A Note About Civility

[chernieto]

Civility---good !

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think a little bit of license is inevitable, but I have no use for the really vulgar stuff that is usually people's ticket out.

[calvindog]

Alex makes a good point. Next time a repeat fraudster calls me a douche on the board after I pointed out his latest fraud, maybe he'll ask that he be banned instead of supporting him remaining here -- where he can continue to call me a douche and send me vile PMs.

[Runscott]

Do morons come up to you when you are discussing baseball cards with friends, and interject their lunacy? Do teenagers walk up to you at the coffee shop and flame you verbally for the way you order your coffee? Do otherwise intelligent people curse you to your face in public when you disagree with them? If any of the above are true, you need to move away from New York City.

No offense Alex, but the internet is different. Fortunately, we have a moderator, as do most internet forums, who has to set up his own rules, and when the lines get crossed, we get warned or banned. That's good enough for me.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Alex makes a good point. Next time a repeat fraudster calls me a douche on the board after I pointed out his latest fraud, maybe he'll ask that he be banned instead of supporting him remaining here -- where he can continue to call me a douche and send me vile PMs.

Jeff - My position was that his eBay issues had nothing to do with the board. I stand by that. However, I know we disagree and I respect your opinion.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Jeff - My position was that his eBay issues had nothing to do with the board. I stand by that.

Sorry Alex, but you are wrong.

Ebay is a big part of "our" hobby.

It would be safe to say almost every board member here has an Ebay account which allows us to buy and sell.

Joey has multiple Ebay IDs.

So if he is buying any form of sports memorabilia, there is a good chance that he is buying from a fellow Net54 board member....and NOT PAYING!

So it has everything to do with this board.


Jantz

[Luke]

I don't understand how you can think that him being a deadbeat buyer on ebay (where most of us are sellers) has nothing to do with this board. We all participate in this hobby. The transactions occur on a variety of different sites and through email, but it's all the same hobby. It is a really big pain in the ass when someone wins an auction or clicks buy-it-now, and then doesn't pay. Usually when that happens, you have no idea who did it. In this case we do, and he absolutely should have some consequences for his actions. Whether or not he should be banned isn't my decision, but the other members of the forum deserve to know how he conducts his business, given that we have that information. Also, judging from his past behavior, there is probably one main reason that he hasn't been a scumbag on our forum (he has not been allowed to use the b/s/t). Just my opinion and take on the situation of course. I just don't understand why you think it's ok for him to renege on deals constantly on ebay since he hasn't done it here (and hasn't had the chance).
Let's say you run a small business, and one of your employees has a second job. One day he gets arrested at his other job for stealing $100 from the register. You like the guy, and are unaware of him doing anything dishonest while working for you. Are you letting him work his next shift for you? (I'm aware that the analogy isn't perfect, since what he did isn't as bad as outright stealing, but I think it works well enough)