Guest Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said: I looked for the usual Post Office signs but could not see any, but that would be one explanation for the address. However, should it not be a post restante or C/O address in that case. Still not very professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 30 minutes ago, IanD said: Along with photographic records of a large number of boats he's moved, and a lot of thank-yous from satisfied customers. Of course this could all be made up, but that seems extremely unlikely given that most of the boats are clearly identifiable by name... 😉 But then some posters on here are so convinced that Facebook is the work of the devil that they'll refuse to go and look... 😞 For me, it is not a question of the work of the devil. It is a question of how easy it is to sort the good guys from charlatans, and Facebook etc. do not make that easy. With a website and domain, potential customers can do a "who is" look up to get basic information from third party sources. I doubt you can do that with Facebook and am certain Facebook would not provide it without a court order, they may demand it be from a USA court. View almost any consumer protection programme or read consumer champion pieces in the papers, and it seems to me that the social media companies are vastly over-represented as the source of a variety of scams. Based on the OP's first post (since heavily edited) I think the conclusion this might be not all it seems was a fair one at the time. Now, as more information has gradually become apparent, it seems that the OP was not as professional as he could have been with his publicity and presentation. Making superlative claims about one's business also raises red flags in many peoples minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 The co-op thing must be suspicious. What sort of people who spend a lot of time on boats could possibly need an accomodation address? /Sarcasm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rusty69 Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) My advice to you CW boatmover is to stick to Facebook. The likely hood of finding any dinosaurs on this forum that requires their boat moving is slim. Most on here don't own a boat. Those that do probably don't require your services. If you want an argument though or technical advice, you've come to the right place. Edited February 7, 2023 by rusty69 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said: The co-op thing must be suspicious. What sort of people who spend a lot of time on boats could possibly need an accomodation address? /Sarcasm My reply to that is what professional business tries to operate from a hidden accommodation address? It is easy to see why doing so may seem attractive, but it would be better if it was acknowledged as an accommodation address with the reason why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, rusty69 said: My advice to you CW boatmover is to stick to Facebook. The likely hood of finding any dinosaurs on this forum that requires their boat moving is slim. Most on here don't own a boat. Those that do probably don't require your services. If you want an argument though or technical advice, you've come to the right place. My advice would be to think about the questions raised and try to address them. Then his publicity will look more professional and give potential customers more confidence that it is a legitimate business. If anyone thinks it has the look of a potential scam or an amateur setup, they will look elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said: My advice would be to think about the questions raised and try to address them. Then his publicity will look more professional and give potential customers more confidence that it is a legitimate business. If anyone thinks it has the look of a potential scam or an amateur setup, they will look elsewhere. Sure, but he already appears to have a large quantity of satisfied customers on Facebook, so must be doing something right. Word of mouth is a powerful tool in the small world of boating I suppose, as he is in search of more customers, the website in the pipeline as suggested above will give a more professional look to his business, but chances are he didn't get that prompt from here. Edited February 7, 2023 by rusty69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, buccaneer66 said: Enough of this stupid argument you two. Do you think they will listen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PD1964 Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Do you think they will listen I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 27 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Do you think they will listen Already had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post haggis Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 good that both have said they have listened but really it shouldn't take a message from a mod to make adults see how childish they are being. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, haggis said: good that both have said they have listened but really it shouldn't take a message from a mod to make adults see how childish they are being. If you look at the timings it had ceased long before a moderator intervened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 minutes ago, M_JG said: If you look at the timings it had ceased long before a moderator intervened. But it went on for far too long! You could both have carried on the exchanges by PM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, haggis said: But it went on for far too long! You could both have carried on the exchanges by PM But are you not just as guilty of trying to start an argument? The problem sometimes on here is people complaining about the behaviour of others when they themselves indulge in the exact same behaviour. All comments after PD's last post are purely superfluous. The whole spat had died a natural death. Anyway I think it has been established that Connor is running a legit boat moving business. Interestingly he also gets some stick on the forums partner Facebook page too - mainly because some perceive he posts on there too often, when what he appears to do is post as he is moving his customers boats. You would think people would find such things interesting, on a boating related FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post howardang Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 17 minutes ago, haggis said: But it went on for far too long! You could both have carried on the exchanges by PM I quite agree. It is looking as if the childish behaviour may be shifting from the politics section to here. The mods seemed to avoid getting involved with regulating the politics section but at least we have had a comment from a mod on this thread. However, are more general boating threads on here going to go the same way? I think it may be time for a general revision of the forum rules before things go too far downhill. It's a great shame to see such a useful site starting to degenerate into petty, childish pointless exchanges which are often of no interest to the vast majority of forum members. Howard 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 <sigh> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 Enough of this please I don't like pruning threads but may have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 As they're old catch phrase,''ITS ALL AT THE Co-Op''. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 Just now, bizzard said: As they're old catch phrase,''ITS ALL AT THE Co-Op''. The co-ops shops catch phrase is good with food The co-op bank is good with money and the Co-op funeral directors should be good with bodies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 My mums old Co-Op Divi number was 365748. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, bizzard said: My mums old Co-Op Divi number was 365748. OMG be careful publishing sensitive information like that on the web, it's a magnet for fraudsters!!! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, bizzard said: My mums old Co-Op Divi number was 365748. My Mothers was 174446 - and in the 50s I used to call in on my walk home from school (3 miles) and get some sweets and said 'put on the Divi number' I don't know if she ever noticed the Divi was not as big as it should have been. (Mind you, Black-Jacks & Fruit Salad were 8 for 1d - 2 for a Farthing (many years later they went to 4 for 1d) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmr Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 24 minutes ago, bizzard said: My mums old Co-Op Divi number was 365748. I know nothing about these numbers, but have a childhood memory of books full of little blue stick on stamps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dmr Posted February 7, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 56 minutes ago, howardang said: I quite agree. It is looking as if the childish behaviour may be shifting from the politics section to here. The mods seemed to avoid getting involved with regulating the politics section but at least we have had a comment from a mod on this thread. However, are more general boating threads on here going to go the same way? I think it may be time for a general revision of the forum rules before things go too far downhill. It's a great shame to see such a useful site starting to degenerate into petty, childish pointless exchanges which are often of no interest to the vast majority of forum members. Howard The forum is moving in new directions so maybe the ops could create a new section, it could be called "Arguments". This could probably be divided into sub sections, a bit like with the vintage engines. We could have a "stroppy boaters arguments" section, a "never owned a boat" section" and a "not owned a canal boat for ages but still like to argue" section. 😀 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 4 hours ago, buccaneer66 said: Enough of this stupid argument you two. The bit that puzzles me is why MJG as a banned poster has been allowed to re-register here and carry on with his low-level goading behaviour so well illustrated in this thread. Back in the day I proposed that banned posters should be allowed to re-register a new ID and the new ID allowed to carry on, provided it behaved itself. But a mod weighed in (or I think it might have been Dan himself) telling me the policy is that the persons themselves are banned, not their user IDs. So any new doppel ID would not be allowed either. M_JG seems to have managed to breach this ruling while others have been refused the chance to come back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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