@buyingandsellingmandy wrote:
When an outsider comes in, make them feel welcome. Not the opposite. It was the opposite.
The next person that comes along, doesn't matter who they are, every single person, make them feel welcome into the community, straight away. No matter what.
I am an "outsider" as you call it with this ID......I call myself a newbie as most members would call me.
I would not say I felt welcome or unwelcome but once I started posting answers that received positive replies it was obvious that I was accepted.....and that is what these boards are all about.
The aim is to offer help with problems and not offer meaningless platitudes. Some of us are blunt and to the point, others are more gentle in their delivery method, but most posters offer similar information.
There is no way of deciding who is posting with a lot of experience as many members use Posting IDs with little or no feedback.....you can only read the posts and decide if the information therein is of use to you.
If it is no use in your situation it does not mean it is wrong.
As to the ages of the posters in your threads......members must be 18 to be members of ebay and I know for a positive fact that many who have posted are in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
