In case you missed it, real names or known identity preferred now

JoeyInCali

JoeyInCali

Maker of Joey Bautista Cues
Silver Member
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Yeah... IMO it's strange. I always say I am not a cue maker before offering any advice. I don't make cues but I have done some stuff with them as well as have a bit of knowledge on various things asked. I can answer simple stuff like tips, cleaning and such.

Seeing the plethora of scams going on, there's no way I'm posting my real name here, nor my phone number unless it's in a pm with someone I've seen around the forum quite a bit.

@azhousepro Why real names? It's not the norm. I've been on probably 40 different forums, but I've never seen any forum obsessed with real names. Why are we allowed to sign up with screen names if it's not acceptable?
 
boogieman said:
Yeah... IMO it's strange. I always say I am not a cue maker before offering any advice. I don't make cues but I have done some stuff with them as well as have a bit of knowledge on various things asked. I can answer simple stuff like tips, cleaning and such.

Seeing the plethora of scams going on, there's no way I'm posting my real name here, nor my phone number unless it's in a pm with someone I've seen around the forum quite a bit.

@azhousepro Why real names? It's not the norm. I've been on probably 40 different forums, but I've never seen any forum obsessed with real names. Why are we allowed to sign up with screen names if it's not acceptable?
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I haven't been scammed yet because of this forum.
There are a lot more scams at FB.
You just have to be smart about transactions.

The reason for preferring identity is we have people with fake names here arguing with makers and repair people who have names yet we have no way of telling who they are or what work they've done .
We had one calling one maker a snake while he had a fake name and was clueless to what he was arguing about.
We've MANY posters here with fake names disappear along the years.
 
I said it before
I'll say it again.
Based on some of the replies to questions.
I undestand the need for fake names.
But also based on some replies.
I understand why some people using thier real names, should use a fake name.
What a dilemma!!!!
 

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New to this forum and it’s quite alright if my comment is ignored. I would strongly advise against using real identifying info on a publicly visible forum for multiple reasons besides the normal scams everyone knows. If mods need to ban someone for spreading false info about a known business, so be it. Another option would be mods verifying someone’s identity privately and giving them a tag for verified account. Just my thoughts on a topic I have experience with. It is not my place to tell admin what to do, though. Just had to point that out for my own piece of mind
 
23DenaliBDE said:
New to this forum and it’s quite alright if my comment is ignored. I would strongly advise against using real identifying info on a publicly visible forum for multiple reasons besides the normal scams everyone knows. If mods need to ban someone for spreading false info about a known business, so be it. Another option would be mods verifying someone’s identity privately and giving them a tag for verified account. Just my thoughts on a topic I have experience with. It is not my place to tell admin what to do, though. Just had to point that out for my own piece of mind
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Michael Webb said:
I know this might be hard to believe
BUT
Not everyone knows your full name and that your a Cue maker
So
Is your name sign in on the forum going to change from just
Joeyincali?
You know I had to ask....lol
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At least you know my first name and state location. 😂 And I post pictures of my mop handles.
Fixed.
 
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Plenty of people know who I am already. Some even, on this thread, send me text messages of cues just to mess with me. Bright side, since I'm not a cuemaker, I don't belong in this forum, so doesn't matter to me.
 
I can understand why someone wants the privacy afforded by a personally chosen user name, some people like to leave as little digital footprint as possible. Yet with all the scams that has been on the forum and is currently happening on Facebook for sale pages, I can understand why admin prefers users to use their real name in some parts of the forum. My username has always been my real name and my business logo is clearly displayed in the thumbnail. I don't loose any sleep over it.
 
According to the ACA you are not a cue maker unless you are a member. Free advice is priceless. Take it at face value and reach your own conclusions before acting.
Roger Pettit
 
I hope my website addresses in my posts lets anyone who wants to know more about me find out what they want to know.
I am not ashamed of any advice I give on here. I have learned better ways than my own after reading other posts on the same subject, but I try to always share something I know will at least work.
 
Michael Webb said:
I said it before
I'll say it again.
Based on some of the replies to questions.
I understand the need for fake names.
But also based on some replies.
I understand why some people using thier real names, should use a fake name.
What a dilemma!!!!
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Guilty as Charged!!

