel.

One of the the reasons that 100 msg requirement even exists in the first place is to weed out those who join just to unload some watches and then are never seen or heard from again.

Put a crowbar in your wallet and upgrade to VIP. Otherwise....see you in 'about five years'.

Oh, and by the way..... a 'jib' is a staysail on a masted sailing ship. I presume that, in your rant, you actually wanted to say that we are all a 'Gyp'.

....sT

**TatsNGuns** · 10-08-2011, 07:32 AM

if your related to obama we could change the rules for you and make it 200 postings =)

**pietia** · 10-08-2011, 07:58 AM

+1 Nembo

**jeffw69** · 10-08-2011, 12:37 PM

I think the 100 post rule is fair and definitely makes sense to me.

**collector26** · 10-08-2011, 12:56 PM

Damn. Am i coming here for the wrong reason?

Going on 5 years and 3000 posts and i still haven't listed a watch for sale???

**Guanaco** · 10-08-2011, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by collector26

Damn. Am i coming here for the wrong reason?

Going on 5 years and 3000 posts and i still haven't listed a watch for sale???

That -almost- makes 2 of us, 4,000 posts and sold my 1st watch at around 3,500 posts [around 3+ years after joining]. lol, some people... I hate it when people join the forums only to sell their crap.

**kruzer00** · 10-08-2011, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Brobert

No posts needed to buy. The 100 post limit is there to keep people from coming on the site to dump their stuff and leave. If we allowed new members to sell we'd have a lot of hit and run scammers. 100 is a nice round number that lets us know you want to be a part of our community. Participate and have fun, rep watches can be purchased anywhere.... friends with similar interests are rare and far between.

Couldn't be better said.

**elvis** · 10-08-2011, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by TatsNGuns

if your related to obama we could change the rules for you and make it 200 postings =)

**shirazi_r** · 10-08-2011, 07:37 PM

I agree with everyone on the 100 posts rule but I think a allowing members to post sales after a designated period of time would also be useful.

I've been around for more than a year and still haven't hit 100 posts. That doesn't necessarily constitute me not contributing anything or pulling a "dump and run" on the sales forum.

**Waipio Jeff** · 10-08-2011, 08:18 PM

Or you could just make 6 more posts....

**shirazi_r** · 10-08-2011, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Waipio Jeff

Or you could just make 6 more posts....

'Tis a valid point...

**Gngn** · 10-08-2011, 08:43 PM

Actually this is by far not the only forum where that kind of rule applies. Be thankful for the (relatively) cheap option of VIP upgrade. Btw you get much more than the license for trade with that.

Cheers,
Michael

**ricardmg** · 10-08-2011, 11:10 PM

It's a good condition. Every house has its rules...

**onzenuub** · 10-08-2011, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by shirazi_r

I agree with everyone on the 100 posts rule but I think a allowing members to post sales after a designated period of time would also be useful.

I've been around for more than a year and still haven't hit 100 posts. That doesn't necessarily constitute me not contributing anything or pulling a "dump and run" on the sales forum.

That's right, it just states you haven't reached 100 posts and aren't a VIP, and so you cann't sell. If you don't agree you're free to go somewhere else.

**exec123** · 10-09-2011, 01:29 AM

I thought the same, but it took me a few days to get the 100 posts and it forced me to read some threads

in the end, i learned a lot.. and my posts naturally increased.

Some people post smileys ..but q uality posts are also there

**Jimit10** · 10-09-2011, 03:11 AM

Wow, we got 1 person with post of some merit out of that whole 2 pages. Thank you Shirazi. I agree, that would be a much more intelligent way of working the system - a time limit from the date of a members join date until allowing them to trade.*

I did click on the VIP link and it told me 'there are no upgrades available to you' there's your answer to all the idiots who called me 'too tight to pay to be VIP' etc. Nice bit of victimising, give yourself a pat on the back. *

I agree there should be steps in place to stop spammers and scammers. But the forum have these already by way of the fact it is a private forum. Plus a second backup measure of validating*every member.*

There are far easier ways to sell goods, with many, many multiples of the number of potential customers than this forum. To suggest i have joined the forum*to 'dump a load of stuff and never be seen again' is quite moronic.*

If any of you had actually opened your eyes instead of just seeing this thread as a self-beneficial opportunity to bully the new guy with shallow, self satisfying, disparaging*comments. You would have seen I have been a member since July.*

But rather than contributing to the community through public forums which (although do contain a significant percentage of genuine, real people with independent and helpful views) are largely ruined by groups of elitist status-seeking cliquey such as yourselves.

During the past 3 months I have been networking and discussing matters through private messages with friendly, genuine, down-to-earth people. I could have probably got 100 posts by now if I felt the need for public recognition of my chinese watch knowledge or wanted to boast about how many fake watches I have. But because I am secure in myself enough not to need that sort of childish gratification*it doesnt mean I haven't contributed to the community.*

This is the comments and suggestions forum. I was making a comment and suggestion. Not inviting a small-minded mob to state the obvious. And gratify themselves with a bit of dirty bullying.*If this is how everything in this section is dealt with the forum owners should be thoroughly ashamed. *