Thread: How do we report someone who can't sell in the classifieds but is selling by PM's

If you can't post in the classifieds then you should not be able try PM'ing people under the table. I have some vendors that have asked for that permission and I don't have a problem with that. This is a pile of junk asking for $30. Sounds like a total ripoff where even if you send the $30 you are still not going to get the junk in the mail


Richard

Originally Posted by BingoBango

Not to go off on a strange tangent, but is this really unacceptable behavior on SRP? I guess if it's spamming it's a no brainer. But what if someone sends a message to just a few people?

Just for the record, I don't think I sent that message. Then again, I'm running low on my meds so I've been skipping doses...

I too got a pm from someone (could have been the same guy) asking if I wanted to buy his stuff, to which I replied that I did not. I got a reply that he will send the stuff in the next few days. How would he know where to ship, was beyond me. I did not think of reporting, though I should have, just deleted and forgot about it.

Originally Posted by BingoBango

Not to go off on a strange tangent, but is this really unacceptable behavior on SRP? I guess if it's spamming it's a no brainer. But what if someone sends a message to just a few people?

Just for the record, I don't think I sent that message. Then again, I'm running low on my meds so I've been skipping doses...

Unsolicited PM's trying to sell things are not allowed. If someone posts a WTB in the classifieds, which is the only place a WTB should be posted, then you should by all means PM them if you have something they want.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Unsolicited PM's trying to sell things are not allowed. If someone posts a WTB in the classifieds, which is the only place a WTB should be posted, then you should by all means PM them if you have something they want.

I did not know that.... Weird, wild stuff... (Johnny Carson)

Thanks for the new info. Still, it wasn't me!

Originally Posted by Stubear

Jimmy, can I have your hones...?

Ooops... shoulda been a PM..!

Heh, that's exactly what came into my mind on reading, too.

Back before the classifieds as we know it today, I had a 'member' offer me a razor at a very high price via pm. He posted one of those 'look what I found' threads and I left a comment on the thread. We went back and forth a few times about the item and I requested to him to post a WTS ad so this conversation we were having would be public.

He sent one more PM to me and I never heard from him again after that. He even tried his shiftiness on that *other* shaving board.

Although I will admit that once I sent a member a WTS PM ... but the member posted a WTB in the classifieds, so I think I am safe on that one.