Mars wrote:I emailed the seller and pointed out some of the shady bits about his auction and he has since taken that one down and relisted it with the description fixed.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:So yes, sellers will take advantage of ignorant buyers.. just as buyers will take full advantage of ignorant sellers.. but that's human nature, and of which everyone here is "guilty" to some degree or another.
evl wrote:To suggest that everyone here is "guilty" of trying to fleece others is insulting.
FormCritic wrote:I just don't understand why people feel justified in being rude to him.
jasonw1239 wrote:I see in the "fix" that he mentions the fact that you are entitled "to there opi-onions".He must be using the Cougar/LittlePrincessFreya spellchecker!
sleepyCO wrote: WHAT Cougar/LPF spellchecker--there WAS one???
FormCritic wrote:"guilty" of trying to fleece others is not an accurate quote of Sea-to-Sky-games. It's not a quote at all.Sea-to-sky-games specifically said:So yes, sellers will take advantage of ignorant buyers.. just as buyers will take full advantage of ignorant sellers.. but that's human nature, and of which everyone here is "guilty" to some degree or another.His specific point seems to me to be that self-interest is basic human nature. I don't see how you can argue against that. Sea-to-sky-games has not suggested that the seller is totally innocent. He has only suggested that there are mitigating circustances that should be included in a judgement. No one has to agree with anything Sea-to-sky-games says. I just don't understand why people feel justified in being rude to him. Mark
Badmike wrote:I agree with Mark. Differing opinions shouldn't be excuses to insult the person...unless it's Cougie of course.
When my first instinct is to insult, instead I've been trying to just ignore. When you ignore, it's amazing how some of the blowhards and idiots just disappear. Most thive on the attention, something we learn about bullies and class clowns when we are in first grade but forget along the way....
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:I don't think any seller of any product goes out of his or her way to stress, emphasize, or call undue attention to characteristics of an item that some may find unattractive. Case and point, virtually 100% of the items you purchase have "fine print". Nor do they seek to perfectly educate the buyer about every item they are about to purchase.With that in mind I don't think it's reasonable to hold this seller to some higher standard. The seller correctly notes the missing elements, and frankly you'd have to be pretty stupid, ignorant, or both not to notice it [apparently everyone on this forum was aware of it under their own power]. After all, he's got in big capital letters things that are there.. and anyone who is remotely interested in these things will be sure to want to see L3 listed.. so the absence is pretty glaring.So yes, sellers will take advantage of ignorant buyers.. just as buyers will take full advantage of ignorant sellers.. but that's human nature, and of which everyone here is "guilty" to some degree or another.
evl wrote:As I stated before, I've given STS the benefit of the doubt up till now - but come on. How can you defend him on this?
FormCritic wrote:I haven't been defending STS so much as defending civility.Anyway...it seems to piss people off so I will stop now.Mark
gyg wrote:(It seems that in todays society we have kind of lost the way as regards reasonable behaviour, we think that we can say or do anything we like and the consequences be damned - perhaps just being nice is the way ahead)