The Scott is Saturday 23rd October this year. Richmond are good at getting news onto Trials Central quickly so keep an eye on the front page for announcements regarding Regs etc. I'll be back covering it for my third year. It's now a "not to be missed" in my calendar.
I spoke to Caroline at Sandifords hmmmm 6-8 weeks ago. She's unwilling to put anything out in terms of press releases etc until the factory do, which is understandable. She did say there is massive demand and promised to get me news as and when she was in a position to do so.
Looking into it, there's a bit more to it than first thought. These emails are sent by web robots that exploit a security loophole in one of the Classified System programs. I'll find a fix, but it's going to take a while. In the meantime, a suitable warning has been put up when users are placing ads.
I had a quick look yesterday at disabling the display of email addresses within the Classifieds system so that they are replaced with a dialog box to contact sender (at present users have the choice). I'll be making the necessary changes over the weekend at some point and this will stop any harvesting of email addresses by web bots. I'll also put some kind of warning in the system. I hope nobody would ever be daft enough to be taken in by these losers, but when you hear how many folk were taken in by 419 scammers...
I tried emailing Shan about this, but it bounced. Hopefully he reads this!
For those who are not aware, I supplied a few photos of Dennis Sweeten and Jarvis in the SSDT for Trials Competition. Shan said he'd send me a copy so I could see my work in print. Well, it arrived yesterday.
I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't something as well put together and professional as turned up. Good and lengthy write-up's of events and plenty photos. Similar in layout to our Trials and Motocross News, but obviously without the MX part!
You guys are lucky to have a dedicated, quality publication for the sport.
I had a similar email from another user recently questionining the legitimacy of an enquiry. Unfortunately, by providing a free service, I am powerless to stop this kind of thing - if I could, I would. It's very much a case of "seller beware". My advice is, if in any kind of doubt, don't even respond. Or - if you must reply, say you are a police officer and need to check some details first. Odds on you'll never hear another word
The 10 Questions thing was totally down to Jake. I knew nothing until the first one came in which I had a good laugh at. Then another came in....then another.... Great idea!
Thanks to both Jake & Craig - particularly for being out in the lousy weather on Saturday.
Plonker
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Oooh - Nice comeback!