OLA chat boards down?

#1

Are the OLA chat boards down?

#2

Yes - this is what is posted since yesterday under news:

Chat Temporarily Offline
Date/Time:09/10/08 12:00 AM
The chat has been temporarily taken down due to abusive type behavior to OLA users and OnlineAuction.com Policy Violations.

We will be reviewing all the contents of the Forums and cleaning them up accordingly.

We will have the forum open again to our users as soon as possible.

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
We thank you for your patience.

#3

He's gearing for the influx of new Founding Members. Can't have them knowing that OLA management doesn't follow through with anything except taking money for nothing!

#4

They are back up but have been modified. Some sellers posts were completely deleted and it seems that have been kicked off OLA since I cannot find any items listed for sale by them.

I also noticed that in several of the posts, people who called to cancel their membership were offered free perks to stay ($100 for featured items, etc). Sad thing is that FM cannot cancel their membership or if they do, they don't get a refund. It once again shows that Fain will do anything to try to convert regular sellers to FM.

#5

Yup - I'm noticing a couple of holes, too. One that had multiple IDs here at PSU no longer has posts or a presence at OLA - other than as a topic starter on the forum.

Looks like someone finally compared IP addresses and figured out that just a couple or few members were using OLA for personal entertainment. Which, BTW, I have never suggested (as I've been misquoted) that it's PSU members. It's members (possibly past members now) close to home. Members pretending to be friends and allies of OLA on one ID and then logging in with another to fan discord and drama.