dyls Posted August 22, 2014 Share So I thought Id start a thread to help other hubbers especially the newbies looking for their first bike, browsing through the classifieds only to be dooped by a scammer! I remember hunting for my first bike, not knowing what the hell I was looking at, fortunately the seller that I eventually bought the bike from was a genuine guy and very informative. So the idea here is, if you spot a scam, post it here, put a link on the add to this thread so in would be buyer can be deterred, hopefully this will help chase these scammers away from our hub. Ed-Zulu, olffie1 and Smurfy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted August 22, 2014 Share easy to pot a scammer. they have less than 1000 posts. alleyne, MTBc, lucmccann and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted August 22, 2014 Share YOU GUYS BETTER BE AWARE THE MODS ARE ON TOP FORM TODAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 22, 2014 Share If you spot any suspicious ads before posting here or even commenting on the ad PLEASE hit the Report button to alert us. blondeonabike, DieVlieg, Patchelicious and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted August 22, 2014 Share If you spot any suspicious ads before posting here or even commenting on the ad PLEASE hit the Report button to alert us. Will the seller be able to see that he has been reported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyls Posted August 22, 2014 Share easy to pot a scammer. they have less than 1000 posts. Eish, so putting up this thread is shooting myself in the foot then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePubSA Posted August 22, 2014 Share If you spot any suspicious ads before posting here or even commenting on the ad PLEASE hit the Report button to alert us. This works very fast Especially for herbal creams and prophet ojooobie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 22, 2014 Share Will the seller be able to see that he has been reported? No, it logs a report with your comments which alerts all the moderators - not the user themselves. If it is indeed a scam this will ensure the user is banned and advert removed asap. Smurfy and Quincy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubehunter Posted August 22, 2014 Share Eish, so putting up this thread is shooting myself in the foot then... Nope, but you can't and wont be allowed to partake in the Rouxtjie Pleasure Palour of all things with wheels... dyls, Meerkat82 and Bat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyls Posted August 22, 2014 Share Nope, but you can't and wont be allowed to partake in the Rouxtjie Pleasure Palour of all things with wheels...Better start working on my post count then CraigCCW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelvio Posted August 22, 2014 Share YOU GUYS BETTER BE AWARE THE MODS ARE ON TOP FORM TODAYIf you spot any suspicious ads before posting here or even commenting on the ad PLEASE hit the Report button to alert us. And there you have it DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted August 22, 2014 Share No, it logs a report with your comments which alerts all the moderators - not the user themselves. If it is indeed a scam this will ensure the user is banned and advert removed asap. Shouldn't more be done than banning and removing advert, e.g. getting the police involved? Are you talking about scamming as in illegal activity or unethical, but legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pe3nguin Posted August 22, 2014 Share Hey kids...wanna buy some drugs popcorn_skollie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyls Posted August 22, 2014 Share Hey kids...wanna buy some drugs FlandersZA, Little Fish and pe3nguin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko35s Posted August 22, 2014 Share Hey kids...wanna buy some drugs Yeah man I will have 13 panado please.Got a stinking headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieterg Posted August 22, 2014 Share Good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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