18-08-2014, 09:51 AM
(18-08-2014, 08:47 AM)THE_Liam Wrote: To be fair guys if anyone needs to buy or sell a part quickly and has no need to be part of a community, and doesn't want to contribute, there's eBay for that.
Not all parts are available on ebay, especially if you want a good used part. And I said about asking specific advice as well... For example if someone buys an HDi and it breaks down on the way home, they may want to PM one of the HDi guys (well, Poodle) for urgent help...a thread in the HDi section could get missed for hours/days, and if it was posted in the lounge it'd get moved anyway...say it turns out they need a lift pump but cant afford a new one, a long running member may have a known good one to sell...but they can't unless they put their email/paypal and address publicly.
Chances are they'd become part of the community after buying the item and receiving instant useful help, I've joined up to several forums...and not being able to PM people fairly quickly does cause issues and I don't tend to stay on those forums tbh.
I've noticed it's also a month as well as the 100 posts....can anyone really say they didn't have to PM another member for whatever reason within a month of joining up?
I'll leave it though, as said it just seems excessive, and I probably wouldn't stay if I joined up today but that may just be me.