Membership goin crazy.....

[Teabag]

Well, 1250 plus members for the month of June. MySwag is becoming very popular..

[oldblade]

damn i need to get into the camper trailer business look at all those customers

[AussieBob]

What does that (1,250) bring the membership total too??
Bob

[GU_Thomo]

Well, 1250 plus members for the month of June. MySwag is becoming very popular..

Must be the quality of the Mods we have

Cheers
Parry

[Silvo]

The are a lot of people with only 1 or 2 posts who are advertising stuff..

[Estelle]

What does that (1,250) bring the membership total too??
Bob

7476 as of this morning.

You can find the total number of members at the top of the page under Members. ( home. Help, Search, Profile ...)

[Snow]

About 1000 of those new members were mongrel Spammer types  who didn't get past first base. Its been a flat out month just sorting the good from the bad.

[DANBRI]

About 1000 of those new members were mongrel Spammer types  who didn't get past first base. Its been a flat out month just sorting the good from the bad.

Phew, I can still post   

[Snow]

Phew, I can still post   

Dan, you're a Myswag Stalwart, safe as houses.

[Mav]

Good work on the membership, though a forum like this will always attract a fair amount of interest. It is run well and the long term members help make it a pleasant experience.

[gronk]

Dan, you're a Myswag Stalwart, safe as houses.

Yep...safe as houses......just like the ones with pink batts and solar on the roof! !!!!!   

[Bird]

damn i need to get into the camper trailer business look at all those customers

It would be interesting to see how many are looking for quality over price or vv...
I think chinese trailers @ $3000 + GST are really going to bite the $30,000 trailers over next few years.

[gronk]

It would be interesting to see how many are looking for quality over price or vv...
I think chinese trailers @ $3000 + GST are really going to bite the $30,000 trailers over next few years.

Don't think so....completely different market segments....people who pay over 30K usually know what they want and are willing to pay for it.....people who pay 3K would also like the 30K one, but can't justify it ( money wise or other reasons)

[BigJules]

What has been particularly satisfying has been the number of new members who are actively participating. Thanks folks.

[Bird]

Don't think so....completely different market segments....people who pay over 30K usually know what they want and are willing to pay for it.....people who pay 3K would also like the 30K one, but can't justify it ( money wise or other reasons)

In reality your right..

But things are changing, budgets are becoming tighter than a mozzies ring for a lot of people who wanna get out there...
If the endless line (well 20+ people each time we walked past)at last caravan show for the $3000 'Fall-apart-Chinese' campertrailer V the $15,000 to XX,000 campers with sales staff dribbling and begging for you to ask is anything to go by they are changing sorta now.

[Gunna Do]

Bruce, the poll in this thread gives you a fair idea where the money is being spent (66.9% under $20,000).

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL PRICE YOU PAID FOR YOUR CAMPER (NEW OR USED)?

[Mav]

I think the problem being experienced at the moment is that lending corporations are tightening up so much that it is damn near impossible to get any loan approvals especially if you do not have the length of the loan left before you retire. Hence companies producing big ticket campers are feeling the pinch whereas the cheaper campers are still in the reach of the buyers.

[BigJules]

It would be helpful if some new members chose User names that don't look like the 50-100 spam applications each day.  I'm sure I've probably rejected a number of valid applications  .

It has become a serious effort to manage the new member requests, worthwhile though as we have less spammers getting through now.

[Bird]

It has become a serious effort to manage the new member requests

So your doing them all manually 

[BigJules]

Not every single one, but most of them need manual review. The majority (99%) of requests are spammers.

[Bird]

The majority (99%) of requests are spammers.

yep, same on 2 other forums I mod on... But on both most are fully automated.

[Maîneÿ . . .]

What has been particularly satisfying has been the number of new members who are actively participating.
Thanks folks.

From a 'members' point of view
I believe it's the "moderators" here that make it such a great forum
they make you feel welcome and at ease   

You can ask the Mods questions about 'rules and regulations' and 'how to' do things, as a newcomer I had to use this to use their services, and I know some will suggest I should be doing it more often 

A big thank you to all the people working behind the scene   

[envee]

A big thank you to all the people working behind the scene   

x2,
Been a member for a while and although I don't contribute too often, it's given me a lot of information and more importantly fun. Keep it up 

[Heiny]

A big thank you to all the people working behind the scene   

X3 

[gruesome]

X3 

X4 As with a lot of other swaggers I dont post that often but spend a lot of time just reading and chasing info which is what makes this forum one of the best and the moderators are a large part of that effort of what it takes to make this all work,
cheers Andy