Thanks blown, that is what I was trying to say myself!
'vettes, how about asking the folks you know to come in here and voice their thoughts on why they won't post. I find it difficult to believe folks won't complain about being ripped off because they are afraid of being "bullied" a little bit, ESPECIALLY if they have proof. If the tactics used piss them off and they leave, then it is pretty likely they didn't want the help of the forum.
I seriously doubt the tactics used (yes, I do call them tactics) will change at all in here, it seems to be very effective in doing damage to the scammer.
I do know what you are saying though, the INITIAL contact with the poster w/o any info. could be a bit more subtle. On the other hand, since they know how to post in the forum, they likely have already read it several times:
Ad #, phone number, pictures, etc.
They should already know to post that info with their original 1st post of any thread they start, having to ask for that info gets a bit old after awhile.
Originally Posted by blownalky3
As a person who got slammed and called everything in the book to begin with, I truly would not want it any other way. It got me pi$$ed and I said some things that I should have sat back and pondered for a little while. It also gave my scammer a warm fuzzy feeling and he just started typing all kinds of sh!t. He basically over the period of a few days buried himself and it was because of the forum BANTER going back and forth, people from all sides asking questions to get to the truth. Sometimes it was not nice, but it was a path to the truth, so oh well. Lucky for me I also had pics I sent to them. My deal is a whole lot like littledickrods. I dealt with the dad but the son was the posting idiot. They have several user names and none are even remotly close to each other. He is a total POS and his dad is an even bigger POS. They are common thieves and still use this site. He finally admitted to everything but has yet to make an honor payment even though he sold my stuff on here. Bottom line is while you want to try the nice approach, it never works and usually prolongs the issue. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If you can't back up your mouth, don't post crap about someone. Honest people will stick it out and speak up and losers will wither away. This is business and should be conducted as such. There is no room for thiefs here.