Celestial_Surfing wrote:
Interesting although I get the 25 post limit I had assumed it was only for new accounts like myself. I would have thought an account from 2005 would be grandfathered in...
The way I understand it, and please believe when I say...what I understand and WHAT I THINK I understand are 2 different things at 77 1/2!
Periods of inactivity will remove you from this and also from your password being "saved"....Hopefully someone will correct me if I am wrong!
Good luck!
Dan
I'm just getting back into photography after many many years, and I'm more of a lurker in general online. Is it frowned upon here to ask someone to connect on a separate channel/forum/platform to transact? It totally makes sense to limit who can post an item for sale, but it seems too restrictive for buyers to try and buy here.
lexa924 wrote:
25 posts to be able to send PM This is ridiculous! Such a waste of time and resources...
I understand your frustration. I was caught by surprise when I went to send a PM a month or so ago and couldn't. However, up until that time, no issues sending PM's.
My guess is, Fred or the other Admins wanted people who participate on a regular basis.
Yes, I had bought Buy & Sell just to be able to PM for a month, but my membership ran out - unable to respond to PM from an existing conversation even. Will try for the 25 posts as I'm halfway there rather than purchasing another month just to complete a conversation.
Having the same issue.. I would love to buy something from the B&S board, but no go because I have too few posts. I wonder if an unintended side effect of this policy will be an increase in garbage posts (like this one ) by users only seeking to raise their post count?
Just came across this thread after running into this issue as well -- good to know that the threshold is 25 posts. I really wish that limit was more clearly communicated in the error message when trying to send a PM.
This is ridiculous! Such a waste of time and resources... 
) by users only seeking to raise their post count?