Hey,
Welcome to OUR world - hope you decide to stay.
Please realize, although there are many factors involved in this particular thread (threads often stir up other issues/cans of worms in your language) - the main idea are the RULES, our interpretations of them. their limitations and how they affect (ultimately), what your interest is - TO HELP EACH OTHER.
But along these lines, IN MY OPINION - we shouldn't help the greedy monopolizing BILL GATES of the world get a further stranglehold on us by promoting THEM here - there has to be a defined line clarified between the two.......... you can agree with this I'm sure.
Thats MY take on this - which anyone can TAKE or LEAVE....
Also realize, you said you've saved $$$$ in forums like this ..... but what about the people who SELL used merchandise overpriced in the very same forums / arenas????
That happens.... & it burns ME up ...
So, where do we draw the line? I don't know - its 216 shades of gray............
OK, I'll get the hang of this here shortly.
Well, here goes, vfrpilot, I like the way that you welcome me to YOUR WORLD, and that if things get stirred-up it's, in my language, a can of wormes, may I from those two statements gather that you feel that i may be stepping up into a newer level of society(?), that I might soil your pretty little 'world'. If so, Ifeel sorry for you as you by your nom de plume discribe your self as one that only flies when only the Visual Flight Rules are in effect. Therefore when you are able to touch your feet to the ground once again rather than remaining with your feet firmly anchored in the clouds, you might relize that, yes i do like to get a good deal, i do not care for those people that want to 'gouge' (as in price gouge) someone else because they feel that they should get thier money back in full, maybe with a small bit of profet. Not good in my book of values. Yes i do agree that a business should not post on a GarageSale forum, maybe they should have thier own forum.
Yea tho I walk through the valley of gloom, and dispair, I only seek a good deal, protect us from those that are trying to maximise the out flow from our pockets, only to create a maximum of cushening in thier own, also protect us from those that feel compelled to protect us from them also. I relise that I am a mature adult and goof-up occasionaly, that is the nature of the human species. Without the ability to make mistakes then we have no need to learn as everything would be perfect.
vfrpilot, by the two comments that i pointed out, about four years ago, they allow me to create the mental picture of you as a liberal, elitest, snob. my opinion. have a nice day. Hankaye.