Rant

I am in grumpy old bas*ard mode today with everyone.

Really f*cks me off people join up here just to post a bike for sale, should be a minimum number of posts etc before that's possible

Rant over

 

Used to be like that back in the day but the mods can’t seam to do anything about it apparently

 

Yep, agree.

I wonder how many of the 'newbie' posts actually sell the bike? I think regulars on the forum would have no hesitation about buying from a known member, but I, for one, would be dubious of a bike for sale on a first-up post.

Certainly, it is no different from seeing the same bike on ebay, etc, but forums are usually considered a medium for camaraderie and assistance, not a springboard for sales.

 

I personally wouldn't buy a set of brake pads off anyone on here unless they were known.

Too much registering to flog stuff and then disappearing once done.

This ain't fleabay

 

Ducati forum you need to be a paid up member to sell anything I think.

@Rob could you set that up here?

 

Advice on this is in Rules of the Forum..which I think folks are advised to read when they join?!? can't remember now.
At the moment it's just a courtesy advisory 20 posts before selling something.
There was a discussion with Rob about these issues back in 2012. I believe they said if you see someone obviously joining to just sell something and have no other imput, that if you report it then they item may be removed by the mods.
Anyhow's link to thread attached...



https://www.1000rr.co.uk/threads/for-sale-section-some-simple-rules-please-read-before-posting.2941/

 

There's also the thing of people trying to sell stuff that I would chuck in a skip.

One man's trash is another man's treasure etc. I guess but I do look at some of the crap and think.......yeah.....nah.

 

Like a bent wheel a couple of weeks ago.

 

That was a joke - it had to be, who would spend money on such garbage

 

Yeah.......that does spring to mind.

Also cracked fairings that are ready for the bin.

 

To be fair, it might have been on a bike like mine that rarely sees the road. I mean, you wouldn't even know that the rim was stuffed!!

 

Thanks Mrs Mop, you are a handy person to have about, cleaning up the spills etc.

 

Good job I am.....considering the last minor sh#t tsunami set off by @nigelrb ....caught by @Spygoat & slam dunked by derchef

 

We're like a 3 man fire team..lol

 

You won't be laughing when you all get this in your inbox

 

You cannae

You wouldn't! I dare you to ban @nigelrb

I double dog dare you!

 

Hasn't happened yet. I'm still here!

 

You're safe Nigel...

Every forum has to have a charity case to offset tax

 

On the TZ watch forum, you have to have at least 50 posts to even see the 'sales corner'.

Obviously people can just post 50 loads of crap, but it would stop that purely joining to sell stuff.