What are the numbers people keep putting with their offers?

Jarge

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

England

Queen and Country [QC]

P/W

04 May 2009 at 15:26 - 1
When I put an item up for sale, people put up numbers underneath their offer.
Ones I have seen are:

12313413
11111111

etc, they always seem to be in groups of 8 (I think).

What do they mean?

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

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04 May 2009 at 15:28 - 2
Usually if it's just an offer for example


50e


there's a 12 character minimum limit for posts, so many people will either write 12 chars or 12 characters or some gobbledygook to make up the 12 chars in order for their post to be accepted.

Jarge

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

England

Queen and Country [QC]

P/W

04 May 2009 at 15:30 - 3
Oh that makes sense, thanks Crazybanshee ^^

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

05 May 2009 at 08:14 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarge View Post
Oh that makes sense, thanks Crazybanshee ^^
Just for everyones personal knowledge, the limit is there to encourage people to write useful posts. In Sell/Buy/other trading areas it's an unintentional annoyance, but in other forums it prevents people from just saying 'fail' or 'lol'. While they could just put random stuff afterwards like you see in sell threads, it's a pretty good indication that it should be deleted.