Did I miss Something?

[IDontKnow]

Apparently if you have less than 50 posts now you can't have access to the Buy and Sell area?

Must have missed the messages that stated that change?

[Smokin Joe]

You're not alone. I can't see my own post in Buy and Sell!

[tc1cat]

1 more post and you will be over 50, Joe, but sadly you have 16 days to get to 3 months

Sorry, Bill. This was done to stop scammers from posting like crazy just to get to the BST forum.

Please read the new rules forum at the top of the forums.

[fuzzy]

benn here almost a year, and i dod not see the change either

[scalelover]

Although I'm unaffected, I do feel it's a good measure to take to help all of us safe. This helps to keep spam an scams out of our forum community. Ive seen way to many people that have been taken by somebody that is new to the board or just out to make a quick buck. This will help to PREVENT that from happening, most people will not stick around long enough to run a scam and the ones that do will have to have quite a bit of info floating around by this point that it would make it very hard to get away with. It's unfortunate that these rules need to be placed on a site but there are just too many people who don't care about what they are doing.

--Dan

[wrhby85]

I think its a great idea...too bad for me though, I might not see the BST for years Getting to 50 posts is going to take a while for anyone and in combination with the 90 day wait it should weed out the bad element. I may never get there because I don't see the point in the "nice build" posts, heck I feel guilty posting this. I may feel different if I ever get to meet any of you and we get to know each other but until then I'll just enjoy showing what work I am able to get done. Thanks for reading

[ihbuilder]

50 post and 3 months . The rules are at the top of the forum . the post bumping to get to 50 is only making you look like a fool . yes it has been implemented to keep out the scammers just to make a quick buck or the people just joining to dump their hobby and leave to evade Ebay fees adding no worth to the comunity what so ever . I believe there are a few exceptions for memmbers who have been here since the begining . DON"T quote me on it , I have to check .

thanky kindly

[mazdaparts]

Rules are rules, abide by them or leave. You don't have to like them but you do have to follow them if you want to stay.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by mazdaparts

Rules are rules, abide by them or leave. You don't have to like them but you do have to follow them if you want to stay.

Straight and to the point well put Mazdaparts but it had to be done to solve some on going issues that were popping up.. Could be worse it could be 300 post count like on scale they had to bump it way up to stop scamming..

[rcman]

I agree with the requirements too! It took me a long time to get to fifty posts but I had to wait until then. One thing I hate is spam and scammers.

[Lil Giants]

Thank you for your understanding fellow hobbyists.

A lot of thought & care was put into drawing up these Rules to first & foremost protect the community as a whole.

It's unfortunate the many good ppl out there have to suffer through the consequences of a few bad ones who have alternative motives to help themselves long before ever helping anyone else.

[androiduk]

I agree with the rules and will always do my best to abide by them , I think the area that needs greater attention is the post count , after the change email and I did as I was requested , I was amazed to login a few hours later to find so many unread posts ! ! I am sure I wasnt the only one to notice this, and pretty much all of them was 3 or 4 word posts just to get up the post count.

As you all know I am a newbie here myself and so far I am impressed in the way people conduct themselves in this forum , my interactions with people have been polite and welcoming , I stand little chance of actually meeting most of you guys but I feel at home amongst you all.

Andy

[mgb]

I agree with the post count as well, I may never hit 50 but thats ok. I find this forum is one of the good ones and I just love to look at all the interesting builds and comments without all the negativity you find on other sites.
Cheers, Brett