WTB: Houndstooth Rear Seats For M3

[ButtJuice]

Thanks in advance.

[Panici]

Username relevant?

[ButtJuice]

I was 17 years old when I came up with this stupid username. I'm 32 now. I'd change it if I could.

[ButtJuice]

Holy hell, the amount of scammers out here is insane.

[e30austin]

Holy hell, the amount of scammers out here is insane.

that's why i've stopped buying or selling here. unreal.

[Panici]

It's pretty easy to weed out scammers in your PMs.

Just ask some questions about their E30 and make a quick conversation. You'll know pretty quickly if they're a fellow enthusiast or just a scammer.

If you're still not sure you can ask for specific details/pictures of the parts.

I've never been scammed on here, and I've bought plenty of bits for my E30 which wouldn't have been easy to come by any other way.

[e30austin]

i can spot them a mile away. that's not the issue. being bombarded with a bunch of spam messages, unnecessarily, is the issue. out of every 20 spam message, i maybe had one, single, legitimate response. not worth it, any longer.

[ButtJuice]

I've never been scammed, but the amount of scam PMs I'm getting are insane. I'll ask for detailed photos of what I'm looking for and I receive a photo of a completely different item. I'm pissed off that these people have my cell # & email.

[Panici]

Agreed it is frustrating.

For me it is worth navigating these false PMs as sourcing local parts for my E30 is often impossible. This makes r3v a valued resource to keep my car on the road.

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If it's any consolation, the forum staff is actively taking measures to reduce the spam from bots.
Just this week James (forum admin) added another tier of forum spam prevention software.

On a personal note, if you send me a PM with any of these scammers usernames, I would be happy to ban them.