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Old 09-10-2004, 08:07 PM   #16
bsplenden
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Originally Posted by blurrblurr
I really dun see the point of not allowing ppl to buy and sell in forum afraid one day it become another Ebay? then remove the sell and buy section. Bcos one day more and more newbie will still lead to more members hitting 50 posts and more and more ppl will sell more rubbish! so in the end back to square one. so wat u guys going to do next? increase the number of count again? If so then the oldbies will gain the most advantage.

So wat if people come in will go straight to buy/sell most are hobbist who dun mind 2nd hand stuff or in barget and are not going to buy and sell to gain profit. Even they are how much can they earn? $1000? $2000?
Some ppl like me come in read a bit here and there or make full use of the search function to get instant answer as i know most of my doubt are FAQ and can really hardly get 50 posts.
U prefer ppl to repeat a common topic everytime in order to get 50 msgs which lead to a huge database?

As for solution for preventing ppl from selling TKL why not submit in our IC number to validate our identity and gain permission to sell or buy? And any mis act in the forum or anyone selling TLK can be trace and action can be taken against him. And can even prevent him from register a valid login ID if he is ban.
erm... maybe you read through the whole thread to gain a better understanding? lets not get heated up here... there is no way to get the best of both worlds... what the mods are trying to do is to prevent people who sign up just to sell their rubbish here... this is a fish forum... i don't go to the buy/sell forum to look for CD players... i want to look for fish and tanks... i can go to yahoo auctions or ebay if i want any other stuff...

it is not exactly a problem of how much they earn... it doesn't concern us... he can sell an arowana for $3,000,000... and we don't care... willing seller, willing buyer... but lets keep this strictly a fish forum... i don't want to click on buy/sell forum, and get pages and pages and pages of handphones and MP3 players on sale...

if you visit this forum often, you will notice that some people really do post some rubbish and one liners... but that is only a few people... and most of the time, other members will remind them not to do that... 50 posts is a reasonable number... not too much, and not too little... at least, it prevents people from coming here with the sole intention of trying to sell other stuff...

as for submitting IC number, its hard... wait people anyhow humtum an IC number in also can what... we can ensure that it is the correct IC number...
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