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Can't keep me mouth shut any longer lol

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:47pm
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Every time someone asks a question about house purchase in the area, as Razor has done in another thread, Alex Admin sticks links in to property totally irrelevant to the OP requirements, WHY ?

As far as I can see this has the effect of locking the thread down unless you are registered with this forum property portal, how do people then help or advise the OP ?

Seems completely contrary to what the forum is about, ie, helping people.

Or I am completely missing something? 

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:09pm

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:09pm

Kenbo wrote on Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:47pm:

Every time someone asks a question about house purchase in the area, as Razor has done in another thread, Alex Admin sticks links in to property totally irrelevant to the OP requirements, WHY ?

As far as I can see this has the effect of locking the thread down unless you are registered with this forum property portal, how do people then help or advise the OP ?...

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Seems completely contrary to what the forum is about, ie, helping people.

Or I am completely missing something? 

As a quick link to you. This forum is funded (like UK television ie BBC ITV, ) & international internet sites much the same (funded, otherwise they would not run a "forum", news or media.. I too have a private house for sale, much like a log burner or a car for sale. I have not been subjected to " locking the thread down". I hope Alex (or admin) can assist.

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:18pm

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:18pm

Kenbo wrote on Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:47pm:

Every time someone asks a question about house purchase in the area, as Razor has done in another thread, Alex Admin sticks links in to property totally irrelevant to the OP requirements, WHY ?

As far as I can see this has the effect of locking the thread down unless you are registered with this forum property portal, how do people then help or advise the OP ?...

...

Seems completely contrary to what the forum is about, ie, helping people.

Or I am completely missing something? 

You are referring to our "property wanted" forum, where you can only reply if you are a property owner who is renting/selling their property. The reason for this is reduce scammers and con artists replying to people needing properties. It also ensures the properties being offered are licenced. 

It's very simple: to be able to offer your property for short term rent you need a licence. What we were finding was before, members were replying to messages with offers of properties WITHOUT this licence, which is illegal. So therefore we made the decision to change the property wanted forums to only allow replies from members who have supplied us with the details of their property, including the licence number if it's a short term property. This also reduced the threat of any con artists and scammers.

If you see any posts asking for general advice rather than requesting a property then please report these and we will move this into the correct place so ALL members can reply.

and in reference to your complaint my links to properties are not helpful - would you rather me not try and help at all? Myself and Jan do this work in our spare time, we cannot read each and every post and try and do the best we can.


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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:50pm

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:50pm

Alex wrote on Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:18pm:

You are referring to our "property wanted" forum, where you can only reply if you are a property owner who is renting/selling their property. The reason for this is reduce scammers and con artists replying to people needing properties. It also ensures the properties being offered are licenced.&nb...

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It's very simple: to be able to offer your property for short term rent you need a licence. What we were finding was before, members were replying to messages with offers of properties WITHOUT this licence, which is illegal. So therefore we made the decision to change the property wanted forums to only allow replies from members who have supplied us with the details of their property, including the licence number if it's a short term property. This also reduced the threat of any con artists and scammers.

If you see any posts asking for general advice rather than requesting a property then please report these and we will move this into the correct place so ALL members can reply.

and in reference to your complaint my links to properties are not helpful - would you rather me not try and help at all? Myself and Jan do this work in our spare time, we cannot read each and every post and try and do the best we can.

Thanks. But the original question was "Every time someone asks a question about house purchase in the area",

Could you clarify that please.

Villas

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:59pm

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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:59pm

Alex

I can accept most of your explanation, now that you have explained it to me I can see why you do it.

The bit that I don't quite agree with is what it does to the OP, directing them to something that is way off what they originally asked for, ie 3 bed 2 bath would only discourage them from posting again, that appears to be counter productive.

PS your's and Jan's work and time on this forum is hugely appreciated, you have created the best of all the Costa Blanca forum.

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