George Smolinski Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Does anyone know who this guy is? I've not seen any post other than of a car he has for sale & the link to Ebay. All his posts are like this, no price, one photo, no information. It appears he is another dealer on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 One person noted that the cars for sale to which he links are listed by various people. That implies that the cars are not his own. We think he, like others here, is simply pointing out interesting cars for us to notice. It would be nice if he would write something else and introduce himself. Robert William, who are you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I see that the last couple of cars that ROBERTWILLIAM posted info on in 'Cars forSale' have mysteriously disappeared. Looks like it doesn't take much to be booted off the forum. I guess simply posting links to interesting orphan cars is reason to be banned and your posts deleted? I for one enjoyed looking at the for sale cars he posted, especially the Studebakers and Packards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 He was just posting car's of interest.would like to know his interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 In one thread of his, a member recently pointed out that the user "Robert William" used another alias on the Cadillac-LaSalle Club forum. The moderator of that forum investigated and found, reportedly, that he was a spammer. In all of his postings, he never once made a comment. He never participated in any other discussions. It was very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 But what did he do that was against the rules on THIS forum? I don't know the guy, but if just posting interesting cars for sale seen on other sites is against the rules, it would be good for the rest of us to know that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, r1lark said: I see that the last couple of cars that ROBERTWILLIAM posted info on in 'Cars forSale' have mysteriously disappeared. Looks like it doesn't take much to be booted off the forum. I guess simply posting links to interesting orphan cars is reason to be banned and your posts deleted? I for one enjoyed looking at the for sale cars he posted, especially the Studebakers and Packards. I understand your frustration with the missing links. Didn't you find it odd that he never posted anything but eBay links? I did and I said so in one of the threads that got deleted. The links ROBERTWILLIAM posted were not what they appeared to be. They were disguised as legitimate eBay links but when clicked they directed you to a third party website before redirecting you to eBay. It's called link cloaking. I don't know if it is specifically against the rules but it should be because it's deceitful and underhanded. At the very least those links could have been earning him a commission for you clicking the link and it's possible they were tracking you on the internet or even worse. Who knows for sure what his motives were for posting those links but I can assure you it wasn't in the best interest of forum members. I think the decision to ban him was a good one. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Agreed, don't want stuff like that. Thanks for the explanation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ronnie said: I understand your frustration with the missing links. Didn't you find it odd that he never posted anything but eBay links? I did and I said so in one of the threads that got deleted. The links ROBERTWILLIAM posted were not what they appeared to be. They were disguised as legitimate eBay links but when clicked they directed you to a third party website before redirecting you to eBay. It's called link cloaking. I don't know if it is specifically against the rules but it should be because it's deceitful and underhanded. At the very least those links could have been earning him a commission for you clicking the link and it's possible they were tracking you on the internet or even worse. Who knows for sure what his motives were for posting those links but I can assure you it wasn't in the best interest of forum members. I think the decision to ban him was a good one. Learn something new every day. thanks for pointing that out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Never happened to me. I use Apple IPad and it must block that third party redirect instruction. In that case yes, that would be reason to ban the user. The easy stuff sure can get complicated at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 With any link, just hover over it and (in Windows) look at the link at the bottom left. Does it look like what you expect for what it purports to be? If not, don't go there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 (edited) They were all u payi links,all showed up.not defending him,and never p.m. me back about his history, Edited November 3, 2019 by old car fan (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I guess the old statement is true, that you should never trust a man with two first names! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 With Windows, you need to have the STATUS bar (View>toolbars) at the bottom enabled to see the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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