A few changes...

4rings · #23 02-06-2009

Some might want to shoot me for this but I reckon it should work as follows :

New members Join up and get 5 - 10 Free posts, They get to look around the basic threads, Ask a few Questions, see what its all about in general etc (just so they get the picture) then after that they are prompted to Suscribe and Pay the Fee for Access to the forum & Stealth or unabled to access the forum.

Reason I say this is because Everyone (except for the Spys) come here for the same reason. We all Know the people who have never been back on Ebay after they got Banned because of the reason being they never knew it was possible then its UNTIL they hit this site or hear about it.

Majority of 1st time Ebayers who get banned think its simple to just open up a new account and their off selling again, I did that yrs ago the first time I got suspended, You waste alot of Valuable info you could have put into Good Use by getting detailed advice from places like here and stealth, built up of many many Trial and error physical hrs and headaches!!

All the time & Work that has gone into this forum (& stealth) by the Admins must have been a right pain in the *** setting it all up and maintaining etc and for some of the info available to the free loaders is quite Large in my opinion.

So it all balls down, If you want to get back to your trading on ebay and get yourself sorted with Paypal, Pay for the services as its well worth it in the long run or figure it out yourself and take the chance of failure.

Just my 2pence worth.

(..for those who are going to shoot then maybe a warning shot first...?:D)

BooMer · #24 04-08-2009

Aspkin, Can we be logged in for a longer periods. I don't like to sign in over and over again. I think a can vouch for other members as well who frequent this forum.

BooMer

yaw1800 · #25 04-08-2009

since gettting my new pc, i have never had to sign in since the first time, that might be a problem with your browser

**aspkin** · #26 04-08-2009

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Originally Posted by BooMer

Aspkin, Can we be logged in for a longer periods. I don't like to sign in over and over again. I think a can vouch for other members as well who frequent this forum.

BooMer

Did you send me a PM about this earlier? Someone sent me a PM, I get so many pms a day I don't know who sends me what.

But there have been problems with the forum signing people out if you access the forum without www in front of it.

Example aspkin.com/forums will get you logged out apparently, but if you access the forum by www.aspkin.com/forums you'll be fine.

I'm not sure why it's doing that, I'll try and figure it out.

BooMer · #27 04-08-2009

No I didn't PM you. This is the first time I am talking about this issue.
Here is my problem to help you trouble-shoot the situation.
I use Fire Fox 2.0.0.16 and have this forum bookmarked as http://www.aspkin.com/forums/
I have the forum opened in a separate tab when I am on other websites and I will get logged out about 15 to 20 minutes of NON-Activity.

Let me know if you need further details.

BooMer

**aspkin** · #28 04-08-2009

Hmm, any one else have this problem?

I know the Chat Box cuts off after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Did this just start recently BooMer?

GreenBean · #29 04-08-2009

I use Firefox 3.0.8 with the same bookmark. Much the same happens to me.

To elaborate, if I am signed on and fully inactive, then I get signed out. However, if I post a reply or send a pm I stay signed in, in other words if I am active, I stay on line

We cross-posted. No this have been going on for a long time. It also occurs with IE.

BooMer · #30 04-08-2009

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Originally Posted by aspkin

Did this just start recently BooMer?

No this has been happening ever since I joined the forum. I just dealt with it. I get upset sometimes when I am replying to a post and it takes more than 15 minutes to respond and when I click that submit button it tells me I have to log in and sometimes I lose the info I just typed. I now Copy and Paste my reply before I hit the submit button. I have my Login Name and password stored in Fire Fox so re-logging in isn't that bad.

BooMer

GreenBean · #31 04-08-2009

^^^BooMer, are you my twin? That happens to me as well

**aspkin** · #32 04-08-2009

Come on people, let me know when there are issues like this, I can usually fix it. I never have this issue.

Let me see what I can do.

