Registration required?

[sukhdev]

I'm getting some feedback that it might be sensible to get people to register to post their gear for sale or gear wanted ads; a few people have complained of dubious ads.

What do you guys think?

There is no way I will ever make registration compulsory for the main windsurfing forum but it might make sense here so that sellers or buyers can be contacted via private messages.

Opinions please?

[ulfp]

I agree. How can you sell something without providing a contact reference?

Today most spam aware web-surfers would avoid adding their email address in a post, so the second best thing would be to keep it ‘safe’ from public eyes in your registration database.

By enforcing registration you ensure that there always is a contact reference, so this way YOU can spend less time on moderation of the “Used gear mart” and more time for your excellent contribution in the other Forums.

So far, I see 3 topics posted by unregistered persons. 2 of them have no reply and the 3rd ended up with the buyer having to expose his email address...