shimself
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Post by shimself on Jan 26, 2020 16:50:17 GMT
Emailing a little screenshot like this would be proof enough I think
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Greenwood2
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jan 27, 2020 8:32:09 GMT
Emailing a little screenshot like this would be proof enough I think
Well now anyone could use yours!  Edit: we could use the 'sale agreed' page (assuming everyone sold something) that gives the lender alias that everyone bidding on loans could see anyway, not an actual name or account number that lenders might not want to make public. There may be other pages that might be suitable too.
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Post by jandl on Jan 28, 2020 16:07:36 GMT
My view is that we should take advantage of the offer to set up a private forum here. Managing such a thing is not the easiest thing in the world and the expertise and time generously on offer is a very significant resource. The e-mail list held at TC Armageddon seems a very reasonable starting point. I agree that it would be smart to ask new members a question about the TC site. This is far from foolproof of course so care still needs to be taken that anything that is really sensitive or vulnerable to legal action is kept private. Personally my opinion is that the TC attitude to confidentiality is far more about saving TC's blushes following awkward questions than protecting lenders' interests. I don't want to rely on the TC site because: 1. It is too limited and slow and 2. I lack faith that the moderation will be well done and I also lack faith that there won't be another accident which destroys or resets that forum. So, yes please let's set up camp here as we have been kindly offered a home. I agree with this post and have generally agreed with your posts here and on the old forum. If you would like to chat about these loans, please pm me. I don't think I can as we have just joined here. I'm on the Armageddon list too.
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Post by langserve on Feb 2, 2020 9:49:21 GMT
I agree with this post and have generally agreed with your posts here and on the old forum. If you would like to chat about these loans, please pm me. I don't think I can as we have just joined here. I'm on the Armageddon list too. Nice of you to say that. No-one can send PMs on this forum. Or they can, but to staff only. If you have a look at the email addresses on Argadeggon then mine should be fairly obvious. If not we'll think again. Have we talked before using Line? My memory for usernames is dreadful.
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Post by lynnanthony on Feb 2, 2020 18:02:18 GMT
No-one can send PMs on this forum. Hm. I can, I think. I just sent you one; check your messages (Top of page). It may be that there is a probationary period before you can? Otherwise, find a post by the person you want to contact, click on their name to open their profile, and there is a "send message" button there top right.
If you want to use Armageddon for PM it is available; Log in and click on "Directory". The first time you do you'll probably get a message about altering your profile privacy setting, with a link to do so. Both parties will need to have done that, setting their privacy to "other members of your group".
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 2, 2020 18:09:47 GMT
Caveat, I haven’t spoken to any of the other P2PIF team members yet, but I think we could give some consideration to an AC type board. This may be the best option for you here on the P2PIF if you want a TC member restricted private board. We would need some among you prepared to act as gatekeepers, and I’m assuming there aren’t likely to be thousands of members, so once the initial set up has happened there shouldn’t be too much on-going work. Obviously, this needs further consideration and would be dependent on a more detailed discussion, PM me if anyone wants to move it forward. Disclaimer: I’m not a TC investor as I was ‘warned off’ and decided not to invest primarily by comments made on the P2PIF. The above offer is still open, we're just waiting for a current well respected forum User to contact us with a way forward.
After reading some of the comments above: no forum either here or on TC, VIP or otherwise, is truly guaranteed completely private, anything is hackable, even a forum member could accidentally (or otherwise) leak info.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 2, 2020 18:20:13 GMT
No-one can send PMs on this forum. Hm. I can, I think. I just sent you one; check your messages (Top of page). It may be that there is a probationary period before you can? Otherwise, find a post by the person you want to contact, click on their name to open their profile, and there is a "send message" button there top right. <snip>
Yes you're right lynnanthony there is a short probationary period on this forum before you can PM. It's based on usage rather than time on here. So several of the new Users in this thread will not be able to PM freely yet. If you're a new User and have just come from TC ask the staff by PM about this.
Another way to have a private chat is via the PM system as you can add as many other Users to a message and you want, everyone you've included gets it and can then chat. But many find it cumbersome and avoid it.
