Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Turk on 08 March 2010, 20:09:57
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So what the heck is this Migweb malarky, and how did they get my e-mail address in the first place ? >:(
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sounds like yet more unethical attempts at increasing their membership...had a look on there and it looks very commercial... not like a community at all.... :(
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...and there's a membership fee ! ;D
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yea couldnt aggree more i popped in and looked for about 30 sec and shut the browser far to busy looks wise for my liking
glad i found this site a while ago i would reccoment this place to anyone
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forum looks kak, you would not think to look at him, but TB is a nice designer of forums :y
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lol
Members receive extra MIGWeb features plus all the benefits of being a MIGClub Member.
It takes just two minutes to join via PayPal and your account will be instantly upgraded.
Think ill stick with the oofers as had valuable info from most Evan through my poor understanding of how diesel works, Im forever grateful of what responses I have had. And I bet I have tested some passions on here with my stupidness over the code 82 (injection $h!t).
Sorry your all stuck with me unless I get band :o
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£15.00 membership gets you a Vx tade card number.
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It would appear they are using some unethical techniques to get members. Naughty imho >:( >:( >:(
I would urge all OOFers to check their profile, and make sure that the 'Hide email from public' option on the Contact Info section is ticked.
I would urge you to check similar settings on all the other forums you have signed up to as well.
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Things really must be getting desperate when the forum admins take to spamming other forums to drum up membership.
forums@migweb.co.uk added to the junk mail filter ( I hope posting that addy doesn't draw them some spam of their own) ;D ;D
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So what the heck is this Migweb malarky, and how did they get my e-mail address in the first place ? >:(
Had the same thing myself yesterday. It was pointed out to me by are guardian angels (admins) that I had left my e-mail open to all, in my OOF profile :'(
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So what the heck is this Migweb malarky, and how did they get my e-mail address in the first place ? >:(
Had the same thing myself yesterday. It was pointed out to me by are guardian angels (admins) that I had left my e-mail open to all, in my OOF profile :'(
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Seems I did to..... ::) ::) ::) Just ticked it, not that I have received any emails from said company.... :D
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So what the heck is this Migweb malarky, and how did they get my e-mail address in the first place ? >:(
Had the same thing myself yesterday. It was pointed out to me by are guardian angels (admins) that I had left my e-mail open to all, in my OOF profile :'(
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Seems I did to..... ::) ::) ::) Just ticked it, not that I have received any emails from said company.... :D
Problem is they have mine and Turks e-mail addresses now. They can pass it on to any one :'(
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Ive just had an email of them as well, strange havent been on their forum in years ::)
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Guys migweb is just as good a site here, i'm on both and use both for different things. started off on migweb but came here to get the best help with the omega as you guys are likely to have more experience with them.
Not helping them but it is worthwhile becoming a member of migweb as they are a vboa club so their membership card gives you trade prices at any vauxhall dealer plus you get discounts with many more places such as demon tweaks, chris astley, and the likes of opie oils that you get a discount with.
The site is quite a good community due to the separate regions for parts of the country or abroad, which is why i think they are pushing it more as they have updated and expanded the whole site.
If you don't like the forum skin you can change it, there is over 5 different variants iirc, as I don't like the skin you guys will see, i use a variant that is more like this forum.
The main thing that migweb is good for is parts as there is hundreds of new posts a day in the for sale section, which gives you a great choice.
And believe me I don't work for them and im not making commision on new members ;D but its not fair to slag off a site which does a lot to help the vauxhall community and is very good for tech help and the build threads are really interesting you should have a look at a few ;)
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Guys migweb is just as good a site here, i'm on both and use both for different things. started off on migweb but came here to get the best help with the omega as you guys are likely to have more experience with them.
Not helping them but it is worthwhile becoming a member of migweb as they are a vboa club so their membership card gives you trade prices at any vauxhall dealer plus you get discounts with many more places such as demon tweaks, chris astley, and the likes of opie oils that you get a discount with.
The site is quite a good community due to the separate regions for parts of the country or abroad, which is why i think they are pushing it more as they have updated and expanded the whole site.
If you don't like the forum skin you can change it, there is over 5 different variants iirc, as I don't like the skin you guys will see, i use a variant that is more like this forum.
The main thing that migweb is good for is parts as there is hundreds of new posts a day in the for sale section, which gives you a great choice.
And believe me I don't work for them and im not making commision on new members ;D but its not fair to slag off a site which does a lot to help the vauxhall community and is very good for tech help and the build threads are really interesting you should have a look at a few ;)
Does that give them the right to trawl other forums and spam their members then?
