NJDavid .. don't know if the above posting is aimed at
me or just the "Pezzy.com" person??
I was just curious that this person had 4 posts only, so went and found them all, saw they were all identical, and said what I did. Pretty rude to have posted that on Randy's boards IMHO, but it might be from someone not aware of that, who knows?
I have been on boards
where you can READ but not post until you are registered. The 10,000's of posts daily on all the eBay chat boards are perfect examples. You can all go there right now and READ, but not post until you supply a REAL e-mail addresss.
Despite a comment above, eBay
INSIST on a real e-mail address, and will NOT (when I last checked) accept a Hotmail or Yahoo account.
All your details are checkable on eBay. I outlined this and other self-regulatory suggestions on Randy's forum, that others may like to add to, or disagree with, at:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum97/HTML/000176.html
For the record, say 10 or 20 bucks a year to be a member of this board to help pay Randy's costs would not bother me at all. 4,000 registered users at $10 is $40,000 and would not hurt any of us. Maybe after 50 or 100 posts a fee is "requested", so that new visitors are not scared off?
Maybe a Star or notation to each poster as per my posting above that indicates
"a F.T. Supporter that voluntarily pays a user fee" might be the way to do it? Those who opt out can do so and be conspicious by it.
Maybe we are all "cheap" as DG1 surmises .... I don't know. But doubt it.
I have just worked out how to completely legally get myself
upgraded and confirmed in my favourite seat 15B on a Jumbo from SYD-SFO-JFK-LHR in both directions (=30,000+ paid miles) for absolutely no cost to me instead of the 100,000 points it
should have cost me.All due to the superb input and advice of one board here, so the info to be learned and shared here is astounding to keen Frequent Flyers.
Long may it reign, and long may the "Mileage Moron" type Trolls and his alter ego he changed to soon afterwards, stay well away. 
[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 07-17-2000).]