Cousin Vinnie, you should demand a refund.

/Looks at watch.

Yesterday was Sunday. You’re a day late and a dollar short, man!

The My Cousin Vinny quote should have been the one where the judge asked Vinny if he was on drugs. Such peculiar posts. After the first one, I assumed Vinny was just oblivious of the whole ongoing spammer saga in the classifieds. After the third, I'm so surprised at his general ignorance of the tenor of this forum.

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
Seems like the Sig Forum Classifieds are getting like Craigslist where an email is sent to you asking if the item is still for sale or asking for additional information. You respond back and never hear back. Or you receive an email offering a third or half of your already reasonable price.
Very disappointing the direction of where these forums are going; right into the toilet....

That describes every forum I have been on regarding the classifieds.
It can get worse with local forums, like when a deal has been struck with a time and place set up to do it and the guy never shows or responds back.
Not the fault of the forum though or a representation of the membership.
Just a dip shit in a sea of many.

I'm to believe that he expected nothing but agreement with his empty complaint. I'm to believe he expected a sympathetic response from me.

Sure. I'm buyin' it. You bet.

You typically don’t see folks complain about the forum they are taking the advantage of using.

Isn’t there a saying about shooting one’s own foot or something?

I noticed that Vinnie used the term "you people" in his posts. As I read that it's a pretty definite distinguisher from himself and the group.

And I have to ask, if you insult the hive and the hive buzzes back and you belly-ache, who is the one thin-skinned?

I'll miss ya vin. I always like to have guys around that post less than I do.

^^^Yup, the use of the descriptor 'you folks' jumped out at me as well...

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Vinnie used the term "you people" in his posts. As I read that it's a pretty definite distinguisher from himself and the group

dunno....I never actually felt like I was a "you people" before, until all that other stuff....

It could have been sort of flattering, given the actual unassembled and widely varied talents of 'We the People' here....

Perhaps calling 1-800-aWAA will help Vinnie recover his perspective.

A Sigforum version of a "watch this, hold my beer" post.

I'm going to head over to that Canadian owned forum (unnamed) and see how long before a post pops up about that horrible Green forum....

kinda hoped he'd have said "buncha yout's" instead of you people lol

I think the reality is selling online in general is just like that these days. I read a story on a music board where a guy got offers for 1/3-1/2 of his asking price, asking if he would be willing to sell parts off the guitar, whether he could sell the case only, if he could weigh the guitar, etc.

Even read a story about how someone once went to go meet up with the buyer just for the buyer to say something like "I only brought $1,000 with me even though you said $1,300..."

This forum is different, and in a good way.

A couple points of order:

1) the forum does have a place to unload when you are pissed and just want to vent. That would be the “What’s you deal” area. If you have nothing constructive to say, and just want to dump some rage, that is the designated area.

2) if there is a question or complaint about the forum, or you want to make a suggestion for some sort of change, that would go into the “SIG forum office” area.

This post, had it been in one of those locations, would probably have gotten a different response. People don’t expect you to be rational or correct when you are just pitching your bitch, and the office has dealt with plenty of folks who are mad about the classifieds for one reason or another, and probably would have just directed you to the feedback thread and moved on. Folks on this forum have different expectations depending on where a topic is posted, and Vinny has been around long enough that he should be expected to know about these other sub forums. Posting in the lounge, with his post count and tenure, just looks like attention-seeking. At least, that is my opinion. I’m not always right.

- Bret

By the way, Vinnie. You can hide your presence from the "Online Now" section at the bottom of the main page, but you cannot hide it from me. You said you were done with this, but the truth is that you've been sitting here in the Lounge, watching this thread. Just be honest, why dontcha?

From five minutes ago (forum is set to Central Time)

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
I am only making a statement to an observation about actual Trolls emailing and asking if an item for sale is still available and then never respond back after you have responded back to them....That is a TROLL...

Not really. That's lack of consideration, lack of true interest and consideration, scammer-sign, or, in some cases, maybe your reply email just plain ended-up in peoples' junkmail filters.

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
My GOD, you folks really take everything as an offense or looking to be insulted and ready for a battle...

Again: Not even close.

That was members who knew just what kind of reaction you'd get from standing in the rain, then complaining about getting wet.

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
Ban me if you may ...

Drama much?

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Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
... as I realize that maybe this is not a friendly open forum here on "The Lounge" but a Twitter type of forum where people are easily offended and speech is censored and criticized.

Wow. First shows his ass, then doubles-down by insulting the membership at large.

quote:

Originally posted by Cousin Vinnie:
I said my piece and will not waste anymore time responding to this nonsense with thin skinned, easily offend, cancel culture actual TROLLS!

You know that pile-on you were requesting? I suspect your wish may be granted.

Who'd a thunk it that Cousin Vinnie would turn out to be the one with the thin skin. Huh.

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Originally posted by BOATTRASH1:
Today is Monday isn’t it? Not Sunday?

Well, it's still Sunday.......plus 1. So, enjoy.