I sold the Blue Lug bucket hat to a list member, and was sorry to hear you were subjected to that, Johnny.
I’ve bought and sold a decent number of items since I’ve been hanging out here and I've never had any problems either way. Nothing even hinted of a scam attempt. I try to err on the side of giving too much info about the stuff I sell. There should be no surprises for a buyer. I’ve found folks buying and selling through this forum super friendly, civil, and laid back. I’ve struck up some very nice correspondences and phone chats with like-minded bike and Rivendell nerds. It was clear folks were genuinely interested in the items. (An aside: I was surprised by the volume of email I got about the Blue Lug hat. Who knew it was such a hot item? Too bad it was just a tad small for my head!) On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 10:08:15 AM UTC-4 jmlmu...@gmail.com wrote: > I’ve never had problems with members here but I have been reached out by > names I don’t recognize. Usually they just ended up never responding. I > think they fell under the lurker/non-participant category and not the > unknown scammer category. > > I’m a member of another forum that is HUGE. Too big for it to be enjoyable > sometimes. But on that forum they have what’s called a “Good Trader” thread > and it’s a thread where folks can post about positive experiences with > other folks they done transactions with. Maybe we can start one of those… > > It’s disheartening to hear that scammers have found their way here but a > quick search on past posts is enough to put my mind at ease when dealing > with sellers or buyers. > > Joe in Los Angeles > On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 6:58:51 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> For the record I've never had this problem and I've sold a ton of stuff >> here over the years. I try to describe my parts and pricing clearly and >> post photos, I'll get a couple questions - usually them trying to work out >> if the item will fit their use case well - and it sells or they bow out. >> Not much grief for me from the list. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 4:59:57 AM UTC-7 captaincon...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Yes, lots of lurkers here. I recently have had issues with questionable >>> PayPal payments and having unknown quantities ask a bunch of questions >>> about FS: items then disappear. I actually prefer just selling on eBay now >>> because of the grief associated with the list. >>> >>> On Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 6:43:26 PM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Peter — This RBW group and all posts are visible to people who are not >>>> members. Individuals' email addresses are hidden by Groups when posting. >>>> However, if a poster includes their email address in the text of their >>>> message it remains visible. >>>> >>>> In my experience iBOB and the CR groups are not visible unless you're a >>>> member. >>>> >>>> When I receive emails about items that I've listed for sale from names >>>> I don't recognize the first thing I do is search their email address in >>>> the >>>> forum. If they haven't posted or shared to the group I often ignore the >>>> request. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 3:06:48 PM UTC-4 divis...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is this group readable by non-members? I know that Google Groups has >>>>> settings that allow an administrator to block reading to anyone who's not >>>>> an authorized member, or at least such settings used to exist; the >>>>> Classic >>>>> Rendezvous group uses them. They may be a holdover from some older era of >>>>> group settings. >>>>> >>>>> There are obviously drawbacks from locking the group off from outside >>>>> observers, mostly that you'll get fewer new members if you don't offer a >>>>> free taste. But it would cut down on email harvesting. >>>>> >>>>> Peter "eternally vigilant, and not at all paranoid, no no no" Adler >>>>> Berkeley, CA/USA >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 9:20:14 AM UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just as a PSA, I have had no prior issues with getting contacted on >>>>> this group so wanted to let everyone know that it can and does happen >>>>> even >>>>> in trusted groups. >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8498ff15-2bd6-426d-b189-68344b16d32dn%40googlegroups.com.
