Hi Davy,

thanks for explanation.Get it.

For me as a newbie on the forum (but long term watch collector) it is a matter of course to
follow the rules with posting tagged pics and offer PayPal simply to show that I am reliable guy
but it is still hard (and that's what I notice) to get the trust of the members.
So sometimes I wish the 'new' guys like me would get more chances to show that they are reliable
but I agree with you it is hard with these scammer guys who try to get our money by using
our craziness and passion about watches the more you are one of the guys dealing for years on the forum.
The only thing we could do is to count on common sense and gut instincts and hope we are still right.

Regards
Patrick

: I think the issue is that as a long standing (nee trusted) forum
: member Brook's hackles have been raised by an unknown entity
: having the audacity to ask for a tagged picture...
: There are a lot of unknowns flooding this forum daily and if you
: click on profiles will see very few actually willing to create a
: profile compared with the scammers / lurkers on here. A simple
: forumsearch of the persons name will also reveal the number of
: posts etc. Its really quite simple there are those of us known
: to others having corresponded / bought / sold / traded over the
: years and then there are idiots.