Things of huge interest to some

Justin said:
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 4:43 PM

That is brilliant! Loved it.

Keith Nicol said:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 12:29 PM

The truth always hurts, or in this case, is good for a laugh.

The best giggle I have had with my cup of tea this morning!

I suppose I'll get banned from one or the other now!

Chris said:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 10:21 PM

Excellent ;-) What is the other forum ?

An interested party said:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 10:26 PM

Let's just say it's a 'forum' in the 'Torrevieja' area, I'll leave the rest to you, Chris. ;-)
Heard of GOOGLE?? ;-)

Chris said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 10:09 AM

Always heard of Google, but didn't do mind-reading at school ;-) I assume it's www.TorreviejaForums.com

An interested party said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 10:11 AM

@ Chris

;-)

Chris said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 7:06 PM

I had a feeling it might have been www.TorreviejaForums.com but wasn't sure. It's funny, I've been a member there since about May and have nothing but praise for it. The forums are friendly and helpful, with currently about 2,000 members.

An interested party said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 7:43 PM

Maybe around 2000 members (2126 actually ;-))Chris but only a handful posting & many do so very cagily I feel as the rules are silly. (Others seem to get away with alot, unsure why THEY are allowed but I'm not going to go there). Not being able to post a link should there be a link on it to Facebook or Twitter for instance. It's totally understandable to have a rule that forbids links to other forums or members talking about other forums, I can understand THAT! But I know many members who joined, posted one or twice, got chastised for using their blog or website that had a link to Facebook (& most do these days) & Jeff publically snapped with other regulars joining in & THAT is no way to encourage new members to post.

Chris said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 8:20 PM

It's the same on most forums of this type, only a small percentage actually post. But anyway, it ticks all the box's for me, plus people can and do post without any fears of getting 'bashed'.

An interested party said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 8:39 PM

Certainly less member bashing than on HERE this past few days!! However, I do feel the mods there are very heavy handed with some but not with others & no one dare disagree with Phil & Kate & Jeff, it's easier for them to ban members. Maybe Jeff could hire them out an hour daily ... yes??????

Chris, ONE click posts your post, BTW. I've twice had to delete spare ones, lol!

Chris said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 8:56 PM

Sorry about the duplicate posts, not sure how or why that's happpening ;-( Maybe those mods could hire themselves out - you'll have to ask jeff about that! Also, another problem on other forums is the incessant, boring chat about politics, which a lot of people don't really want, but on http://www.TorreviejaForums.com it thankfully doesn't happen so much ;-)

An interested party said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 9:02 PM

Jeff's rules are below! Point 6 says nothing of a sexually orientated nature must be posted, well, that's a laugh, the jokes section is full of very explicit stuff from The Sheriff & Warrior & others. Distasteful. Hope YOU aren't posting such muck, Chris!
.....................

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Chris said:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 @ 11:53 PM

No, I haven't posted that stuff, but there again, I didn't say the forums were perfect, just that they're a friendly, helpful forum, that's all. ;-)

Ang said:
Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 5:41 PM

This was too funny, I thought it was my imagination that there was a dictatorship going on. Ah will, live and learn, I am the latest example of how to get your membership deleted in that forum. I suggest it becomes Torrevieja phone club since no emails etc. I try understand the accents when calling but dont even make it to blonde grade!

An interested party said:
Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 6:29 PM

'The Sheriff' of Real Radio http://realradio.es/ used to advertise 'Uncle Jeff's' forum but as they didn't advertise it at LEAST once an hour Uncle Jeff got minty cos he is 'he who must be obeyed'!! He posted this then locked the thread as, God forbid, no one must question HIM!!

"We've previously worked with a radio station on the Costa Blanca, which ended recently. The deal was, was that we would provide a free ad on the right hand side of these forums, in return for them mentioning the forums at least once every hour during any show, in conjunction with the weather report, which was agreed in writing by email. This was successful for about 4 months, and as a gesture of goodwill, we even allowed ample free advertising via posts in the forums, plus, we even set up dedicated threads just for that radio station. We were very useful to them, they even got two of their current five presenters just because of these forums. Then, they stopped mentioning the forums once an hour as was agreed by the boss of the radio station, we then emailed them twice and got no response. In all my years of business, I've never come across anyone who would renege on what they've personally agreed on, to most people, it doesn't only mean poor business sense, but unethical as well.

As those of you that know me will know, I always try to give as much of my time as possible, to positive thoughts, so any negative stuff about this particular subject here on these forums, will only be in this post. No need to dwell on it.

So, if anyone knows of a good radio station on the Costa Blanca, that would like to work successfully with the forums, and to keep their word on anything agreed, just let us know on the usual email address on the contact page here:
www.********/contact

Thanks to all for the great feedback we've received by email on this.

Onwards and upwards".

Many comment Jeff was likely bullied at school & now is turning the tables. Silly little man IMHO.

DA said:
Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 8:29 PM

Very funny, well done clip, we were in stitches! We were one of the friendly helpful lot on the forum, loaning our time and effort and not asking a penny, helped give Jeff's little regime the good name it supposedly has, made the effort to meet a few, but cant stand the nit picking and cowardly way people are deleted AFTER Jeff or whoever has their say, then the string of comments by the rest of how many went down that night... sheriffs and deputies style. Thanks for the laugh, its great to know there are like minded out there, though we will miss a few of the good people we "met" so to speak.

