This is good news and I've been waiting as well. I'm at the stage in life where thinning the herd is the smart move, and prefer to do that here where possible with long-term members who are known solid individuals. Over the years I've done business with established Sigforum members, I never had a worry in the least. That's worth a whole lot in in my world.

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Over the years I've done business with established Sigforum members, I never had a worry in the least.

Well, actually, you do need to worry, because the modus operandi of the current crop of thieves is hijacking the accounts of established members.

You read this in August of 2025, and you need to read it again: Who is a thief in Classifieds?

Commit the following to memory and think of it any time you Classifieds: The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

You must do this. You MUST. Thieves want easy pickings, and it must be that they have to go elsewhere for easy pickings.

There are things I'm going to do and going to change here that will serve as substantial impediments to thieves, but if any of you guys go strolling in to a deal like there aren't people just waiting to pounce on you and take your money, it's not going to work.



And to drive it home with a sledgehammer:

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.

The only way this is going to work, is if you start any transaction assuming that the person on the other end is not who they say they are- that they are a thief scheming to steal your money, and then work backwards from that assumption to prove to your satisfaction that they are who they say they are.


There are things I'm going to do and going to change here that will serve as substantial impediments to thieves, but if any of you guys go strolling in to a deal like there aren't people just waiting to pounce on you and take your money, it's not going to work.