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Gary 
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 Topic: Scotts is back
Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 4:26am |
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IBWD MIke
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Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 8:45am |
Pretty sure this is not a real boy, and if it's AI, not a lot of I!
Wish Darin would zap the account.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 1:03pm |
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You would think Darren would block Scott with all them post
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ekjdm14
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Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 2:21pm |
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Would've thought so too, action seemed to be taken pretty swiftly against "my" scammer Brandonrich & I've reported Scotts' messages a good few times now. I guess they can slip under the radar if there's a lot to weed out though.
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Mikez
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Posted: 09 Sep 2024 at 10:48pm |
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Another one took his spot.
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55allis
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Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 8:56am |
 IBWD MIke wrote:
Pretty sure this is not a real boy, and if it's AI, not a lot of I!
Wish Darin would zap the account.
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Those scammers make AI stands for artificial idiot….
Edited by 55allis - 10 Sep 2024 at 8:58am
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1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45
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ekjdm14
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Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 10:47am |
Mikez wrote:
Another one took his spot. |
Sure looks like it, half-hearted attempts to gain credibility by resurrecting ancient posts with generic replies does seem to be a current "hallmark"... It's a shame my idea of "baiting" with WTB's for non-existent parts was frowned upon as that was fairly quick at outing them.
*I can see the point that classifieds ought to be strictly serious/business but honestly, given the amount of spam/scammers posting/messaging through that forum currently, I can't see the harm of an obviously (to a real, human, AC guy at least!) fake wanted ad in order to quickly weed out the bad accounts.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 12:46pm |
Dan... i agree with you 100%... NOTHING is that serious... Classifieds are same as everything else.. If one cant Laugh at some of the posts, they are wound too tight !
It is going to take a lot more than a joke / laugh to piss me off... I got more important things to worry about !!
Edited by steve(ill) - 10 Sep 2024 at 12:48pm
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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ekjdm14
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Posted: 11 Sep 2024 at 9:34am |
Thanks for the vote of confidence Steve  I did lose my original reply due to laptop battery being silly but in short-:
One thing I might suggest in the forum support area is the addition of a sticky post in the classifieds regarding common scams/phishing techniques and maybe warning against clicking unverified links or dealing "off-site" as far as the "my friend at name@email.com" method when it comes to newer members/low post counts with little relevant AC commentary.
It could make things more difficult for the few folks who do genuinely have some stash they uncovered in grandpa's barn etc & join specifically to find good homes for their equipment/parts without having much understanding/interest in the actual machines but those kind of instances are probably quite uncommon & with a little dialogue can be worked out fairly simply.
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