I got a little confused thinking it was Yue who posted... 

does Yue know you're using her avatar? 

Flame wars are basically posts or messages intended to insult others and be generally hostile.

i remember that time inga stand up for me... when one of the members "scold" me when i suggest something to him... & he wasnt happy... anyway thanx alot, inga!!

Just a friendly reminder to read the forum rules if you haven't done so recently, especially the rules regarding signature size.  Please keep text signatures within 5-6 lines and images within the guidelines.  Remember that we have members browsing this forum through a variety of methods and we need to be considerate of everyone.

hi inga-can you re-post this link for the picture tutorial?  i can't make it work...and its driving me nutters....

I just realised that the tuturial hasn't been updated since we switched to the new forum..  It's still here, but it won't be useful much. If you have a question, just ask, we'll be happy to help 

i googled it & figured it out-i was really overthinking & being totally ridiculous.

thanks for offering to help me with my lame problem-glad i figured it out...i was beginning to feel like a total toad.

Hi, I just joined and was wondering if animated avatars are ok? The rules don't say anything about them, and from browsing around I haven't seen any... so I just wanted to make sure, for obvious reasons
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Thanks for any help!

they're fine as long as they're don't exceed the maximum size 

I was wondering; I'm about to move and I'm trying to sell parts of some of my collections (non-Pinky) on Ebay. Would it be allowed to include a non-picture link to my "about me" page or the list of my auctions in my signature? I mean something like "My on-line yardsale" or something, nothing really text heavy. Sorry for the stupid question. 

I don't see why that would be a problem 

I am not sure of the history of this but I think perhaps the 30 day waiting period to get in the market thread should be re-evaluated. I have been here 28 days now and I have 90 posts but I still have to wait two more days.

the 30 day waiting period and 30 posts are the reason why the market is still a safe place to buy. It was done this way to deter people who just joined to sell - those sellers wouldn't think twice about scamming us - I'm not saying that all of them would, but just one would be too many, no? We're very trusting lot here, and most of us probably don't even check the feedback of the members we're buying from, even though we have a feedback thread...    Our way of thinking was that scammers are after instantaneous gratification, they wouldn't wait a month and post 30 times; they can find easy pray elsewhere.

I know it seems like ages to wait  but I'm happy to say that aside from one irresponsible kid who now has been banned (but no one lost any money) we have never had any problems   

We do make exceptions in regards to the waiting period, if for example, you can provide us with feedback elsewhere, like ebay. We do check that it is yours tho 

Ebay username is Palm9x (technically my husband's username but we both use it) 100% positive feedback. May I please, please get in now?

Hi Inga,
If my avatar was off by few pixel, would that should be alrite?