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Guys migweb is just as good a site here, i'm on both and use both for different things. started off on migweb but came here to get the best help with the omega as you guys are likely to have more experience with them.
Not helping them but it is worthwhile becoming a member of migweb as they are a vboa club so their membership card gives you trade prices at any vauxhall dealer plus you get discounts with many more places such as demon tweaks, chris astley, and the likes of opie oils that you get a discount with.
The site is quite a good community due to the separate regions for parts of the country or abroad, which is why i think they are pushing it more as they have updated and expanded the whole site.
If you don't like the forum skin you can change it, there is over 5 different variants iirc, as I don't like the skin you guys will see, i use a variant that is more like this forum.
The main thing that migweb is good for is parts as there is hundreds of new posts a day in the for sale section, which gives you a great choice.
And believe me I don't work for them and im not making commision on new members ;D but its not fair to slag off a site which does a lot to help the vauxhall community and is very good for tech help and the build threads are really interesting you should have a look at a few ;)
Thats as maybe, its the fact that our e-mail addressess have been lifted some how thats whats peeing us off. :(
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Guys migweb is just as good a site here, i'm on both and use both for different things. started off on migweb but came here to get the best help with the omega as you guys are likely to have more experience with them.
Not helping them but it is worthwhile becoming a member of migweb as they are a vboa club so their membership card gives you trade prices at any vauxhall dealer plus you get discounts with many more places such as demon tweaks, chris astley, and the likes of opie oils that you get a discount with.
The site is quite a good community due to the separate regions for parts of the country or abroad, which is why i think they are pushing it more as they have updated and expanded the whole site.
If you don't like the forum skin you can change it, there is over 5 different variants iirc, as I don't like the skin you guys will see, i use a variant that is more like this forum.
The main thing that migweb is good for is parts as there is hundreds of new posts a day in the for sale section, which gives you a great choice.
And believe me I don't work for them and im not making commision on new members ;D but its not fair to slag off a site which does a lot to help the vauxhall community and is very good for tech help and the build threads are really interesting you should have a look at a few ;)
With the unethical methods they appear to be using, you can bet your backside I will *NEVER* join them >:(, or even recommend them >:(
Well out of order imho.
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To be completely fair, where are your e-mail addresses to be lifted? They are not on your profile. I have no clue how they are doing it or why they are doing it, but if you put your e-mail address on a website it is open to public abuse doesn't matter who uses it. Thats why if you don't want to receive spam e-mails, which these might be you should make sure your profile is set to private.
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To be completely fair, where are your e-mail addresses to be lifted? They are not on your profile. I have no clue how they are doing it or why they are doing it, but if you put your e-mail address on a website it is open to public abuse doesn't matter who uses it. Thats why if you don't want to receive spam e-mails, which these might be you should make sure your profile is set to private.
Thats the problem I didn't and I don't think the others he did either :-[
Bit of a coincidence though, that its main theme is Migs and a few of us here on the forum have been contacted. :-/
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Morning
Some may recognise the name.
I am concerned that some of you seem to have been spammed by our emails over the weekend.
I know I sent two of the emails, but only to the email addresses registered to account within MIG.
I am not here to argue over what may or may not have happened, but if those who think they have been sent emails when they have not registered on MIG please email me at tom@migweb.co.uk and I can look into whether your email address is attached to an account on MIG.
We do not actively look at contacting members of other sites and I do not want internet rifts between sites.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who received any of our emails in error, and clearing up any confusion.
Tom Williams
MIG
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Tom, can you just confirm if one of those 2 emails you sent was to me?? Just wondering , as i was registered with Mig a long while ago.
anita
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Tom
I have received two e-mails on Saturday 6/3 one at 13.19 pm and the other at 21.48 pm. Are these the 2 e-mails you're fering to?
I must say I have nothing against MIGWEB nor that I was contacted by your site, my main worry was if my e-mail address was gleened from this site.
It obviously was, as I did not hide my e-mail address, which was my own fault !!!!!
Kevin
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Hi All
Yes we sent 2 emails to all Registered Users, Club Members and all staff on Saturday regarding International Members, and Whats It Worth, and one on Sunday to the same group regarding Classifieds.
I have been contacted by Turk, and it turns out he has registered on MIG over 2 years ago but due to him being part of the Registered users group he received these emails.
I can confirm that we send these using our forum software, this can only access the emails used to register accounts on MIG therefore if you have ever registered to use MIG you will continue to receive these.
I trust this puts everyone at ease over our email structure.
If anyone has any queries then please use my email address above.
Peace amongst forums!!
