What Do You Think

[matt]

oggie doggie

[leon]

Welcome aboard Oggie Doggie, hope your stay is a long and interesting.

Cheers Leon

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Originally Posted by matt

Click on your member name and then hover your pointer over the various options.

The last number that shows in the character string which shows up at the bottom of the page is your member number

There are other ways to do it, but that's one of 'em

Groovy...looks like I am number 50!

[casstony]

Originally Posted by oggie doggie

I think you are on the money Casstony. I've been "Lurking" for sometime now and have found ISS a great way to gather an enormous amount of info about my new hobbie.
I'm off to the Beginers board to "Lurk" somemore.

As one ex-lurker to another, welcome to IIS oggie doggie.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by wavelandscott

As long as we are not seeing "rip off artists" trying to sell stuff I don't mind that people can join and sell stuff...

By the way, how can you find out your number?

The easiest way is just place your curser over your Avatar.
Scott, you are number 50

See pic:

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by spearo

........I'm quite happy with the notion that people would want to advertise second hand equipment here as opposed to anywhere else. More gear for the rest of us to consider purchasing, less surfing around required.
frank

I have to agree with this. I now have a nice beginners setup, virtually all bought through IIS, most of it "as new" and at a substantial discount off the retail price! I'm happy!

[ving (David)]

it worries me not. as long as no scammer come here i am happy enough... makes the forsale healthier too

[ving (David)]

member #51

[Mick (Michael)]

As long as the items and people are Ridgy-didge it can't hurt. Just because people don't post or don't post regularly doesn't mean they shouldn't be members IMHO.

[Terry B]

Originally Posted by casstony

It really doesn't bother me either way, but in support of the lurkers not everyone is comfortable posting on a forum. There are always more guests online than members - I guess the lurkers like to keep up with things but may not feel they have anything to add or are simply a little timid?

I don't know if this is true. I think a lot of the "lurkers" are just webbots and not people sitting infront of screens. I use another forum (in woodwork not astronomy) and it has the same problem. Even in the middle of the night there will be hundreds of "lurkers" but are they real?