I'm not by any means suggesting this is what motivated Brian to report the recent 2nd Chainmail auction for shilling.
Deadlord39 wrote:The shilling that was being done was pretty trivial. That doesn't excuse the act, but I think in the end it would have made little difference.
bclarkie wrote:2) The double standards and the greed that have now overtaken this board make me want to vomit. It seems like everyday, that someone or some people stoop to a new fucking low, that a year and a half ago, I didn't think was possible.
bclarkie wrote:Everyday, I am less and less inclined to visit and see who else got stabbed in the fucking back by another forum member
bombadil wrote:Let me repeat:However, I was booted out of an auction for a nice ST1 about a year and a half ago because I was using a new id with 0 feedback. I was indirectly accused of doing so as a way to scare off others. Those of you who have dealt with me should know I wouldn't take that approach as a means of keeping others away from the auction; it was just a stupid way of trying to get something without my wife knowing about it. Sounds wussy, but so be it. I'm a straight shooter and have never tried to screw anyone on this board. In fact, I've given plenty of stuff away to board members, and have shipped many items at my own expense, including overseas, and have also shipped items prior to being paid for them, so it should be damn clear that I'm not greedy.The point of the post was just to suggest that we take it easy in the future and not rush to bring down an auction that looks suspicious. There could be many reasons it looks suspicious, some benign, and some sinister. I prefer the approach of simply warning others here that it LOOKS suspicious and letting them proceed at their preference knowing it might be risky. I was top bidder when this thing went down, and am upset about it. I apologize if anyone here thinks I meant to cast doubt on their integrity.
red_bus wrote:I don't think we are that bad. Nor to quote killjoy do I think that this forum has got sour. I know that at several points over the last year there have been ugly incidents. But broadly I just don't recognise this as a description of the Acaeum. Quite often you see congrats to people who buy cool stuff (or get a good deal), or you see helpful posts highlighting things to buy, or people work together and share information about items that have been put up for auction. Just look at the Private Sales and Sellers thread for an example of collectors working well together. Not perfect, granted, but not that bad.As to what happens to the chainmail - I emailed the guy to ask if he was going to relist and why he thinks the auction got pulled (i.e. to see if he would admit to shilling) and he replied "Well I don't know but I will let you know." and when I email him again and ask if he going to relist it - I will post his response, here, for everyone to see.
bclarkie wrote:The point in my post is the now going on behind the scenes BS of people trying to make private offers to the seller who was busted for shilling the auction. I refuse to deal with thieves and scammers, which in essense is exactly what shilling is.
