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Mod firstly thank you for all the haelp, BUT please leave the edit option open on threads, Mine seem to go after a while, As some of us need to shift a bit of gear now and then it would be nice to edit price ? trades etc so it can be seen in the original post,

Again Thank you all

F.U.B.A.R wrote: »

How would you create/implement a system that sensors what people type? Entialy it would need a powerfull form of software that would negate the need for moderaters Other then that you could allow the OP full unlimited control of his/her thread but that could also cause more harm then good

Put it in the rules then the OP can report it and if the person keeps doing it (like one or 2 here do ) the mods can deal with them in their own way be it a temp ban or a full ban

is there a way of stopping people from digging up threads by any chance?
Like have them expire after a certain amount of time.

How can i change the prefixes of for sale to sold as i cant access the prefixes after a few replies or maybe its just me

adamj1980 wrote: »

HI, im only a new comer to boards, and im not on as much as most. But by trying to offer my car sound system as a trade item to hopefully obtain what im looking for, i get defformated as a spammer by a moderator, and im not spamming, just dislexic when it comes to understanding online forums and how they opperate.
So i suggest that if a moderator has an issue, be it personal or buisness with a particular user, he/she should send a private message, instead of publically hummiliating the person in a forum for all to see, esp if the person is dislexic to to understanding of the online scene as i am, FOrgive my misspellins. Thanks for reading my Sugestion, as its just a sugestion.

As it was me the mod dealing with the situation i'll explain here. First up in the post in question i had never directly called you a spammer I asked you to stop spamming with the same post, it had been posted 11 times.

Here is what i said qoute taken from the scar h thread

Adamj1980.

Please stop spamming the adverts section about a car system as you have posted from a quick check is about 11 times. With the same post.

If i see another regarding your system it will be treated as spam and you dealt with as a spammer in accordance with site rules.

Posting about the sound system in one or two threads as a trade is fine, posting it in 11 threads looks very spamy and thus had been reported to the mods via the report post fuction. And I happend to be the mod that was online at the time to deal with it.

As always if there is a problem with a mod please follow the Dispute Resolution Procedure that can be found at www.boards.ie/dispute
Andy

Thank you for clearing it up, as I said, due to unfamiliarity to these forum sites, I take full responsibility for the mishap. Thanks and sorry for the confusion.

Paul,
Please list exactly what you have for sale and the asking price / FPS for each item to comply with the forum rules. Auction threads are not allowed, nor is inviting off thread dealing.
The same rules apply to everyone here.
Quote from steve, after locking the thread,

Hi Steve,

As i have over 5 years of airsoft stuff, even i could not name it all, i did ask a price, as there was more than one item, and some in working order and some not, i did list a price, from this price to this price, all the guns are under 1J, and as i said, some were working and some not, and i had to many items to list, and i would had more to answer more post's, so i kept the listing sort, so as not to upset other posters, and spoil the sale's threads.
And were did i inviting off thread dealing, i said, no posting any items, come out to me at the site, and pay for it, and take it away, and the price's i listed, were way under any price ever listed for the items, that i listed.

Regards,
Paul.
Sorry Steve, your right, i didn't list a price, only checked it there now, so sorry again.

Just checked it again, i did put up the price's, post 20 http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=75866689&postcount=20

Regards,

Paul.

With regards to the above post could a poll be arranged to see if members would want a Name And Shame thread?
I would be 99% more likely to check a Name & Shame thread than I would the Adverts Feedback for the reputation of a perspective buyer.
The Feedback thread is for experiances of a sale/purchase after it has taken place and although you could post about timewasters Im not too sure many would bother searching as more often than not the posts in Feedback are of good experiances.
A dedicated Name & Shame thread would be easy to search,would be easly seen when there was a new post(everybody would be curious as to who it was) and act as a deterrant to lads,who may in the future actually have the cash to make purchases,from posting in an advert when they know they cant complete the deal

I can see a problem on that already How many people get thanked for ansewring questions in a happily polite manor? even the ebay system doesnt work unless the buyer/seller has a flawless record Ive been screwd by plenty of 98 and 99% rated trader's it just wont work and I doubt it could be programed/ setup within the perameters of V-bulliten software

DeBurca wrote: »

I wonder if anything can be done to stop the resent glut of so called “WANTED” ads
Most of these are being used as a means of getting around the duplicate post rule

For example a posted has FOR SALE a bunch of old tat some batteries a few mags a broken red dot etc and after many attempts and numerous BUMPS then placed a WANTED ad for maybe a MP5 but only offering the bunch of tat or AEG that nobody wants as they have no cash
A few days later they want a SMG and then a G3 a few day later a M4 and on it goes and all that is on offer is the same load of old tat or knackered AK or sniper rifle etc
The same thing is being done for a long running ad when trying to sell an AEG, Pistol, Rifle etc and often they run their WANTED ad in parallel to the original FOR SALE/TRADE ad often bumping one after the other you can see this almost every day
I had such a poster the other day looking for an M4 and after I and a few more took the time to respond he works his way down the list replying to each in turn
In response to the post above mine he says that has no money and then when responding to me asks how much do I want for mine, I have to tell you I was not amused

Then there are the posters who place wanted ads and yet have no money and on occasions have got a seller to reduce the asking price before announcing that they do not have the CASH
Only the other day a guy places a “WANTED” ad for a M9 mag and gets a reply and after a bit of haggling get the price reduced from €30 down to €25 for the mag posted, now here is the good bit he then announces that he does not have the cash
Now I know that there is a recession on and a lot of people are a bit short of cash but for god sake if you don’t have the funds then for pity sake don’t post