Tom
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Hi All
Yes we sent 2 emails to all Registered Users, Club Members and all staff on Saturday regarding International Members, and Whats It Worth, and one on Sunday to the same group regarding Classifieds.
I have been contacted by Turk, and it turns out he has registered on MIG over 2 years ago but due to him being part of the Registered users group he received these emails.
I can confirm that we send these using our forum software, this can only access the emails used to register accounts on MIG therefore if you have ever registered to use MIG you will continue to receive these.
I trust this puts everyone at ease over our email structure.
If anyone has any queries then please use my email address above.
Peace amongst forums!!
Tom
:-? That's news to me !! Please PM my login details. Until I received the e-mails the other day I'd never even heard of Migweb.
Why would one of the e-mails address me by the username I only use on a Harley-Davidson forum ?
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I've been trying to log on to this Migweb I've apparently been a member of for over two years.
I've tried the username they addressed me by in one of the e-mails, along with any passwords I may have used and all have failed.
Also tried to use the "request user name and password" option but the address they used to send me the e-mails is not recognised as a registered address.
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I've been trying to log on to this Migweb I've apparently been a member of for over two years.
I've tried the username they addressed me by in one of the e-mails, along with any passwords I may have used and all have failed.
Also tried to use the "request user name and password" option but the address they used to send me the e-mails is not recognised as a registered address.
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have you just given a heads up on a selection of passwords used by you now then? they already have your e-mail
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If this Tom is genuine, then maybe someone is messing about with both forums. Don't know how this could be done but maybe there is a possability!!!! :-/
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I've been trying to log on to this Migweb I've apparently been a member of for over two years.
I've tried the username they addressed me by in one of the e-mails, along with any passwords I may have used and all have failed.
Also tried to use the "request user name and password" option but the address they used to send me the e-mails is not recognised as a registered address.
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have you just given a heads up on a selection of passwords used by you now then? they already have your e-mail
No worries matey, only tried usernames I may have contemplated using on a site like that.
The e-mails were to my works address, so I used that...but wasn't a recognised address. :-/
I'm on two forums, the OOF and a Harley forum.
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As Tom says, MIGWeb only sends emails out to people who have registered on MIGWeb and have opted to "receive emails from admin". We have never actively seeked out email addresses to randomly email, we have over 50,000 registered users, so plenty of people to email already.
The amount of times I've tried to register on a forum only to find I'm already registered is amazing. I takes seconds to register, then only a few days to forget all about it.
If you don't want to receive emails from MIGWeb, please ensure you login and deselect "Receive emails from admin" in your user control panel.
If you do not remember your password, please go to this page:
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/login.php?do=lostpw
You username will have been in the email you received from MIGWeb.
Many thanks
Mike
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Hi All
Yes we sent 2 emails to all Registered Users, Club Members and all staff on Saturday regarding International Members, and Whats It Worth, and one on Sunday to the same group regarding Classifieds.
I have been contacted by Turk, and it turns out he has registered on MIG over 2 years ago but due to him being part of the Registered users group he received these emails.
I can confirm that we send these using our forum software, this can only access the emails used to register accounts on MIG therefore if you have ever registered to use MIG you will continue to receive these.
I trust this puts everyone at ease over our email structure.
If anyone has any queries then please use my email address above.
Peace amongst forums!!
Tom
Thank you for the clarification :y
Presumably, if any member here believes they were not migweb members, but received the email, they can PM you to try to ascertain how/why/when their details got onto your membership database?
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As Tom says, MIGWeb only sends emails out to people who have registered on MIGWeb and have opted to "receive emails from admin". We have never actively seeked out email addresses to randomly email, we have over 50,000 registered users, so plenty of people to email already.
The amount of times I've tried to register on a forum only to find I'm already registered is amazing. I takes seconds to register, then only a few days to forget all about it.
If you don't want to receive emails from MIGWeb, please ensure you login and deselect "Receive emails from admin" in your user control panel.
If you do not remember your password, please go to this page:
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/login.php?do=lostpw
You username will have been in the email you received from MIGWeb.
Many thanks
Mike
Been there done that... ::) ::) ::) I blame the Scotts... :D :D :D
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Yes, please do PM me or Tom here and we will look into it.
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As Tom says, MIGWeb only sends emails out to people who have registered on MIGWeb and have opted to "receive emails from admin". We have never actively seeked out email addresses to randomly email, we have over 50,000 registered users, so plenty of people to email already.
The amount of times I've tried to register on a forum only to find I'm already registered is amazing. I takes seconds to register, then only a few days to forget all about it.
If you don't want to receive emails from MIGWeb, please ensure you login and deselect "Receive emails from admin" in your user control panel.
