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Responding to email notices you receive.
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In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.
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IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed
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Posted 08/15/2025
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Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.
Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."
Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....
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Addendum: 01/10/2026
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Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....
SCAMMER ALERT, Sellers Beware!!!
- Thread starter rbichlerbob
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Socratic Monologue
Well-known member
This thread is probably going to get pulled down, as it isn't an ad.
That said, I'd recommend everyone use the PM feature here as the first method of contact -- phone numbers or emails can be exchanged after finding out who is contacting you. Then, visitor messages can be left on that account, mods can block the scammer's IP, and so on.
Not sure why you blacked out the scammer's personal info. I don't think scammers deserve any common decency.
That said, I'd recommend everyone use the PM feature here as the first method of contact -- phone numbers or emails can be exchanged after finding out who is contacting you. Then, visitor messages can be left on that account, mods can block the scammer's IP, and so on.
Not sure why you blacked out the scammer's personal info. I don't think scammers deserve any common decency.
Socratic Monologue
Well-known member
Russ Bates
Member
Total Nigerian scammer hack. Send me a check for a million and I’ll send you back…….nothing ����
Still, all said and done, this is NOT a classified ad, now is it?
I think moving it to the general business forum would be best.
I would consider making up a new forum specifically for non targeted generic scams, but something tells me the mods and I would be forever trying to keep it from becoming another Board Of Inquiry when people would name names in their posts.
I think moving it to the general business forum would be best.
I would consider making up a new forum specifically for non targeted generic scams, but something tells me the mods and I would be forever trying to keep it from becoming another Board Of Inquiry when people would name names in their posts.
marker1
Member
Hint #1: Anyone who uses the words “immediate check payment” is a scammer
This particular scam is at least 20 years old. Usually the scammers target Craigslist ads.