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Post by drakeinvestments on Feb 7, 2020 12:42:52 GMT
Evening.
I have totally agreement with everyone in that the IT forced closure of the VIP Forum is very disappointing news.
But going forward I very strongly believe that we need to maintain the same strong challenging content as on the VIP forum with a single central point to allow all the other TC lenders to share the same information. If we start going off on to other Independent forums we will be in danger of all going off in different directions and we will loose the benefit of the more informed postings from the senior knowledgeable contributors that will help us all.
Whilst there may appear be a group of say 15 regular contributors on the old VIP Forum, I have reason to believe that the No of regular "viewers/readers" will be in triple figures - will their be bothered to find & register on this forum - I very much doubt it.
The major point against this forum in my view is that it is not Private and thus accessible to anyone including the likes of the Google Search Engines, hence any contentious loan specific views expressed that we would openly & frankly discuss (sometimes argue!) amongst ourselves remained just that way - Private - and I for one would not feel comfortably making certain points in full knowledge that the 3rd Party "defendant" was able to see what we are discussing about him (ie NG) in full public view - not a good idea....!!!
A very useful tool on the VIP forum was that whilst TC's admin very loosely viewed our comments, on numerous occasions it generated immediate actions from TC's admin when for what ever reason an administration error was made or an incorrect allocation of cash receipts was made that a senior lender would spot - would TC's admin want to monitor this public forum - I very much doubt it.
We are in a run out situation for which unity will be important especially with the several contentious issues of which I am sure we will face many over the next 18 months or so. Finally we will need the history & memory of some of the more senior forum members to guide us........... we are all on this ship together and we must ensure it still floats.
So having been a "watcher" on this forum for over 5 years since the early days of TC's, it has taken me until just now to officially register so I can post the above.
It will be now pretty obvious that my thoughts are that we need to maintain our Loan Specific discussion threads on the official TC's forum site especially as we have been assured as from 31st Jan that ONLY active lenders will now be allowed access (thereby removing the initial need for the VIP forum) for all the above reasons, but if needed us this forum for say more general non-loan specific discussions.
I hope my arguments make logical sense......and yes I know - there is no perfect solution.......Having sat back since posting the above posting several weeks ago and seen almost zero activity on the old TC's forum I have today joined the new VIP forum very kindly hosted on this site.
The site has now been active since yesterday & already has 22 of the old "VIP" forum members signed up, so despite originally having reservations I have now reversed & will be looking forward to future discussions. The membership rules are very strictly controlled & regulated to ensure only legible TC members can join.
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Post by markb on Feb 7, 2020 15:21:41 GMT
How do we join this new VIP forum? I see only discussion of possible options above, not a decision about which to use.
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Post by pikestaff on Feb 7, 2020 15:55:28 GMT
People who registered for lynnanthony's backup plan will have received an email explaining how they can join.
For others, we are in the process of agreeing the on-boarding procedure and this should be in place very shortly.
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Post by pikestaff on Feb 10, 2020 12:23:41 GMT
People who registered for lynnanthony's backup plan will have received an email explaining how they can join. For others, we are in the process of agreeing the on-boarding procedure and this should be in place very shortly. Now in place, see p2pindependentforum.com/post/367857/thread
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Post by Famara on Feb 10, 2020 15:52:45 GMT
I agree that a private board on this forum is the way to go. I expect that TC will monitor it just as they did with the VIP and our 'gentle suggestions' will still taken on board.
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Post by orville on Feb 10, 2020 16:35:28 GMT
People who registered for lynnanthony's backup plan will have received an email explaining how they can join. For others, we are in the process of agreeing the on-boarding procedure and this should be in place very shortly. On Feb 6th I replied to the email regarding the backup plan, but not heard anything in response... maybe went to spam or something?
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 10, 2020 16:59:35 GMT
Since you are on that list, then best we still proceed that way. If you are willing, then PM me the email you use on that list, and we can ensure a cross check against the email list used for that "backup plan".
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