Need Help! Can't Figure Out How to Contact Advertisers?

[lsw-1916]

Literally just created an account because I saw a CYMA Thompson I was looking to buy. However when I try to say contact advertiser it says I can’t because of my account or something? I’m a complete newbie any help is appreciated. Thanks guys in advance.

[EDcase]

I believe you need a certain number of posts before you can contact someone but not sure how many are needed.

An admin should be able to answer soon...

[lsw-1916]

Thank you mate, i’ll make a few more posts then. Thanks 

[Sitting Duck]

The person(s) to ask would be @Jedi_Master or @proffrink

 

if you can't contact seller directly, then perhaps see if you could leave a message

or ask a question in the advert itself & then seller might be able to reply/pm you

 

The reason why restrictions are placed on newly created accounts

is coz otherwise AF-UK gets a load of shit spam offering fake ID's, exam certificates

Viagra etc... etc... etc...

So I'm guessing the restriction on contacting members regarding ads

is to avoid potential spammers & scammers bombarding sellers etc...

 

yes it is a pain perhaps, but I've seem other forums for other subjects/interests

impose a couple of hundred posts before you can even see classified ads section

 

we still get the odd spammer/scammer sign up

but thanks to some restrictions, the clean up & moderating is lessened

(but must still be a pita for mods to deal with at all sorts of weird hours)

 

make some posts, introduce yourself, talk about crap

not just to bump your post count up, but also to demonstrate your genuine interest in peew peew

to show to mods/members you are not just joining to buy toy guns from people

 

get posting, but not spamming/shit posting (that's my job btw)

contact/ask people but don't pester them - await a response

& eventually AF-UK will recognise you without restrictions etc...

 

welcome to AF-UK, #1 airsoft forum for big kids that never grew up

[L3wisD]

Not that we discriminate round here, but there isn't a lot of trust in newish members from Northern Ireland I'm afraid.

You can blame Mr. Glennie for that unfortunately. 

[Speedbird_666]

2 hours ago, Sitting Duck said:

make some posts, introduce yourself, talk about crap

not just to bump your post count up, but also to demonstrate your genuine interest in peew peew

to show to mods/members you are not just joining to buy toy guns from people

 

get posting, but not spamming/shit posting (that's my job btw)

 

Try telling this guy - This is the current state of play in the New Players section.  Over 100 posts in that section, nothing of note outside of it.

If this isn't deliberate post-count bumping, I don't know what is.

[AlphaBear]

4 hours ago, Sitting Duck said:

The person(s) to ask would be @Jedi_Master or @proffrink

 

Viagra etc... etc... etc...

Where, where, where... sign me up.. 😂

Team Viagra. The airsoft team that hits its mark and shoots from the hip!!

 

Thats a patch!! 

[Sitting Duck]

18 minutes ago, AlphaBear said:

Where, where, where... sign me up.. 😂

Team Viagra. The airsoft team that hits its mark and shoots from the hip!!

 

Thats a patch!! 

 

They're not that good...

 

Mostly play with pussies.

or some gay arseholes

[proffrink]

On 04/02/2021 at 13:22, Speedbird_666 said:

 

Try telling this guy - This is the current state of play in the New Players section.  Over 100 posts in that section, nothing of note outside of it.

If this isn't deliberate post-count bumping, I don't know what is.

To what end though? There's no post restriction for contacting sellers - the restriction is on content per day. If you spam status updates and posts then you're going to have a tough time doing stuff that you actually need to (at least for your first 10 days). There's a huge warning about this in the header if you're a new user.

 

As far as post padding goes: This is done by such a tiny minority of people that I'm not sure it matters. Report people who are taking the piss after their first 10 days though perhaps

On 04/02/2021 at 01:42, lsw-1916 said:

Literally just created an account because I saw a CYMA Thompson I was looking to buy. However when I try to say contact advertiser it says I can’t because of my account or something? I’m a complete newbie any help is appreciated. Thanks guys in advance.

I've sent you a PM about this. Apologies for the hassle.

[MagpieTactical]

I have been on here a while, haven't post spammed and still get that message of i try to contact a seller through their advert. 

 

[Druid799]

On 04/02/2021 at 15:32, AlphaBear said:

Where, where, where... sign me up.. 😂

Team Viagra. The airsoft team that hits its mark and shoots from the hip!!

 

Thats a patch!! 

Team Viagra guarantee they shoots there white load every time that trigger gets caressed !🥴

[MagpieTactical]

No, you misunderstand, I STILL can't contact through the adverts