I have been on here for a while and am still trying to get to my 3 posts so I can communicate with members who are selling equipment that I am interested in. Any suggestions on how to do this faster?

DHale

Once you’ve introduced yourself and posted three times, you’re good to go.

We’re sorry if this seems unwieldy, but it does head off a lot of scammers.

9 hours ago, DHale said:

I have been on here for a while and am still trying to get to my 3 posts so I can communicate with members who are selling equipment that I am interested in. Any suggestions on how to do this faster?

DHale

Hello and welcome, hope you find the forums useful. Regarding posting we are primarily here to help people solve issues and have UW photo questions answered, the Classifieds is a bonus for our members to off load gear they no longer need and a chance to pickup gear at a good price. We require 3 posts which is not particularly onerous. Once you have posted your introduction you can browse the forums and answer any questions you have an opinion on. Initially you are locked out of all forums apart from the intro forum and feedback and this unlocks everything bar the classifieds forum when you have made your introduction.

We have had a lot of scammers try and join recently and we find this is a good way to weed them out.

Regarding the post you made in feedback, I would suggest posting that in Classifieds once you have your 3 posts up, feedback forum doesn't get a lot of traffic.

Thank you, Chris. I understand (and appreciate) the reasoning.

Keep up the good work.

Dave