Yes I know that this sounds like a RANT and it is but can nothing be done to curb the enthusiasm of these posters

What he said (just too lazy to type it all):D

THE MINDER wrote: »

What do we do with the likes of-
1-Timewasters especially those who ask relentless questions with no real intent:rolleyes:
2 Those who make offers(bringing down asking)then telling you they will have the money in a month or two leaving you with a new but lower asking price:(-stuff like that
3 People PM as sold but not following up on first pms even with a pm to pull out:(
4 People following up on pm's bit then not turning up to meet:mad::mad::mad:

And on and on it goes-I'd like to do a name and shame section:eek:

I agree totally with THE MINDER its so annoying when they get you to drop the price and then you dont hear from them. The mods do a great job but their hands are tied on somethings like i know of at least 10 people that have changed their names on this but it cant be proven within boards.ie rules so the Mods can do nothing Its time either a name and shame thread was set up or a lock put on the adverts section to stop the renaming and time wasters after a week of a thread im taking them down unsold because im sick of time wasters. Im starting to rant like Deburca so ill leave it at that

id just like to share an observation ive had regarding certain mods on the airsoft forums ....in the link i will post it seems the mods are more comfortable handing out warnings and infractions , as indicated by the following link the op indicates twice he is having trouble posting pictures of his saleable item , but to his and my own dismay the mod never steps in to help with the process, instead opts to adopt the tyranical posturing of i am MOD hear me roar by warning and snipping never once offering assistance ..should we moderate the mods or would be moderated for moderating the moderators where does it end.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056610232

Whilst i understand that some of your mods are volunteers offering their time freely are they not still a representative of Boards.ie and bad feeling towards individuals flexing their muscles would ultimatly reflect badly on Boards itself.

Thanks for Reading

War_child

Sorry, but I would not agree at all with this observation.

Firstly I think the Airsoft Mods all do a great job and all Moderators are volunteers, so have a life away from boards.

The thread you picked showed a poster list an item for sale at 13:40 and a bump just 4 hours later at 17:41. Poster joined Boards.ie 4 months before that post, so not a noob.

A Mod advised that 24 hours is the minimum between bump posts and that poster should read charter.

Poster is back 3 hours later asking how to posts pics. That is a question for the help desk not the Airsoft forum. Or the poster could have PM'ed a Mod re posting pics.

Less then 24 hours later and poster is back with another "bump". So they obvisously chose to ignore a warning from a forum moderator. Never a good thing to do. A cynic might see this as a way of bumping a post back up to the top of the first page

They had been warned already, so they got a yellow card, which is just like a tap on the shoulder to say "you were already told about bumping". Poster didn't get infracted or banned, so I really don't see what the issue here is.

Then the poster wants to start "facebooking" another member re the item for sale, so off thread dealing and showning that the advice to read the forum charter was indeed ignored.

You honestly think this poster was hard done by???

I don't think any of the Airsoft Mods could be accused of using their "Mod Powers" too freely tbh. The amount of BOLD Type posts or the issuing of infractions or bans from the Mods are fairly sparse and IMHO I have never seen one that was not warranted.

A Mods job is to keep their forums ticking over and keep the peace. It is not that of a babysitter



Firstly Tommy i said it was an observation and i used one example there have been more but to take time from my day to copy and paste them all in to one comment is something i am unwiling to do.

My point i was making was instead of using the mod powers to infract or even to warn would it not have been more productive to assist the person in question in getting their pictures up so HE DIDNT have to use facebook to see the picture.

And as you pointed out "A Mods job is to keep their forums ticking over and keep the peace." In that very sentence you point out a mods role on his forum and surely assistance is part of that remit. And by using the word babysit, not once did i say he had to walk him thru each and every step maybe he was trying to load from phone or maybe some other form of device that wouldnt allow in which the moderator could have easily pointed out this fact...

And to end in Answer to your question of him being hard done by ...in regards to the bumping no ....but in regards to the facebook comment i think yes ..As with assistance from the mod there would have been no need to take the item off thread for the simple purpose of viewing ...

appreciate your response steve ...and regards to the beck and call comment i move that Boards.ie facilitate the people who use this site with greater power in editing their specific adverts

...as while this is a forum the items being sold are personal therefore the sole property of those advertising so by association the advert they place should be treated as such ...by offering (US) the postee the option to edit our threads and particularly the heading and also the status which is what i have had personal difficulty with would free moderators up to keep their forums running smoothly ...As you have pointed out your time is donated and obviously you have lives outside of boards ..but having to wait for a mod to come on to rectify simple things that should be made available to the person who posts restrains the speed in which items can be sold.

But thankfully as my last thread is now closed and i no longer have anything i need to buy or sell in regards to airsoft i am quite happy to say you may continue on your happy way of modding as it does not affect me at all.

Be good
war_child

Just a suggestion, why not set an iPhone app, where people who dnt have instant access to a laptop, can access the forum and also upload pics, the current system doesnt allow it when your using a phone.?

Private Snafu wrote: »

adamj1980 wrote: »

Just a suggestion, why not set an iPhone app, where people who dnt have instant access to a laptop, can access the forum and also upload pics, the current system doesnt allow it when your using a phone.?

Why not use something like the photobucket app to upload photos?

Tried it, doesn't work, keeps shutting off when I try and register.