hmmm
ok Ulf you win, I posted again.
I just thought I should set the record straight and confirm I'm not crying in the corner somewhere.
Some of Brendan's post is true, the politics of this board and the natural sticking together of people when a friend is brought to task on something does get right on my tits.
I didn't mind one bit about the posting of auctions, bring it on, more for me! I minded about the way it was done and why it was done. An argument / debate could not be won, so the result was to open the thread?
Basically, if I'm going down, your all going down with me springs to mind!
Anyway, I don't want people second guessing about the why's and what's and it's not all about the events of the last week or two, although they played a part.
Pieter kindly emailed me about my leaving and asked me to come back. I replied and the response is at the end, he thought I should post it here, so I have.
This is my last post (for the forseeable anyway) and I am sure some of you couldn't give a f u c k anyway. Life goes on and this forum will too, if allowed! New people will come and old ones will return. I can't help anyone, you can only help yourselves.
I'm not after a confidence vote or a come back Paul campaign.
Brendan's post I feel was out of frustration that the people are apathectic as he says about certain issues and that sort of got us all into this mess.
I take with me more positive memories than negative and I've really enjoyed it on here and made some great friends.
Pieter
Innis
Brendan
Ulf,
David
Jonners
and even Andy turned out to be a decent bloke
Nuff respect to you all.
So chill brothers and sisters and move on and groove on.
I leave you my last boring and long post that will disappear into the shadows without a mumour.
Shut up already I hear you say. We don't F*U*C*K*I*N*G care!!!
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Hi Pieter,
>
> Thanks for the email. I don't know what to say really. But during it all I
> just suddenly thought, I can't be doing with this, I'm bored.
>
> On the subject of the arguments, I thought that Mike was losing the argument
> and then started doing stuff that he would not stand for from anyone else. He
> wouldn't concede that fact and feels he proved his point. I don't think he
> did at all, only in his own mind. I had my post removed even though it wasn't
> abusive or inappropriate.
>
> I understand exactly where Mike is coming from, he wants to preserve the
> welfare of the community and has their interests at heart, which is admirable. The
> trouble is that he is thinking too much from a collectors point of view and
> in real life both re-sellers and collectors have to live side by side.
>
> If we take Mike's stance on everything we might as well go around to all the
> antique shops and markets in the world and burn them down! These people make
> a living out of selling old and collectable things, is this wrong? That is the
> line of business they have chosen to be in. And as a collector I would visit
> their shops just like I do with ebay (it's just a shop!) and buy their goods.
> No doubt one of the items that I purchased from a shop would have been picked
> up by the owner for half of the price I paid for it (that's were his margin
> comes in and how he survives). I don't know how much he made out of me
> or if he made a lot of money at all? This is because I don't see him buying
> the goods in the first place, and that's the difference with ebay and an antique
> shop. We see the games getting bought and the BIN deals getting done on ebay
> and we know they are being sold for more and don't like it!
>
> We can't all get our games from a flea markets or boot sale, we used to be
> able to, but things move on, that's life. I used to be able to buy a 1 bed flat
> for £50k but now it's £200k
>
> ebay is a global phenomenon and a free market, you can't expect the things
> that go on not to happen and in fact it needs to go on in order to keep the market
> liquid, if it didn't you'd never get any movement and you would find it harder
> to increase your collection.
>
> The rarer items would stay in fewer peoples hands, so when they did come up,
> they would be even more desirable and probably even more expensive because of
> the length of time out of the market. How many times do you hear someone say,
> we haven't seen one of those on ebay in 2 years!!!!
>
> As I said, it's a dog it dog world, like it or not. The only way to beat the
> 're-sellers' is to make sure you prime up the seller of a rare auction and
> keep it on. Will it help you, probably not, because some rich bastard will come along and snap it up anyway!!!!
>
> I can guarantee you that I am disliked (not by everyone) by some people
> because when I want a game I can get it. I take games away from people just like the
> BIN people do.
>
> Anyway, the above is not the entire reason I have left and I haven't left
> because of Mike. I think he has a very hard job; he is to a certain degree
> in a no win situation. He is providing a service and is passionate about what he
> does (as we all are). His passion though can be his downfall because it
> blinds what he does not want to see. That is frustrating and difficult to deal
> with, but I would not leave just because of that.
>
> I think it all got out of hand and Mike's passion and point of view on the
> subject let the thing roll on too long. He dealt with it all from a
> collectors point of view, not an admin's point of view. Is this a crime? - No, does it
> mean he cannot have a view on a board? - No. I don't think it does and I
> don't think it should stop him in the future. He just let this one go a bit too
> long.
>
> He should come back and I am sure all will get back to normal. He is a major
> part of the community and someone that binds it together. This is the only
> major fight (with so many people) that has ever been seen, so he has done a
> great job and it goes to show what a good forum it is and works very well.
>
> Absence makes the heart grow fonder!!
>
> Well that's me out of here and I'm sorry to bore you so much. I'll still be
> about and I will still chat on MSN. And there is nothing to stop me being a
> lurker!!!
>
> This is all probably a good thing as I have got to focus on other things in
> my life. This g&w thing takes up time and energy and it is a distraction for me
> (a good one most of the time).
>
> I like the thought of going underground!!!!
>
> Anyway, thanks for your email and asking me to come back, I'm not gone
> forever and to be honest I am sure the forum will thrive without me. Most people
> won't miss a heartbeat
No one man is bigger than the company and all that!!
>
> Take it easy bro....
>
> The Devster (Paul)