Meso

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  1. The following scam has been reported. This user is confirmed as a scammer and one should cut all contact with any e-mails they may have received from them. 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.
  2. The following user has been reported by several users as a scammer. The user put up an ad over the past few days which was copied from another website, he then asks for payment via paypal. PLEASE NOTE: The ads are often generic and copied and pasted from other legitimate ads, so if you see an ad using the exact wording (As per the screenshot attachment) in the message, we recommend you avoid doing business with it. They will often merely change the name of the item for sale. Username: fffrank This user is using a scam that is increasing in popularity on sales websites throughout the internet, where they will copy and paste a legitimate advert from another website so that the wording sounds as though it is really a skydiver, making it very difficult to decipher whether the user is legitimate or not. We highly recommend attempting to ask questions that are difficult for scammers to answer relating to their item, that they could not know from copy and pasting. If there is any doubt as to whether the seller is legitimate or not, we also recommend considering asking them to work the sale through their dropzone. We ask you to remain vigilant when it comes to online purchases. The user has been removed from the site and their ad deleted. View Attached Image For Example Of The Scam
  3. We have continued the upgrade process and yesterday we put the new gear section live. You will see that we have done a major overhaul of this section of the site, making it far more user friendly to browse, along with some other near little additions. Feel free to prod and poke around, and if you see any errors, either send me a private message or post it in the bugs area of the forum and we will get to fixing it. Hope you guys like the new changes to the gear section!
  4. Hrm, I guess that is odd... Not sure what exactly is causing it, I'll make a note of it and see if we can find what's going on. Cheers
  5. The following scam has been reported. This user is confirmed as a scammer and one should cut all contact with any e-mails they may have received from them. 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.
  6. The following scam has been reported. This user is confirmed as a scammer and one should cut all contact with any e-mails they may have received from them. 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.
  7. To my knowledge, if you're closing a color tag, the closing tag would be [ /color ]
  8. The following user has been reported by several users as a scammer. The user put up an ad over the past few days which was copied from another website, he then asks for payment via paypal. PLEASE NOTE: The ads are often generic and copied and pasted from other legitimate ads, so if you see an ad using the exact wording (As per the screenshot attachment) in the message, we recommend you avoid doing business with it. They will often merely change the name of the item for sale. Username: gpattb This user is using a scam that is increasing in popularity on sales websites throughout the internet, where they will copy and paste a legitimate advert from another website so that the wording sounds as though it is really a skydiver, making it very difficult to decipher whether the user is legitimate or not. We highly recommend attempting to ask questions that are difficult for scammers to answer relating to their item, that they could not know from copy and pasting. If there is any doubt as to whether the seller is legitimate or not, we also recommend considering asking them to work the sale through their dropzone. We ask you to remain vigilant when it comes to online purchases. The user has been removed from the site and their ad deleted. View Attached Image For Example Of The Scam
  9. Thanks for the suggestion, we will gauge whether this is something we should include into the classifieds.
  10. Is there a point to this statement? Ignoring the fact that they were two completely different things, aiming to achieve two completely different goals. I'll be the first to say that the 'Occupy' movement was filled with a LOT of morons who didn't even have a goal other than sit around like a hippie and act as though they were fighting for a cause. Half of them said they were fighting for something different than the other. Your reply is on a completely different tangent. Not every 'liberal' that supports liberation of people's sexuality is pro Occupy. Meanwhile every Christian that dedicates time to speaking out against gay marriage is contradicting the god they claim to follow, and usually contradicting themselves over which book of the bible should be followed.
  11. The funny part is the picking and choosing of when to support the new testament or the old testament. Apparently Jesus came and changed the evil old testament teachings. You know the ones about killing babies, raping women and murdering men because it's what God demanded. Yet they're very quick to forget Jesus coming and saying "Love thy neighbour" and promoting understanding and acceptance, and they then cling to old testament verses on homosexuality. It must be great to have 2 contradicting pieces and being able to pick and choose when to use whether you want to use the outdated bigoted and violent God versus, or the love and understanding versus of Jesus - so it fits ones own personal agenda.
  12. Thanks for the heads up, we'll work at getting the issue sorted out as soon as possible.
  13. Meso

    Peeves ...

