Steve

There is a "new rule" that only those who have posted on the forum can contact Classified advertisers.

This is to counteract scammers who have been using it.

Now that you have made a post you should be able to contact.

This complaint has come up so many times recently, so would it not be a simple fix to PM or email every member who is now affected by this rule change. Seems so simple, and polite for that matter, to inform those affected by the rules change

We get no notification of when a member registers for the forum and even if we did if we PM'd them then we would basically be telling scammers what they need to do to beat the system.

We would also need to find someone with the time to message thousands of members, yes that is the sort of numbers you would be looking at who are registered but never actively use the forum.

Any non active member gets this message when they try to look at sellers details, it is going to be altered as Neil has already said.

"Only trusted members, those who have posted regularly in the forum, can view classified ads contact details. Please contact a moderator if you need further details."

J

Edited By JasonB on 22/09/2016 07:37:18

Unfortunately the person who looks after the technical side of the website is on extended sick leave.

As soon as we can we will be reducing the number of posts required and making the message a bit clearer so people know all they have to do is post a few messages rather than having to contact a moderator.

The good news is that, in the first half of this year I had well into double figure of respondents that sellers had been contacted by scammers, since implementing this change this seems to have stopped.

It has been a big surprise that there are such large numbers of people who use read the forums and classifieds but don't post.

Neil

Or one of the armchair fanatics that live on this forum but not in their workshops.

Well I'm tired of it. I joined to view someone's details to purchase a loco and still can't view them so I'm off. It's all a load of old tosh!

I have just sent you a message, click "inbox" at the top of the page to read.

J

A forum lives or dies by the people who post, not by those who don't contribute and then flounce off.

Andrew

Geoff, it is not a login problem, have a read of Neil's first post in this thread and then one more post will give you access to the adverts.

So, Geoff … Don't keep us guessing

Now that you've made the requisite five posts

… can you see the Advertisers' contact details.

Keep going Steve… if you are lucky you might get to five posts without being banned!