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  1. henrebotha

    Suggestion: ban scammers who work through DMs

    Lol, I thought I could have a mature discussion about an idea to improve this already great forum. Guess it's not possible without hurting people's feelings.
  2. henrebotha

    Suggestion: ban scammers who work through DMs

    I don't buy it. Loads of software is designed to help people who don't use their heads. The safe dealing guide is under computer components > CPUs, which doesn't exactly scream "discoverable". Surely it would help, though? These guys use DMs specifically so they can operate in the shadows...
  3. henrebotha

    Suggestion: ban scammers who work through DMs

    So I got scammed on my first trade here. I thought of something that could help prevent this sort of thing. If you have zero rep (and zero posts), DMing offers instead of discussing them in the clear is grounds for an immediate ban. Ideally this would be automated, but I'm not sure what...
  4. henrebotha

    Scammer

    Deal Thread URL: no URL, all done through PM/offline (because I'm a sucker) Seller: @JohanKirsten Buyer: @henrebotha Description of Bad Deal: On 2018-06-06, I posted a thread looking for an 1155 motherboard. Pretty quickly after that, I was DMed by @JohanKirsten offering exactly what I was...
  5. henrebotha

    LGA1155 (aka socket H2) motherboard

    Item Wanted: any LGA1155 (aka socket H2) motherboard, micro ATX form factor (244 mm square), PCIe 2.0 or higher Packaging Essential: nope Desired Age: not really bothered Location: Somerset West/Stellenbosch Willing to accept a shipped item: we can talk Ballpark/Budget Amount: R400, but let's talk
  6. henrebotha

    Any broken mechanical keyboard.

    Signed up just to write this. :D Building an Ergodox yourself is going to be more expensive than buying the EZ, unless you can somehow fabricate parts yourself more or less for free (e.g. you have access to a laser cutter, can manufacture your own PCBs, can harvest switches from a dead keyboard...
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