02-05-2015, 11:16 AM
Why should we have a system in place that causes hassle to ~99% of members joining up because ~1% may be assholes...
You can buy from ebay and get messed around. People on here quite often miss out on nice cars because of the selling limit, just last week a low mileage, one owner 306 owner was in the chatbox wanting to sell it cheap due to a few faults. He wasn't interested in the forum as he'd moved on to a different marque and wasn't knowledgeable on cars but wanted the car to go to an enthusiast rather than just scrap. Our system meant both he and us missed out there.
Often people join up because they need a part or need a physical hand with something, being able to buy and PM immediately is useful for both of those. Hopefully then they stick around and contribute, but if not, no great loss, it's still benefitted one or more of our members.
There are assholes in all walks of life, surely it's better to deal with them as and when rather than a complete prevention that also causes hassle to everyone else.
Re spambots PM'ing everyone, hopefully there are already various methods to deter these (capatcha etc?) but maybe a compulsory 1 post in introductions would stop those without deterring anyone genuine? Even if you are only here to buy a MAF, it doesn't take 2 mins to write 'Hi, I'm bob from Somerset with a HDi, after a couple of parts, cheers'.
You can buy from ebay and get messed around. People on here quite often miss out on nice cars because of the selling limit, just last week a low mileage, one owner 306 owner was in the chatbox wanting to sell it cheap due to a few faults. He wasn't interested in the forum as he'd moved on to a different marque and wasn't knowledgeable on cars but wanted the car to go to an enthusiast rather than just scrap. Our system meant both he and us missed out there.
Often people join up because they need a part or need a physical hand with something, being able to buy and PM immediately is useful for both of those. Hopefully then they stick around and contribute, but if not, no great loss, it's still benefitted one or more of our members.
There are assholes in all walks of life, surely it's better to deal with them as and when rather than a complete prevention that also causes hassle to everyone else.
Re spambots PM'ing everyone, hopefully there are already various methods to deter these (capatcha etc?) but maybe a compulsory 1 post in introductions would stop those without deterring anyone genuine? Even if you are only here to buy a MAF, it doesn't take 2 mins to write 'Hi, I'm bob from Somerset with a HDi, after a couple of parts, cheers'.