On facebook and other sites there is a company claiming to represent Cabalas, and offering expensive fish finders and other expensive items for low prices....most at $79 or $89. The website address shows up as http:/www.layards.com, or something similar. I checked with Cabalas, and as I suspected, this is a totally bogus site that will rip you off. Cabalas is working to get the sites shut down, but it may take a while. Be careful out there.

Facebook constantly has fraud sites. Follow the "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is". Nobody is selling $1,000 graphs for $90 or kayaks for $100, muck boots for $30, whatever nonsense FB allows to run.

Add this to the long list of reasons not to have Facebook 

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Add this to the long list of reasons not to have Facebook 

Amen, couldn't pay me to join facebook. I won't give them the respect of capitalizing their name.

50 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

Amen, couldn't pay me to join facebook. I won't give them the respect of capitalizing their name.

You mean you don’t want to here about people vacuuming there house or brushing their teeth. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AKA Fraudbook.  

I still have Facebook, as I have friends in many different countries, and having them as Facebook Friends makes it easy to stay in contact with them. I have also found Facebook Marketplace to be a good source for many things I am looking for. There are many things that about Facebook I don't like, but for now I will continue to subscribe. To each their own.

 

1 minute ago, Kirt Howe said:

I still have Facebook, as I have friends in many different countries, and having them as Facebook Friends makes it easy to stay in contact with them. I have also found Facebook Marketplace to be a good source for many things I am looking for. There are many things that about Facebook I don't like, but for now I will continue to subscribe. To each their own.

 

I'm in agreement here

 

After fending off a couple fraudsters on Craigslist - I posted my canoe on FB Marketplace...sold it in a week for cash in hand.

I also found the Alumacraft I'm currently rebuilding on FB Marketplace.

 

It's also really the only place to keep up with a few of the groups I like - tour dates, upcoming albums, etc - as they're not known much/popular in the States, so the normal magazines and websites don't carry anything on them.

My kids and grandkids live back home in TN, my sister lives in KY. We call, text and email each other.

30 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

My kids and grandkids live back home in TN, my sister lives in KY. We call, text and email each other.

Understood. I just find it more convenient having the 100 or so of my international friends available in one place, and being able, with just a click of a button, check in on what is happening in their lives. No, I don't want to see pictures of their meals, or hear the latest dating drama...but my friends are functional adults, and don't tend to post stuff like that. I love seeing pictures of their families, their pets, their hobbies, and such. Anyway, we seem to be wandering far afield with this discussion. Just be careful about fraud sites, on facebook or elsewhere. Have a good night.

I still use Facebook but only use it to follow bass fishing groups of all types. Groups for Tournament trails, fishing flea market groups, bass pros, fishing report groups for all kinds of lakes, etc...

 

I don't remember when it was, but there was a day a couple years ago where I just got fed up and deleted all of my friends that "didn't have a bass in their profile picture" - yes, that was my criteria at one point, and it turned out to be a great place to start. Now it's a pretty neat little hobby connection for me that helps keeps me in the know 

3 minutes ago, TroxBox said:

I still use Facebook but only use it to follow bass fishing groups of all types. Groups for Tournament trails, fishing flea market groups, bass pros, fishing report groups for all kinds of lakes, etc...

Well, to be fair - of my 7 friends, 3 are members here and the other four are relatives (wife, sister, sister's husband, wife's brother)

 

Music groups, writing info and fishing are the only pages I follow.

 

9 minutes ago, TroxBox said:

I don't remember when it was, but there was a day a couple years ago where I just got fed up and deleted all of my friends that "didn't have a bass in their profile picture" - yes, that was my criteria at one point, and it turned out to be a great place to start. Now it's a pretty neat little hobby connection for me that helps keeps me in the know 

5 years ago I deleted my entire account - the one I have now is under a different e-mail addy.

42 minutes ago, Kirt Howe said:

Understood. I just find it more convenient having the 100 or so of my international friends available in one place, and being able, with just a click of a button, check in on what is happening in their lives. No, I don't want to see pictures of their meals, or hear the latest dating drama...but my friends are functional adults, and don't tend to post stuff like that. I love seeing pictures of their families, their pets, their hobbies, and such. Anyway, we seem to be wandering far afield with this discussion. Just be careful about fraud sites, on facebook or elsewhere. Have a good night.

Brother, I have no issue with someone being on fb, heck my wife is. My kids have all deleted their accounts, but she's still on it. I'm very much a "to each his own" kind of guy. I was just agreeing with @TnRiver 46.

On 2/11/2022 at 3:23 PM, volzfan59 said:

Amen, couldn't pay me to join facebook. I won't give them the respect of capitalizing their name.

Aaah but their logo is a lower-case f! They got you either way!

I posted about this in the Electronics section of the Forum.

Pen ,  paper and a stamp for photos.  Cellphone to make sure they are O K.   I live 1 block away from the Pony Express station.

11 hours ago, schplurg said:

Aaah but their logo is a lower-case f! They got you either way!

Doggone, you're right! Can't use their initials either as people use "fb". What to do?

You're doin right by not using them!

$79.00 0h boy oh boy oh boy. Can't wait to get in on that deal...

15 minutes ago, slonezp said:

$79.00 0h boy oh boy oh boy. Can't wait to get in on that deal...

You’re a Garmin guy now, no need to play around with that cheap Humminbird stuff. ?

18 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

You’re a Garmin guy now, no need to play around with that cheap Humminbird stuff. ?

But 79.00...

All the Garmin stuff on the market today...