Get with the fracking spirit or there will be no For Sale Forum

Discussion in 'Closed (Archived) Sales' started by shipsupt, Apr 17, 2017.

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  1. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Not a threat. I was going to shut it down, but I couldn't because I was on a 15 hour trip from my house to LAX to JFK to the hotel.

    Not worth the hassle to me. The FS is only still around because the bleeding heart liberals on the Krytopnian Ruling Council overruled me.
     
  2. cizx.6

    cizx.6 Just couldn't stay away...

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    I foresee a lot of for sale status updates if you close it...
     
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    some of us are banned on HF, thus the SBAF FS forum being a primary option for Buying/Selling.
    unless forced to faking HF accounts or going to fleabay or audiogon madness.

    the more transparency on who is/was a "tough partner" in a transaction at least lets us decide with whom to deal in the future.
    (Edit: also would prefer friends/contributors only and no Randos.)
     
  4. TwoEars

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    Banned on HF? Have you heard of VPN's and creating a new account? I'm not pulling anything like that around here or on HF but it's literally child's play these days. Just get a vpn and register with a new super happy pro-Jude account.

    Also - just for the record, I don't really have a horse in the race either way. I'm just here for the S/N and good fun.
     
  5. jexby

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    thanks, am well aware. not worth the time or effort.
    humans here are better.
     
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    Sure, I'm just saying that if you need to get on HF to sell things it's totally doable.
     
  7. cizx.6

    cizx.6 Just couldn't stay away...

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    That's a lot of bs to deal with.. I totally understand the "f**k it, shut it down" attitude. This isn't a business for anyone like HF is for Jude, so why deal with it.
     
  8. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed otherwise I was going to MOAB / GBU-43 this FS forum.

    I liked Chris' reminder about the FS forum not being a place to max/min. All too easy to forget this.
     
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    I'm going to be honest, I do flip stuff sometimes. However,I don't do any of that buying and selling here. Here I buy for me to use. And I don't sell higher than I bought.
    but, I just did sell something on eBay for $337.01 that I bought for $50 on Craigslist.
     
  10. Skyline

    Skyline Double-blindly done with this hobby

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    Would be nice if we had a trader reputation system here, though I know that might be a hassle to implement/maintain.

    And, I'm not interested in it as a punitive thing. Honestly, I want to sing the praises of those that have helped me out and provided very well priced gear that I couldn't have afforded otherwise. Currently, I have no way to praise their generosity other than to chime in whenever I see them post something additional for sale.
     
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    I've bought and sold very few things here but I would be most sad to see the FS forum go. Actually the experiences I've had with regards to it have always built good will between both parties and introduced me to people that I wouldn't know much at all otherwise, especially as I mostly lurk and don't post very often (relatively speaking).

    Besides I find eBay to be a hassle and I refuse to sign up for HF.

    Many thanks to all those who keep this forum chugging along.
     
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    I've bought so much gear from you, you may as well give me first dibs on future stuff :p
     
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    Are you talking about people who participated for years at Changstar (ABS and above), or are they people who should've been vetted—but weren't—during the age of "open borders" here at SBAF? Just name names, man. It's inexcusable either way.
     
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    Why not just leave a comment in the for sale thread about how the transaction went? No need for extra work on behalf of the staff. Just close the thread after the comments are made. Since the threads are not deleted anyway.
     
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    There will always be flippers, scammers, and other issues whenever money comes into play. Both buyer and seller should be aware of the risks going in, not any different from craigslist. Closing the forum up to randoms would just shrink the customer pool by a large margin (I'd imagine). A feed back rating system doesn't really mean much either since most people don't usually sell and buy that often, if anything it'd just help out the flippers that would buy up all the cheap items.
    I also have friends in real life that I would absolutely not deal with when it comes to anything involving money, that's just how things are. I would guess that the vast majority of the transactions here work out pretty well, and serve the spirit of the friendly nature of the board.
     
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    We should vote someone off the island each year.

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    "The friends have spoken"
     
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    "This guy is an asshole, I bought a cable off him for $30 and later found out he had bought it for $30 himself. So he sold it to me without making a loss, this is against the friends policy. I will never speak with him again."

    Maybe getting rid of the for sale forum is a good idea after all... :rolleyes:
     
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