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Heya all, In the future all visitors will be required to register and log in to view, read and participate in our community forums. This is in line with what's being done on a lot of topical sites out there that provide a platform for off-topic discussions. In our case there are 2 major drivers for making this change: The topics discussed in there are obviously not often skydiving related - so the argument goes: "You are welcome to access and read the skydiving forums. That's what the site is about. If you want to read and be involved in the stuff that relates to the community, at least make some effort to become part of the community first." I get requests from users from time to time to require registration for these forums and this is the reason they usually put forward. The second reason has 2 considerations and both stem from the fact that Google and other search engines has access to those forums. They will not be able to crawl and index those if registration is required. First - users often post stuff to these forums that they would prefer other people not find with a simple Google search. Be it their kids, boss, ex, pupils, girlfriend, boyfriend or parents. While I'm a firm believer that people should take responsibility for what they post to a public forum, I also see no reason to make everything in those forums readily available to the world. Second - there is a business consideration. Google determines the nature and importance of a site to a large extend by it's content, and the relationship between the content and the perceived "topic" of the site. The sheer volume of content in the community forums, and the variety of subjects discussed in there leans heavily on how the site is seen by search engines for the purpose of rankings in search results etc. Besides Incidents the following 3 forums will require that users register and log in to participate in the discussions: The Bonfire Speakers Corner Women Only Have fun!

Nick, Who said anyone, not only Americans, dying at war was funny? I recall you complaining (as you seem to do a lot nowadays) in some other thread that I was "assigning untold meaning to your thoughts". You're showing yourself to be a master of the art. I know you enjoy writing about BASE from your years of experience and we all enjoy reading it, but please do not make the mistake of assuming for a second that I need to be told about the impact and consequences of war. I have plenty of first-hand experience and is well able to form my own opinions about it. Safe swoops Sangiro

I think: "How kind of them to give me half of the $439.3 billion US defense budget!" Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

Heya all, In our efforts to fight scammers we have for a while now required that users be registered for a minimum of 3 days before they can contact an advertiser via our classifieds. We've now expanded this functionality to enable advertisers to choose how long a user need to have been registered before he/she can be contacted by that person. The minimum default remains set at 3 days. On the form where you post a new ad there is now a "Buyer Days Registered" option that can be set to: 3 - Default Minimum 7 - One Week 14 - Two Weeks 30 - One Month 60 - Two Months 186 - Six Months 365 - One Year The higher you set your days required number, them more users (including some bona fide buyers) will not be able to contact you, but the lower the likelihood of being contacted by a possible scammer. Scammers typically register usernames and hope to use it immediately to contact sellers. They seldom register and come back after months and log in again under the old username. Manage your own risk. You choose what you're comfortable with and set the cut-off. Hope this helps.

Heya all, In our efforts to fight scammers we have for a while now required that users be registered for a minimum of 3 days before they can contact an advertiser via our classifieds. We've now expanded this functionality to enable advertisers to choose how long a user need to have been registered before he/she can be contacted by that person. The minimum default remains set at 3 days. On the form where you post a new ad there is now a "Buyer Days Registered" option that can be set to: 3 - Default Minimum 7 - One Week 14 - Two Weeks 30 - One Month 60 - Two Months 186 - Six Months 365 - One Year The higher you set your days required number, them more users (including some bona fide buyers) will not be able to contact you, but the lower the likelihood of being contacted by a possible scammer. Scammers typically register usernames and hope to use it immediately to contact sellers. They seldom register and come back after months and log in again under the old username. Manage your own risk. You choose what you're comfortable with and set the cut-off. Hope this helps.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

I will. You're out of here... You, CaptainOKaos and GravityJunky. Take your drama somewhere else. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following 419 scam is being conducted via the Dropzone.com Forum PMs. The username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro

Yes, freeflir29 has been banned permanently. I have always and still consider Clay a friend. However, when I make a post like this, it applies to everyone regardless of how long you've been here or how many posts you've made - my friends included. See the attachment. Safe swoops Sangiro

Heye all, Those of you who hang out in the BASE Zone will know that we planned to move that forum onto it's own site. BASEjumper.com is now live! Drop in at: http://www.basejumper.com/ If you registered on Dropzone.com before before July 04, 2007 you'll be able to log in using your Dropzone.com username and password. Usernames who do not log into that site at least once in the next month will be purged in the beginning of August. Enjoy the site!

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled. Safe swoops Sangiro