Lurkers, Poster's, Newbies, Vendors

[Ed Griffin]

Not long ago I had my first PM/personal messege. In it was a question about parts needed for this person. Now if this were to have been someone I were familier with or even known as someone who visits the forum I would have and still am willing to help. But this is my question.

A person asks if I have or know of something they need for their car. They join the forum that day. No posts, no profile, just a title, not even a real name. Is it too much to ask , as I did, for this person to maybe make some post's, fill in something about themselves and car? Basically let themselves be known before asking for parts. If this were to have been posted on the forum as a regular thread it would possibly have given them same responce as I gave but I tend to be an azz when it comes to things like this and here's why. I've noticed in the past that we get many vendors as well as people who just hop right in askng for parts or who may have them. Sometimes those parts end up on ebay and not for someone who really needs them. So with that in mind is it too much to ask for someone who needs parts to make themselves be known to the forum community or am I just asking for too much?

I'd really like to help this person but even after my request I have yet to see any posts or changes made from this person. Anyone else gotton a PM looking for headliner bows?

[Dennis Hemingway]

Ed. I agree with what you have said, I don't think that you are asking too much. I said as much on the old site when a newbee would come on the site and ask for parts with no introduction or anything.

Dennis:cool:

[Niel Hoback]

Possibly those wanting parts should be restricted to posting a listing in the parts wanted column and not on the forum. I, too, can be a real azz when I want to.

[greg g]

I agree, with at least a friendly Hello, here is what I got here is what I'd like to find. If you've ever been over on the HAMB you get the snot knocked outaya if you don't do the manditory introduction post. there seem t be several self appointed into police there that act like you had personnaly pi$$ed in thier Wheaties if you don't follow the rulz. Certainly don't have a problem helping somebody out, but be damned if somebody wants to pick up something for peanuts and then resell it.

Besides we have noted before the fotuitious coincidence where a parts rewuest on these forums leads to the pieces magically appearing on EPAY.

On the other hand there does seem to be a lot of new faces popping up on the new forums, and we don't wanna be such big a$$es that we scare em off with our cliquiness. But it always pays to be cautious but open to new neighbors, after all, they may have something we may need.

[BobT-47P15]

About joining in on a forum, such as this one or the HAMB: one of the HAMBers told me "it's like walking into another fellow's hobby garage--you need to introduce yourself." That's why the HAMBers give someone a hard way to go when they fail to do something in the way of an introduction. Doesn't have to be a literary work of art. No one here is hard to get along with, but we like to have an idea who we are talking to.