If you do not remember your password, please go to this page:
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/login.php?do=lostpw
You username will have been in the email you received from MIGWeb.
Many thanks
Mike
So are you saying that in the two years I have "apparently" been a registered user, MIGWeb has only sent out three emails, and they were all in the last few days ??? :o
As for the "password reminder" facility, I tried that but the e-mail address at which I received the MIGWeb mailings was not recognised as a registered address.
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If this Tom is genuine, then maybe someone is messing about with both forums. Don't know how this could be done but maybe there is a possability!!!! :-/
The question I would be interested to know the answer to is why all of a sudden is Tom a member of the OOF and his first post is offering possible explainations for the e-mails ?
What alerted him to the issues we have regarding the "suspected" spam mailings ?
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If this Tom is genuine, then maybe someone is messing about with both forums. Don't know how this could be done but maybe there is a possability!!!! :-/
The question I would be interested to know the answer to is why all of a sudden is Tom a member of the OOF and his first post is offering possible explainations for the e-mails ?
What alerted him to the issues we have regarding the "suspected" spam mailings ?
There are a lot of members who use several forums. If I was a Migweb member, I'd have alerted Admin to this thread so they could deal with any issues.
I concur it is all very odd.
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It was a member here who informed us.
The reason for the sudden emails is that I usually only send to active users (i.e. people who have been to the site in the last few months). I'm guessing Tom Opted to email everyone. We don't typically send many emails like this anyway, but are taking a proactive approach for this season.
The password reminder probably isn't working because the wrong address is being used. Are you sure you don't have other addresses which redirect to your account? We 100% do have your correct email address, otherwise you would never have got the emails from us in the first place!
You seem intent on blaming MIG for these emails, when in reality, you registered with us and didn't opt out of emails from admin.
If you PM me you email address or username on MIG, I'll make sure you don't get any more emails from us. Can't say fairer than that.
Mike
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It was a member here who informed us.
The reason for the sudden emails is that I usually only send to active users (i.e. people who have been to the site in the last few months). I'm guessing Tom Opted to email everyone. We don't typically send many emails like this anyway, but are taking a proactive approach for this season.
The password reminder probably isn't working because the wrong address is being used. Are you sure you don't have other addresses which redirect to your account? We 100% do have your correct email address, otherwise you would never have got the emails from us in the first place!
You seem intent on blaming MIG for these emails, when in reality, you registered with us and didn't opt out of emails from admin.
If you PM me you email address or username on MIG, I'll make sure you don't get any more emails from us. Can't say fairer than that.
Mike
Mike, as I have previously advised, I have no idea what they are.
One of the e-mails I received used my username on a Harley forum and the other two had just a general greeting.
I used the e-mail address at which I received the MIGWeb e-mails, but it isn't recognised as a registered address, and yes I did check that I hadn't mis-typed it.
Don't mis-understand me, I have no problem with MIGWeb or any other forum. I'm only on the OOF as I get all the answers I need to any technical issues I may have and it's a good community atmosphere in the "general chat" area. Others on here are on several car forums, that's fine.
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:-?`Feeling a bit left out here!....What have I done to Migweb not to deserve an unsolicited message? :(
.....I`d love an unwanted email! ;D
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:-?`Feeling a bit left out here!....What have I done to Migweb not to deserve an unsolicited message? :(
.....I`d love an unwanted email! ;D
So am I - I'm a member and I didn't get one ? :-/
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im STILLnone the wiser if i was one of the people who got sent an email, a simple yes or no wouldve done ::). Hate to think someone is rifling through my profile, not that theres owt to look at ;D
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Tom and Mike from Migweb have suggested that people recieving unwanted emails from Migweb (whether you signed up yourself, or another smartarse has signed up on your behalf) should PM them for either removal from their database, or further explanation.
I guess that draws a line under things?
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:-?`Feeling a bit left out here!....What have I done to Migweb not to deserve an unsolicited message? :(
.....I`d love an unwanted email! ;D
PM your email address Debs... I'll forward some of my spam to you :y :y
Are you interested in penis enlargement? ;D ;D ;D
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Are you interested in penis enlargement? ;D ;D ;D
Is that a typical Suffolk chat-up line? ;D
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Are you interested in penis enlargement? ;D ;D ;D
Is that a typical Suffolk chat-up line? ;D
More of a "Second Date" line... ;) ;D
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Are you interested in penis enlargement? ;D ;D ;D
Is that a typical Suffolk chat-up line? ;D
More of a "Second Date" line... ;) ;D
Of a desperate man........... ::) ::) ::)
Deb's if you want an email I am sure I can oblige.... :y