Spartacus Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 In an effort to flog my trusty Ford Puma I was looking to place an advert on Manxads but something seems very amiss. Google appears to bring up a site with the same name but with a completely different look. Far enough, all sites evolve, but they clearly state that today - and apparently as of this evening - it's "ground zero" and all previous users must re-register. Ok, so it's free to place an ad so there's no issue of money but a pain if you're a regular user. Have I found a fake M.A? What raises my suspicions most though are the odd and possibly dodgy ads that appeared on the old site in the past few weeks. Premium, usually German cars at well below market prices and with a contact name of Sam Samuels for example and clearly UK cars at that. Ok, so it's not a £120 million govt. fraud but I'd appreciate other M.F. users view on this! Oh, if anyone wants a smalll, fun, reliable hatchback the car is also on Manxnet classifieds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 http://www.manxads.com/ Site looks legit to me. From the source code seems to have been built by a local developer: Designed and Built by Xtech Web Services Ltd - www.xws.im The domain is registered locally too: https://www.whois.com/whois/manxads.com Probably the old site was dumped for a new system and the didn't (couldn't) migrate the original database over. More than likely it was so full of crap it was worth just a relaunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 And from their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ManxAdsIOM/ "Do you have some items to sell? We are looking for some users to test our new site, email tony@manxads.com if you would like to try it out and be the first to have your adverts listed ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thanks for the replies! Doesn't help that I'm not on Spacebook, forums are about the thin air limit for me when it comes to all things PC related. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Is that a business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 There was a comment on the new garage thread about odd adverts at silly prices flooding car ad sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I don't really understand what this achieves for anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrFunk Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Did the old site use a common CMS? It was getting hammered by spammers. The new site is probably more robust to stop that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 There used to be loads of spammers selling pets on there. Maybe it just needed an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossHogg Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 And from their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ManxAdsIOM/ "Do you have some items to sell? We are looking for some users to test our new site, email tony@manxads.com if you would like to try it out and be the first to have your adverts listed ." They need to work on their new logo. When you have it in favorites the icon looks like a cartoon of someone who has put a pink sock with eyes on it over their Knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 If you browse to the non-HTTPS version of the site and click Login/Register, it doesn't direct you to an HTTPS login page. I can only assume similar levels of programming ability throughout the rest of the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 And from their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ManxAdsIOM/ "Do you have some items to sell? We are looking for some users to test our new site, email tony@manxads.com if you would like to try it out and be the first to have your adverts listed ." They need to work on their new logo. When you have it in favorites the icon looks like a cartoon of someone who has put a pink sock with eyes on it over their Knob. In other words, a photo of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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