An Interested Party said:
Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 9:51 AM

Well, this is now the topic of chat on the forum http://www.torrevieja.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=81079&p=696481#p696481
Well done Ang123 for finding this, hee hee!

Gra said:
Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 3:05 PM

I see Chris is back yet again in defence of the poachers forum.

And I suppose you are still going to profess _Chris_, that you are not part of the poachers team........ You're not even bright enough to think up a different name for your posts on here...


Yeah, pull the other one.

Gra said:
Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 7:36 PM

I see Chris is back yet again in defence of the poachers forum.

And I suppose you are still going to profess _Chris_, that you are not part of the poachers team........ You're not even bright enough to think up a different name for your posts on here...


Yeah, pull the other one.

Ssssssh No Thanks said:
Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 11:03 PM

He banned the Real Radio lot because they advertised their Facebook/Twitter pages and their own website as means of contact and not Jeffs forum! Then got arsey!

The Sheriff said:
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 @ 9:40 PM

First time I have came across this, unethical me never I have not attempted in any way to gain any members from any sites (forums) that is users choice. There is always two sides to a story, although I am known locally as The Sheriff I do not hide behind the name you all know who I am, but would you like to know who Jeff is ? Would You Like to know who Phil is ?
Or do you think they should be allowed to continue dictating while never revealing their true identity perhaps now is the time
I also note on his forum (he thinks he has banned me from) that he has a new section for radio stations...... Real Radio not included, petty or childish springs to mind, I deal with these other stations on a daily basis (with exceptions) and you don not need to be very intelligent to work out which one. Perhaps some of the comments on here are 100% correct. All to be revealed soon The Sheriff a.k.a Cliff

An Interested Party said:
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 @ 9:59 PM

If it's any consolation, Cliff, I agree with you. Jeff is a wierd s*d, he has banned his one other time favourite too, Jualsy because she started promoting the newish forum I see you & she are in that has all of 46 members currently but no doubt she will drag em in there given the chance.

Would YOU let us know WHO Jeff & Phil are? ;-)
THAT would blow his tiny world out of the water now. Go on, double dare ya!!

No Thanks said:
Thursday, August 4, 2011 @ 7:04 PM

What goes around.... comes around!

Jualsy said:
Saturday, September 10, 2011 @ 9:23 AM

I was with Torrieveja.co.uk for years. I was banned by Gary because I was invited on to Jeffs Forum and I did all I could to help promote it. Jeff thought Gary was wrong, but then he did exactly the same thing when I recommended Cliff's Forum when it started up.............unbelievable! I am a member of several Forums and I would do what I could to help in any situation to build up members, so I have to say that I don't understand why double standards exist.
There is a whole world out there to investigate and get involved with, and why does anyone have reason to think they can prevent people from doing that? Strange, but as I say all the time......."Onwards and Upwards"!!

^^()^^ said:
Saturday, September 10, 2011 @ 8:48 PM

Jualsy, Gary banned you for spamming his members by PMs to join Jeff's forum! You sent PMs to me & many I know. You USED Gary's forum. End of!!! Don't winge because it backfired.

Nigel patrick said:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 @ 9:30 PM

Holy cow.
I think my wife and I have been a member of jeffs forum for less than a year.
Today we were amazed at the great work our estate agent did for us in getting our SIP cards amongst other things. It was genuinely kind and a great experience worthy of note, so I posted as it happened, no more, no less. Tonight without warning both my wifes account and mine were deleted. We have only been in spain for 2 months have found the advice of some members absolutely invaluable and hence tried to reciprocate, there was no warning to the ban or deletion no email advising of MY wrong doing just banned. I came here because of PC gone wrong in the UK but have come up against a far greater PC.
I was a moderator on an Australian police forum for 5 years before leaving for the UK and only once did I ever have recourse to delete anyones account and that was after many warnings, so I know what is and isn't correct. Goodness knows what this chap believes he is but he took money for our account and has failed to fulfil his side of things. Having looked at his rules very closely I see he is coveting his advertising but that means good service here which should be available for all cannot. The only loss as \I see it is for those newly arrived or thinking of coming vbecause the info I put on the forum which I presume has also been beleted for breaching rules was absolutely invaluable and could have saved many a lot of money time and effort, Bang out of order to be honest.

Nigel Patrick

PeterW00 said:
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 @ 1:36 AM

Darn, I joined Jeffs forum about 2weeks ago and payed through paypal. Next thing I got was a refund of my money and banned from the forum before ever posting anything! I can't contact or email Jeff or anyone else asking why I was banned. Maybe it's because I am Australian and only like British people on his site. Who knows... I am only interested in information about buying a property in Spain and spending approx 6 months a year living there with my wife. I guess he has his reasons for banning me, just wish he tell me why?

PeterW00 said:
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 @ 1:36 AM

Darn, I joined Jeffs forum about 2weeks ago and payed through paypal. Next thing I got was a refund of my money and banned from the forum before ever posting anything! I can't contact or email Jeff or anyone else asking why I was banned. Maybe it's because I am Australian and only like British people on his site. Who knows... I am only interested in information about buying a property in Spain and spending approx 6 months a year living there with my wife. I guess he has his reasons for banning me, just wish he tell me why?