Scotts is back
Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Other Topics
Forum Name: Classifieds
Forum Description: For sale or wanted items
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=203036
Printed Date: 18 Sep 2024 at 11:30pm
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Topic: Scotts is back
Posted By: Gary
Subject: Scotts is back
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 4:26am
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 8:45am
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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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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 1:03pm
| You would think Darren would block Scott with all them post |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024 at 2:21pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2024 at 10:48pm
| Another one took his spot. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 8:56am
Those scammers make AI stands for artificial idiot…. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
IBWD MIke wrote:Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 10:47am
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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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2024 at 12:46pm
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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 !! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date 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. |