Guess we'll find out soon
Mods/Admin feel free to delete anytime, we all know why I posted this.
Mods/Admin feel free to delete anytime, we all know why I posted this.
I have no idea.we all know why I posted this.
I have no idea.
We can't make people read the rules before doing things, only enforce the rules after the fact.Oh, haha.
Why exactly do you guys use a post count restriction? Obviously you've seen it circumvented enough times to recognize it a mile away, so it isn't entirely effective.
I'll give it to him though.....not all the threads were "Welcome" ones.
Most of the replies actually pertain to the thread.
They all weren't super old threads being resurrected from the dead.
Still lame.
But I'm crazy anxious to find out what he's selling.
Shun?
Shiggy?
Wustoff?
Hattori KD?????????
Let't start taking bets!
Oh, haha.
Why exactly do you guys use a post count restriction? Obviously you've seen it circumvented enough times to recognize it a mile away, so it isn't entirely effective.
I'm not so sure it's to restrict posts, but rather restrict drivel. I agree that I would have doubts about buying from someone who just shows up or is relatively inactive goes and spams up the forums. I had someone PM me who had never posted and try and sell me a Kramer for $11,500.
Here are a couple gems that stood out to me at the time, I'm sure there's been others. I've linked directly to to specific post, but you may want to read the previous ones as well to get a better sense of it:
http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/s...CK-DO-I-DO-WITH-THIS-BIRD?p=354612#post354612
http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/showthread.php/21034-Merry-Christmas?p=363051#post363051
We can't make people read the rules before doing things, only enforce the rules after the fact.
We don't want people joining up just for the sole sake of selling things.
Would you want to buy a knife from someone with less than 50 posts? Or from someone that only posted in order to sell a knife?
We will continue to strive to be a community, not just a place for people to sell stuff.
This is really just KKF offering reassurance in a transaction it doesn't warranty anyways. PayPal protects me in the event of a bad transaction--not KKF--so honestly, I don't care if the seller has five posts or a thousand. We've had people drop in with very little activity and sell some killer knives; we've had well established members of the community go full-mental and burn a lot of customers. The number of times they've said "I love my Masamoto" beforehand is a meaningless metric.Would you want to buy a knife from someone with less than 50 posts? Or from someone that only posted in order to sell a knife?
And you couldn't hammer your way through 16 words without ******* up twice. Reminds me of Bush.Wow, that's a lot of words to day so little. Reminds me of an Al Gore speach.
Thank you for speaking up on this particular topic - I was hoping at least one lurker would chime in.Sous has some good points. (So does Al Gore. I know fewer and fewer climate change deniers these days.) I have been a lurker on this and previous forums for years. I have purchased several knives from BST and have been a responsible buyer in all of those transactions. (I can't say the same for some otherwise well-respected members. I have been asked more than once to use the "friends and family" PayPay option by folks with 1k+ posts.) I have also patronized several of the supporting vendors. That track record should count for more than wishing folks a "Merry Christmas" in July.
Thank you for speaking up on this particular topic - I was hoping at least one lurker would chime in.
And Knerd, I hope you understand that I'm not demanding change or arguing with mods--those days are long behind me--but rather, offering a comprehensive alternative to the current system, that could benefit lurkers like TimH while curbing post-pumpers entirely. It isn't perfect though, and I won't lose any sleep if nothing comes of it.
Notwithstanding what I said earlier, I don't have any qualms about the current system, I just thought some interesting points were raised. 50 posts isn't 500, and allows the community at-large to have a better sense of who the seller is, although communication channels such as text online conveys only a small portion. I'd research a seller's history to the extent possible anyways (in FB terms I believe that's called creeping :whistling and if I saw a red flag I'd think twice. I've sold knives to members who've signed up only to be able to PM me (within minutes of registering), and I still don't think they've posted, although I've seen some online from time to time.
The BST is governed by "guidelines", not "regulations". I know of at least one instance where someone with <50 posts was given permission to sell; that said, I think they spammed their way past 50 and some were deleted. I'll hazard and educated guess as to the chain of events (I'm actually fairly confident this is more or less what happened): someone living in Boomtown, Oil Country lost their job when oil prices plummeted and naturally the toys are the first things to go. At any rate that's neither here nor there.
One other thing about the Kato BST thread I noted no price/value was listed. Even if I had a big hard on for a Kato I wouldn't buy as everything about this transaction/seller rubbed me the wrong way.
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