Rules on Post ? Can someone explain !

There's a world of difference between TALKING about property prices and offering a flat for sale in Tenerife with your 1st post. I don't think it's that hard to work out the rules. Most topics are discussed here and rightly so. There's FAR more to life than Ferrari, as i'm sure you're aware. What i DO object to tho' is people using this Forum as a blatant plug for a product, biz or whatever. If i want to buy a flat in Tenerife, i'll go and look on a relevant website, do my reasearch and make my decision based on that. Pls provide an example of someone offering a product for sale here....
If you have something to offer Ferrari owners, then place the ad in FerrariAds.com.

 

ferrari chat is for talking ferrari having a laugh meeting people not free advertising your buisness or a friends buisness if your friend wants to plug his buisness on here be a sponser like everyone else does ie VERDI HG PARTS ect

 

here here, btw way tony nice avatar

 

you got a computer in the toilet as lee p says you had a problem this weekend that you cant stop downloading ???????

 

did lee tuck you up in bed before he left yours on fri night

 

lee p is going to get a kicking as he left the toy room in a mess and russ had to tidy it up

 

lol

 

As a newcomer I can see what Stimmers is talking about.. the 'long-timers' do seem to be able getaway with more ... However I also see why tonyh is taking this line. I think that blatant unpaid advertising can't be in anyone's best interest.. afterall it wouldn't occurr to me to try and advertise my business here, as its not in any way related to Ferrari.

 

I don't think its so much 'one rule for newbies another rule for others'. Having used a lot of forums for the various cars I have had over the years (mkivsupra.net, pistonheads, rennlist, f-chat etc etc), you realise the way it works - ie establish your credentials first as a serious poster making some contributions to the subject matter of the board (in this case Ferrari related topics), and then yes you will be cut a little slack to talk about other topics. Believe me it will be the same whatever forum you post on.

Come onto a Ferrari board with your first post about selling a flat and in all honesty Tony was right to do what he did. Its like me joining up to a random board like photography-chat.com and trying to sell my Ferrari.

Introduce yourself first and let people get to know you rather than steaming in all guns blazing.

 

good call mate

 

I was asking about selling the apartment because it is my 'stepping stone' into Ferrari ownership. I grew up arround Ferrari's and liked the togetherness around the owners, like one big happy family. I was dissapointed to say the least to find that my post had been closed. My father passed away a couple of years ago and was well known in the ferrari circles, having sold them in the late 80's to present day, and if anyone knew him in the south, it woluld have been through his showroom, West One on Finchley road, London. Many Ferrari's passed through there, so there is a chance that you either own or know a car that was his, including F40's, Koenig Boxers,and the more common stuff. I will try to compile a list for you, as at least THAT post will be allowed (hopefully). So as you consider WHAT post's are acceptable for me to post, I will be doing my research. I condider a forum to be a good place to chat about things that are close to our hearts, ie cars, money, women, and would class my first post to be in the 'Money' section. I understand that it is not a Ferrari, but it is somthing that is within reach of many of the people on the board, and that also, it will be respected as an investment. If it was an ex-councill house in a rough area, I could undersand, but a good investment that has the possiblity of earning enough money for you to mantain a couple of ferrari's, and then if you sell it, you will not loose any money, and also helping a person get themselves into ferrari ownership, then why not? We all have to survive somehow!

 

and also, for a 'moderator' that says F-chat only here!

where is the connection to your post,

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35910


Sorry, one rule for us, and one for yourself?

I COULDNT RESIST

 

Chris, My current car maufacturer also has a board, bbs.scoobynet.co.uk I am a regular on it, and have found it to be what I want out of a board, but consider this board to also be a good source of information for the 'relevant' nformation that it was opened for. I could say that subaru owners are more broad minded, but having grown up around ferrari owners, I can see that this statement is just for the very small minority, and not the whole crowd.

Best regards

Adam

 

Perhaps if there were additional sub forums for UK members it would resolve the problem. ie: having forums such as:

UK Ferrari (Ferrari onlly related stuff)
UK Business & Investments
UK Lounge (For social, jokes, etc)

 

Agreed

 

If you would care to view the codes of conduct;

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=134459046&postcount=1

You will see that it is TonyH's interpretaion of the Fchat guvor's rules, that suggests the advert in question violated rule 3. I'm inclined to agree.

There is no different set of rules for the old and the new. Put it this way; If someone you had never met before came up and insulted you, you'd be pissed off; if a pal came up to you and insulted you, you would not be offended as he is known to you. This is the only reason that there appears to be a different set of rules. It has to be taken in context, and as a new member your perspective is significantly different to an old hand who has been posting for a long period of time.

Posting off topic stuff is not a problem as long as it has not hijacked a valid Ferrari flavoured thread and steered it completely off course. Tony is not an invasive moderator and will allow whatever OT activity we want until someone complains, or it violates the rules of conduct.

 

I think tonyh's UNPAID job on here is hard enough without new members wanting to change all the rules in there first month of posting and sulking as they get asked not to advertise there mates busness or possibally there own who knows most of the chatters on here are self employed or have there own busness's it would be a right free for all as for the chap selling a flat to get a ferrari good excuse but i need to make money to run my ferrari like every one else on here and we dont use fchat for advertising but it it used for discussions and advice

 

After reading the last sentance of this post i read it as it was your last but i apoligize if i have read this wrong but if you stay on here and get to know everyone you will see there is a lot of nonsense and jokes on here but nobody tries to promote there buisness on here

 

sorry chris if it help's I'll send you leep 's personal escort services website url, that way we have advertised his business and you will get mroe familiar with him