BooMer · #33 04-08-2009

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Originally Posted by GreenBean

^^^BooMer, are you my twin? That happens to me as well

GreenBean I just read your Mind and posted what you was thinking.

**aspkin** · #34 04-08-2009

Okay, so you guys are saying. Whenever you visit the forum for the day or whatever, you must login? You're not automatically logged in?

I have settings to set users to inactive after 15 minutes, but it shouldn't log you out. There should be cookies on your browser that keep you logged in. You don't auto delete cookies do you?

lakeman · #35 04-08-2009

My browser never logs me out, but my iPhone used to log me out every ten minutes, until I searched on google and found I had to change something in the command prompt of my iPhone, so it wasn't the forum doing it to me.

GreenBean · #36 04-08-2009

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Originally Posted by BooMer

GreenBean I just read your Mind and posted what you was thinking.

You are brave to venture there

aspkin: I do not auto-delete cookies....I think

**aspkin** · #37 04-08-2009

Firefox >> Tools >> Options >> Privacy >> Make sure 'Always clear my private data when I close Firefox' is unchecked

BooMer · #38 04-08-2009

Yes I set my cookies to delete after I close Fire Fox for Ebay and other purposes. I didn't think it will interfere with the forum.

Lyda · #39 04-08-2009

I had the same problem (had to sign in typing ID and psw) until I decided I should ask Aspkin to let me in the forums I didn't have access to. I just sent him an email and explained I bought the book first while back, and found the forum second. I couldn't find my original book purchase code, but Aspkin had it and it was all of a sudden grrrrreat to not be getting the message "Only for subscribed members."

Well, Aspkin, I don't know what you did on your end, but ever since than I am signed in non-stop..and I am not doing anything differently....or, wait, around that time I also installed Flock browser and I have been using it most of the time. (Great browser BTW)

So, my signing in issue was resolved by either Aspkin doing something on his end when he converted me into subscribed member, or it has to do something with using Flock browser. And, yes, it was little annoying signing in every 10-15 minutes, but I too just dealt with it because I thought it was the way it was supposed to be..

lakeman · #40 04-08-2009

Boomer, why do you delete your cookies? That raises flags on ebay, it is a lot better to use separate user accounts.

**aspkin** · #41 04-08-2009

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Originally Posted by BooMer

Yes I set my cookies to delete after I close Fire Fox for Ebay and other purposes. I didn't think it will interfere with the forum.

Ah, but it will. Those cookies keep you logged into the forum when you close your browser and go inactive. Try and add an exception for the site, and that should fix things.

Lyda · #42 04-08-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenBean

I use Firefox 3.0.8 with the same bookmark. Much the same happens to me.

To elaborate, if I am signed on and fully inactive, then I get signed out. However, if I post a reply or send a pm I stay signed in, in other words if I am active, I stay on line

We cross-posted. No this have been going on for a long time. It also occurs with IE.

That's Aspkin rewarding you for doing such a good job!

**aspkin** · #43 04-08-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyda

I had the same problem (had to sign in typing ID and psw) until I decided I should ask Aspkin to let me in the forums I didn't have access to. I just sent him an email and explained I bought the book first while back, and found the forum second. I couldn't find my original book purchase code, but Aspkin had it and it was all of a sudden grrrrreat to not be getting the message "Only for subscribed members."

Well, Aspkin, I don't know what you did on your end, but ever since than I am signed in non-stop..and I am not doing anything differently....or, wait, around that time I also installed Flock browser and I have been using it most of the time. (Great browser BTW)

So, my signing in issue was resolved by either Aspkin doing something on his end when he converted me into subscribed member, or it has to do something with using Flock browser. And, yes, it was little annoying signing in every 10-15 minutes, but I too just dealt with it because I thought it was the way it was supposed to be..

Do you still have the problem? Or is everything fine now?

BooMer · #44 04-08-2009

Way ahead of ya. I already added this forum as a exception. I will let you know if I still have problems in 20 minutes.