Pretty new user here and after my first post in the classifieds where I indicated I messaged the seller, I received a PM from another user. They were posing as a friend of the seller and told me to email the seller at some gmail account. In cyber security they call this a "Man in the middle attack." I reported them and the admins booted the account and deleted the conversation. I was pretty shocked to have someone make an attempt like that right after I joined.
Here's my $0.02 based on experiences on other firearms forums like Glock Talk, Ruger Forum and Rimfire Central. I've done transactions with at least one member of both Glock Talk and the Ruger Forum with no issues FWIW.
- I can't recall what the process was when I singed up but if OT doesn't use two-factor authentication and captcha prompts to create and account and login this really needs to be in place.
- The 30 posts and 30 days seems to provide a decent balance of time and effort before someone can PM or use buy/sell. If they have to wait 30 days anyway I *think* folks would be less apt to bomb the site with garbage posts.
This is the policy at Rimfirecentral.com - "You must have 30 posts and have been a member here for 30 days to use the private messaging system or buy, sell or trade on RimfireCentral.com. ALL buying/selling/trading MUST take place in the Marketplace Classifieds area of RFC."
Here's my $0.02 based on experiences on other firearms forums like Glock Talk, Ruger Forum and Rimfire Central. I've done transactions with at least one member of both Glock Talk and the Ruger Forum with no issues FWIW.
- I can't recall what the process was when I singed up but if OT doesn't use two-factor authentication and captcha prompts to create and account and login this really needs to be in place.
- The 30 posts and 30 days seems to provide a decent balance of time and effort before someone can PM or use buy/sell. If they have to wait 30 days anyway I *think* folks would be less apt to bomb the site with garbage posts.
This is the policy at Rimfirecentral.com - "You must have 30 posts and have been a member here for 30 days to use the private messaging system or buy, sell or trade on RimfireCentral.com. ALL buying/selling/trading MUST take place in the Marketplace Classifieds area of RFC."