where is the"crying wolf " thread?

[xayraa33]

what happened to the post by Flyfishing Tom?

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

I deleted it ... didn't sense a lot of interest in making those threads more helpful for the rest of the community. Too bad.

 

[xayraa33]

I thought it was a good thread that brought up a good point.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

Thanks 🙂

Maybe I'll repost it if I see another of those infuriating threads.

 

[xayraa33]

maybe we should ask Jorge to create a special permenant place for these, may be call it " Scarlett Letters " a place where no actual names can be mentioned.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

maybe we should ask Jorge to create a special permenant place for these, may be call it " Scarlett Letters " a place where no actual names can be mentioned.

lol, that is a great idea !

or, where the culprit can only be named via anagram ...


for example ... "the guy that took my money but never sent the camera was named: He Cat " 😀


[ c h e a t ]

 

[back alley]

tom, i assumed your story was just that - a story used as an example.
is this the case or were you really cheated out of a camera?

joe

 

[xayraa33]

lol, that is a great idea !

or, where the culprit can only be named via anagram ...


for example ... "the guy that took my money but never sent the camera was named: He Cat " 😀


[ c h e a t ]

Anagrams are an excellent idea!
we can do a Rennes le Chateau mystery parchment thing, were we have to pick certain letters in a long and boring thread that have a geometric shape placed on them.
this geometric shape will be gotten from a cryptic photograph you supply. Imagine the fun!!

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

Joe,

Precisely, it was purely a sarcastic jest/example poking fun at the recent 'confessional' threads.

I do have a question though: the search function on the old FEEDBACK thread seems to be inoperative. Any idea why? Did Jorge disable it in lieu of the new feedback system in the new classifieds? It makes it very unwieldy and tedious to manually/visually search page after page.

thanks

 

[Rich Silfver]

Darn, what did I miss?

Was it...

a) "I sold item X to person Y and he/she became impatient waiting for it",
b) "This item on eBay is sooo a fake." - And it wasn't, or
c) Some general comments on how the feedback section could be enhanced?

🙂

 

[back alley]

Joe,

Precisely, it was purely a sarcastic jest/example poking fun at the recent 'confessional' threads.

I do have a question though: the search function on the old FEEDBACK thread seems to be inoperative. Any idea why? Did Jorge disable it in lieu of the new feedback system in the new classifieds? It makes it very unwieldy and tedious to manually/visually search page after page.

thanks

news to me, jorge may have disabled it.

i'll look into it.
joe

 

[xayraa33]

it was like "a" ,where the poor victim paid his money and 2 months later, no camera. a hypothetical whodoneit rant with no names mentioned that are getting very very popular here.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

Darn, what did I miss?

Was it...

a) "I sold item X to person Y and he/she became impatient waiting for it",
b) "This item on eBay is sooo a fake." - And it wasn't, or
c) Some general comments on how the feedback section could be enhanced?

🙂

Rich,

The short of it was ... I took a sarcastic swipe at the number of threads lately where members describe negative transaction experiences with dealers or fellow RFF members, but refuse to name the culprits. Thus, contributing to and indeed dooming the rest of the community to repeat their mistakes and suffer the same fate.

I advocated that if one wishes to bitch about a transaction, one should name names and protect the community, or go home 😛

 

[back alley]

have there really been THAT many threads?

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

have there really been THAT many threads?

Maybe not THAT many threads, but these threads are like drinking Southern Comfort, a small dose is enough to trigger nausea.

By the way, Joe, if you have the ability to retrieve and insert the original thread, you are welcomed to. Otherwise people may think we are talking in tongues.

 

[xayraa33]

have there really been THAT many threads?

not really that many Joe,
but the few that we had.. have been like a fine single malt Scotch whisky,
in that they leave an unforgetable taste in your mouth
that is not too easily forgotten.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

wow, simultaneous alcohol analogies ... hmmm, not sure what that says about our arguments ... or sobriety

 

[back alley]

Maybe not THAT many threads, but these threads are like drinking Southern Comfort, a small dose is enough to trigger nausea.

By the way, Joe, if you have the ability to retrieve and insert the original thread, you are welcomed to. Otherwise people may think we are talking in tongues.

it has been undeleted...

 

[Rich Silfver]

/.../. have been like a fine single malt Scotch whisky /.../

Mmm...Oban...or McAllan 18.... Neat of course.

 

[xayraa33]

Southen Comfort? fine single malt Scotch?
uncanny, as I type real slow and I give Joe a similar answer as Tom,
scary.