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03-29-2009, 12:20 PM
general suggestion for the BBS opinions welcome please read/post mods/admin espcially
general suggestion for the BBS opinions welcome please read/post mods/admin espcially
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here is my suggestions... take it as you want... i mean no attack on anyone at all (other than scammers/thiefs and crooks)
with the ecconomy as it is, i believe that we will be seeing an increase in bikes that are stolen.... that being said the crooks naturally will be coming to the "bike" boards to pawn off their bounty as they know most of us prob dont make millions ...
that being said 99.9 of us when we see a great deal .. we buy it/jump on it .. etc... its human nature-ish
i was wondering if in light of this 'ecconomy/situation' if it would not be prudent to put in to place some 'stricter' selling rules/guidelines; for no other reason ... for safety of the board at large.
what are your feelings/suggestions on this ?
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here is my suggestions... take it as you want... i mean no attack on anyone at all (other than scammers/thiefs and crooks)
with the ecconomy as it is, i believe that we will be seeing an increase in bikes that are stolen.... that being said the crooks naturally will be coming to the "bike" boards to pawn off their bounty as they know most of us prob dont make millions ...
that being said 99.9 of us when we see a great deal .. we buy it/jump on it .. etc... its human nature-ish
i was wondering if in light of this 'ecconomy/situation' if it would not be prudent to put in to place some 'stricter' selling rules/guidelines; for no other reason ... for safety of the board at large.
what are your feelings/suggestions on this ?
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03-29-2009, 03:11 PM
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What can we possibly do?
CBRF cant necessarily do background checks on all of the people/things bought and sold.
Thats what ebay is for.
I believe it is posted "buy and sell at your own risk".
Bad economy or not there is always going to be "bad apples." I know it sucks and your concern is relative but on a forum like this liability is all in the hands of the people making the deal and i think that in no way is cbrf responsible for any mishaps.
Afterall they are just providing a means to an end.
It is possible though that due to the cbrf community being so open, through trial and error, unfortunately, will come into contact and possibly root out said thieves. And they will get caught.
CBRF cant necessarily do background checks on all of the people/things bought and sold.
Thats what ebay is for.
I believe it is posted "buy and sell at your own risk".
Bad economy or not there is always going to be "bad apples." I know it sucks and your concern is relative but on a forum like this liability is all in the hands of the people making the deal and i think that in no way is cbrf responsible for any mishaps.
Afterall they are just providing a means to an end.
It is possible though that due to the cbrf community being so open, through trial and error, unfortunately, will come into contact and possibly root out said thieves. And they will get caught.
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03-29-2009, 03:31 PM
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03-29-2009, 03:54 PM
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We are watching all ADDS!!
This whole issue is being monitored quite closely by all staff..
I don't think that we are any more at risk here than say ebay or private classifieds any where else .
The classifieds have been modified as you may have noticed just recently to try to minimize the spammers .
We are monitoring them much more for obvious spammers , but private sales by advertisers that are active CBRF members are harder to identify as good or bad..
You may have noticed a few advertisers that have posted private sales of parted out bikes as soon as they register..? This we also find quite suspicious.
We are monitoring those adds as well and at this time have no way to screen them all..
At the moment, an idea of making it compulsory to have a minimum post count before any adds are allowed to be placed , is under consideration by Admin..
A decision on that may be made in the future , but for the moment we have only one piece of advice for CBRF buyers ..
If an add appears that has come from a new registered member that has NO other general CBR posts ....BEWARE!!!
If an add seems to be too good to be true ...BEWARE!!!
If the seller has no history on these CBRF boards ...BEWARE!!!
We do not have powers to screen for crooks!
We can only advise members and monitor this issue closely , which as I said we are doing at this time..
Please remember to report any suspicious advertisements to Admin..
Thank you for your concern and any other reasonable ideas I am sure would be appreciated by us ...
Feel free to post them here
but understand that we have limited control over who joins the CBRF and for what reason they do so ...
thanks again
Steve
I don't think that we are any more at risk here than say ebay or private classifieds any where else .
The classifieds have been modified as you may have noticed just recently to try to minimize the spammers .
We are monitoring them much more for obvious spammers , but private sales by advertisers that are active CBRF members are harder to identify as good or bad..
You may have noticed a few advertisers that have posted private sales of parted out bikes as soon as they register..? This we also find quite suspicious.
We are monitoring those adds as well and at this time have no way to screen them all..
At the moment, an idea of making it compulsory to have a minimum post count before any adds are allowed to be placed , is under consideration by Admin..
A decision on that may be made in the future , but for the moment we have only one piece of advice for CBRF buyers ..
If an add appears that has come from a new registered member that has NO other general CBR posts ....BEWARE!!!
If an add seems to be too good to be true ...BEWARE!!!
If the seller has no history on these CBRF boards ...BEWARE!!!
We do not have powers to screen for crooks!
We can only advise members and monitor this issue closely , which as I said we are doing at this time..
Please remember to report any suspicious advertisements to Admin..
Thank you for your concern and any other reasonable ideas I am sure would be appreciated by us ...
Feel free to post them here
but understand that we have limited control over who joins the CBRF and for what reason they do so ...thanks again
Steve
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03-30-2009, 10:35 AM
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