BTW I corrected your spelling error!

Just having some fun Mr. Webb
 
Coos Cues said:
What are the reasons if you don't mind?

I frankly can't think of any unless you want to be a lying ass rude prick online.
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I knew someone would ask. Without being specific enough to teach people anything, the 2 most prevalent reasons would be if I have a problem with you specifically and I’m unhinged enough, all I need for basic problems is your name and phone number. I can then call and text with your number showing as where it’s coming from. If I want to have a back and forth with someone there’s another way to make that happen for me to receive back from them so they don’t contact you after the first thing I send. Now you get to spend however long it takes convincing your female coworker I just propositioned ;including a sweet pic with it. That it wasn’t you. Your wife will probably want an explanation and perhaps the police depending how nasty I got with my texts. This is best case scenario because I only sent it to an adult and not one of your 12 year old daughter’s friends, because there is an extremely high likelihood I already have enough info to turn it into that info. Still better than the one anecdotal incident I’ll share. Kids are stupid. The background check they do online consists of do u know that name, or do they have any of the same friends I do. If either answer is yes they’re good to accept this person. Pedophile started w name and number of a young adult. I’m going to skip a few simple free steps to pedophile is now a 2nd account belonging to a 4th grade girl with access to her friends. Guy was not even a good talker and still got 4 girls in that class to send pictures and even a couple videos. None of them had a reason why their female friend would ask for that. Still sent it. If you think what was sent may not have been quite as bad as possible due to their young age, you could not be more wrong. Arguable that most people over 50 on here would not believe it if I described it unless they have a job that causes them to see kids phones or social media. But I digress. It still can get worse if the pedophile decides he’ll make it look like he’s you. That’s the simplest, and it is more simple than I’ve explained it because what I’ve left out does make it easier. You would be able to prove it was not you if the police get involved, probably a couple days assuming it’s not a holiday and it’s a big enough department to have a dedicated division (big depts are busy) or a small department and you get lucky with a young enough officer to know what to do. Until then you get to do explain to your wife, job, whoever, that probably doesn’t know I can clone your number that this was not you but you sold a cue online on a public forum……good luck with that
 
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I knew someone would ask. Without being specific enough to teach people anything, the 2 most prevalent reasons would be if I have a problem with you specifically and I’m unhinged enough, all I need for basic problems is your name and phone number. I can then call and text with your number showing as where it’s coming from. If I want to have a back and forth with someone there’s another way to make that happen for me to receive back from them so they don’t contact you after the first thing I send. Now you get to spend however long it takes convincing your female coworker I just propositioned ;including a sweet pic with it. That it wasn’t you. Your wife will probably want an explanation and perhaps the police depending how nasty I got with my texts. This is best case scenario because I only sent it to an adult and not one of your 12 year old daughter’s friends, because there is an extremely high likelihood I already have enough info to turn it into that info. Still better than the one anecdotal incident I’ll share. Kids are stupid. The background check they do online consists of do u know that name, or do they have any of the same friends I do. If either answer is yes they’re good to accept this person. Pedophile started w name and number of a young adult. I’m going to skip a few simple free steps to pedophile is now a 2nd account belonging to a 4th grade girl with access to her friends. Guy was not even a good talker and still got 4 girls in that class to send pictures and even a couple videos. None of them had a reason why their female friend would ask for that. Still sent it. If you think what was sent may not have been quite as bad as possible due to their young age, you could not be more wrong. Arguable that most people over 50 on here would not believe it if I described it unless they have a job that causes them to see kids phones or social media. But I digress. It still can get worse if the pedophile decides he’ll make it look like he’s you. That’s the simplest, and it is more simple than I’ve explained it because what I’ve left out does make it easier. You would be able to prove it was not you if the police get involved, probably a couple days assuming it’s not a holiday and it’s a big enough department to have a dedicated division (big depts are busy) or a small department and you get lucky with a young enough officer to know what to do. Until then you get to do explain to your wife, job, whoever, that probably doesn’t know I can clone your number that this was not you but you sold a cue online on a public forum……good luck with that
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Holy Sheep Shit.
 
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