must be doing something wrong

help i am trying to by a part off the sales forum
but have only managed to get one reply from the person i am trying to deal with, am i doing something wrong or are there some people that actually ignore replys?
Might seem a bit basic to some but any chance of a step by step guide.
P.S i am from the pre-computer genaration. oldie!

Replying on the thread itself and following up by PM seems to work for me. I guess not everybody checks the forum or PMs everyday?

Think you're right Cynic, some people may only get on here once a week at most. As he says David, put a note on the thread that you've sent a PM to them as well

Cheers
Andy

May sound a bit daft but have you checked your PM notification settings? I was wondering why I hadn't a PM - I assumed that I would get a pop up like I would on similar format forums.  It was only when I went and had a look that I noticed a PM sitting in the box and realised I had to amend the notification settings so that I knew when a message arrived.

JackieJ said

May sound a bit daft but have you checked your PM notification settings? I was wondering why I hadn't a PM - I assumed that I would get a pop up like I would on similar format forums.  It was only when I went and had a look that I noticed a PM sitting in the box and realised I had to amend the notification settings so that I knew when a message arrived.

Your internet explorer may also be blocking the pop-ups.

like others have said people may have issues where they can't reply such as rebuilding their care, personal problems, may be on holiday or may simply not be as communicative as others.  Personally I'd do what others have said.  Reply on the thread, then send pm, then wait a few days, if still nothing then ask yourself…. do you really want to buy from someone like that(what if there's delays in postage or product is broken, you'll never get hold of them)?  Remember this is a world viewable forum so are they a member and is there post count quite high?

looks like settings at my end
thanks for the repliedavid

Remember if you go to the outbox in your messages, you can see if they have picked the message up or not as it will still be there if they haven't.