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WTF is the deal with the scam group?
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I haven't seen any posts by any posters, so I guess I don't know what you mean. I got a message from the moderator that all applications are "reviewed" and "approved" by what seemed to be a committee of sorts but may not be, I don't know. I thought the idea of the group sounded really good to me when I saw the original message and tried to join and that was what I got in response, emails from the moderator that my application would be "reviewed" on Aug. 10 before I would be "allowed" to participate. I've got 213 good Ebay feedbacks, lots of local references, but the idea of a mailing list being so picky seems more than a little odd to me.
I say, hey, let the scammers join, too, and blast the hell out of them. Why not? "Chrysta Wilson" wrote in message ... In article , lindafl- says... Somebody posted a message here the other day (please forgive me not remembering your name because I really don't know everyone here, yet) about a (what I thought was a "new") Delphi group, Be_Aware_of_Bad_Traders, that is for identifying scammers on ebay. Well, I tried to join and got a message that my application would be "reviewed" (by whom, for what?) at some point in the future and then I could access the group. Geeze, Louise. I think this group is just TOO anal-retentive for me. I KNOW we (coin collectors) tend to be this way, but for crying out loud, for a mailing list? I think it is pretty weird. Is there a reason you would judge this entire group of posters as "anal retentive" based on the post/mailing list of one poster? Just curious. Chrysta |
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Linda wrote:
I think it is pretty weird. Well, the original message referring to that Yahoo mailing list said "You just need to have a few good trading references to join it". So it does make some sense to check who gets in. Also, those black lists may well result in legal trouble, at least in some countries. That would be another excellent reason for not making such a "pillory" fully public. Christian |
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:17:23 GMT, "Linda"
wrote: I am *not* trying to pick a fight here, by the way, I have just been in mail lists for umpteen ages and never had one do anything like this screening process before so I think it's really weird. Your mileage may vary. Let's put it this way: If someone who shouldn't be there gets on, it's integrity is gone. Just once, if one person manages to accumulate 250 good feedbacks from shills, then they have to re-organize, etc. It seems like a good thing to have insanely difficult criteria to get in. |
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Why?
If the person is a scammer, what can he/she possibly post that would help them? Why are they some perceived "threat" to the integrity of the mailing list. The responses are proving my point about anal-retentive, sorry. And I REALLY am not trying to start a fight. "Gartogg" -oh-em wrote in message ... On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:17:23 GMT, "Linda" wrote: I am *not* trying to pick a fight here, by the way, I have just been in mail lists for umpteen ages and never had one do anything like this screening process before so I think it's really weird. Your mileage may vary. Let's put it this way: If someone who shouldn't be there gets on, it's integrity is gone. Just once, if one person manages to accumulate 250 good feedbacks from shills, then they have to re-organize, etc. It seems like a good thing to have insanely difficult criteria to get in. |
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(Let me say this once more, I am *not* trying to pick a fight) You say "so it does make some sense to check who gets in." That's conclusory and you provide no support for it. Why does it "make some sense?" I don't think it does. I think a full and fair airing of truth is the only thing that exposes corruption and I've been at that (exposing corruption) a long time.
That means, the scammers have their say and show who and what they are. It's that simple. What does this group "fear" from letting scammers join it and say what they want? That's my issue. "Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message news:1fz6ws1.171lay3vpzwe8N%ignore0503@feldhausnet .de... Linda wrote: I think it is pretty weird. Well, the original message referring to that Yahoo mailing list said "You just need to have a few good trading references to join it". So it does make some sense to check who gets in. Also, those black lists may well result in legal trouble, at least in some countries. That would be another excellent reason for not making such a "pillory" fully public. Christian |
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I was kidding, I agree with you. Unless there are some legal issues, they
should allow anybody to join and have their say. People can sort the good the bad and the ugly :-) -- Yousri Ahmad World Mints: http://yousri.home.comcast.net "Linda" wrote in message ... I resign, then. All I'm saying is that anybody who has the *truth*, the facts, has nothing to fear from any liar. "Yousri Ahmad" wrote in message et... Too late... You already have a fight. :-) -- Yousri Ahmad World Mints: http://yousri.home.comcast.net "Linda" wrote in message ... (Let me say this once more, I am *not* trying to pick a fight) You say "so it does make some sense to check who gets in." That's conclusory and you provide no support for it. Why does it "make some sense?" I don't think it does. I think a full and fair airing of truth is the only thing that exposes corruption and I've been at that (exposing corruption) a long time. That means, the scammers have their say and show who and what they are. It's that simple. What does this group "fear" from letting scammers join it and say what they want? That's my issue. "Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message news:1fz6ws1.171lay3vpzwe8N%ignore0503@feldhausnet .de... Linda wrote: I think it is pretty weird. Well, the original message referring to that Yahoo mailing list said "You just need to have a few good trading references to join it". So it does make some sense to check who gets in. Also, those black lists may well result in legal trouble, at least in some countries. That would be another excellent reason for not making such a "pillory" fully public. Christian |
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:-) Ditto that. Alhamdullilah.
"Yousri Ahmad" wrote in message et... I was kidding, I agree with you. Unless there are some legal issues, they should allow anybody to join and have their say. People can sort the good the bad and the ugly :-) -- Yousri Ahmad World Mints: http://yousri.home.comcast.net "Linda" wrote in message ... I resign, then. All I'm saying is that anybody who has the *truth*, the facts, has nothing to fear from any liar. "Yousri Ahmad" wrote in message et... Too late... You already have a fight. :-) -- Yousri Ahmad World Mints: http://yousri.home.comcast.net "Linda" wrote in message ... (Let me say this once more, I am *not* trying to pick a fight) You say "so it does make some sense to check who gets in." That's conclusory and you provide no support for it. Why does it "make some sense?" I don't think it does. I think a full and fair airing of truth is the only thing that exposes corruption and I've been at that (exposing corruption) a long time. That means, the scammers have their say and show who and what they are. It's that simple. What does this group "fear" from letting scammers join it and say what they want? That's my issue. "Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message news:1fz6ws1.171lay3vpzwe8N%ignore0503@feldhausnet .de... Linda wrote: I think it is pretty weird. Well, the original message referring to that Yahoo mailing list said "You just need to have a few good trading references to join it". So it does make some sense to check who gets in. Also, those black lists may well result in legal trouble, at least in some countries. That would be another excellent reason for not making such a "pillory" fully public. Christian |
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