    I was coming here to post that EXACT same video, and when I saw your link I was like "This is definitely going to be that video" As for the Portlandia video, that series made me laugh quite a bit. Especially the organic chicken scene.
  14. In this day and age, I think an address and GPS co-ordinates are an important combination, what also helps is having the co-ordinates in decimal form and in dms (degrees minutes and seconds). I've found that many people get confused between the two, with decimal format being standard for online maps and dms being more common for gps units and other devices. With that said it's pretty easy to convert. But lats and longs are vital, I use them very often. Especially when location areas that tend to be away from main roads. It's extremely useful, which is why we encourage all the dropzone owners to include their gps co-ordinates in the listings on the site.
  15. Not true, he was asked whether he thought they were ready. The security was one of the few things he talked about. He was asked whether he thought they were ready and he very blatantly gave indications that they were not. It's like a British diplomat being in the United States for something and being asked if they thought the country was ready and them responding "Well.. you know... There was that spree killing the other day... Guns seem to be far too commonplace.. It's disconcerting." And best believe such a statement would cause a little patriotic riot in the U.S.
  16. This isn't an elementary school where "Well look what HEEEE did" is a valid response to justify someone elses failure. Nowhere have I said that Obama is a good president, I merely said that Romney, based on these actions wouldn't be either. In typical Romney flip-flop fashion, he went back against what he originally stated and tried to make it better by saying that England is in fact ready to host the Olympics. At least he is consistently inconsistent.
  17. Hey guys, I'm happy to announce that we've begun making some sweet new changes to the site, that is to say we're making it prettier and easier to navigate. We rolled out the new template on the 'Dropzone' ( http://www.dropzone.com/dropzone/ ) page today, as you will be able to see it's far nicer than the previous and allows for the linking and displaying of photos and videos to certain areas. As with any change, there are often unforeseen little bugs that can pop up, so if you see anything that is a problem (errors, missing information etc) just make a post about it in the 'bugs' forum, otherwise just fire me a private message. Some pages within the dropzone category may still appear in the old template form, this is likely due to cache and should sort itself out over the next few days. I hope you guys will enjoy the new changes and agree that it's a big step forward :) Feedback is welcome.
  18. The following scam has been reported. This user is confirmed as a scammer and one should cut all contact with any e-mails they may have received from them. 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.
  19. His fans can say what they like, but they'd be ignorant to think that this hasn't shown that he has no diplomatic skills. Pandering? You mean being diplomatic? Kind of a crucial skill to have as a president. Unless your big plan is to piss every country off and then act cocky about it like you don't need them. Sounds like a good way to destroy a country. I doubt anyone is stupid enough to think that America will be a better place without good relations with other countries. All he had to do was say some positive things about the Olympics, he couldn't even do that. And I know lots of republicans in the U.S who are shocked at how he handled this and now question his abilities as a president. If you want to go to war with the world, he may be a good option. But if you're looking for someone who has the basic ability to think before he speaks, clearly he is not the right person for the job. There are 12 year old children who could have known how to handle the questions he was given and known that the statements made would backfire both on him and his presidential campaign. The funniest part, is that he was the best out of the GOP line-up. The GOP is joke. I mean what happened to it, while I don't agree with many of the stances of the GOP, I can still find some merit in some of the old candidates. But now it's merely a circus and having to choose between a chimp and a clown. Teddy Roosevelt was an example of a pretty good GOP president, he at least used his brain and had wise ideas, while some of his views were flawed he was better than all the GOP candidates of the past 10 years combined.
  20. Is it possible that you were talking about this: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=724
  21. The following user has been reported by several users as a scammer. The user put up an ad over the past few days which was copied from another website, he then asks for payment via paypal. PLEASE NOTE: The ads are often generic and copied and pasted from other legitimate ads, so if you see an ad using the exact wording (As per the screenshot attachment) in the message, we recommend you avoid doing business with it. They will often merely change the name of the item for sale. Username: riendj This user is using a scam that is increasing in popularity on sales websites throughout the internet, where they will copy and paste a legitimate advert from another website so that the wording sounds as though it is really a skydiver, making it very difficult to decipher whether the user is legitimate or not. We highly recommend attempting to ask questions that are difficult for scammers to answer relating to their item, that they could not know from copy and pasting. If there is any doubt as to whether the seller is legitimate or not, we also recommend considering asking them to work the sale through their dropzone. We ask you to remain vigilant when it comes to online purchases. The user has been removed from the site and their ad deleted. View Attached Image For Example Of The Scam
  22. Very strange... We are likely to be changing the e-mail functionality in the near future so hopefully it won't be an issue much longer.
  23. There is a chart online which is a graphic of about 30 different styles illustrated. I used to keep it on my phone and walk around with a female friend and when we walked past random females when out we would guess what number they were... Great game :p Gotta catch em all.