You need to post 10 times. Don't just make BS fluff posts either. We had some scammers going around recently so contribute something productive and then when people look at your account they can see you are legit and will trust you in the classifieds.
Same boat here.... On one hand, being a longtime member of Bloodydecks and Arfcom and having them be pretty good about scammers and spam....I appreciate it.
On the other hand, I can't even send a pm to someone here until I have 10 posts/7 days.
But so far, this site seems like a good resource, so I'll hang in.