** BST Warning - Brandon Brown **

[cyseymour]

Anthony,

That is true about my diatribe, but also this entire thread is an instigator, as I do not really want people involved in my professional world knowing my business and hobbies, especially something as obscure and, in some minds, odd as collecting old (and expensive) baseball cards.

It may be the Brandon has a generic name, but the argument is in principle. I may go back and delete my rantings at a further date, but I think that for the sake of anyone participating in the thread, they should be able to see them.

At any rate, I am now trying to make constructive criticism, and I believe that my suggestion of creating a policy to deal with scamming, reneging, or other undesirable behavior is a very good idea. You can make the policy as strict or unstrict as you want, but people have a right to know what they are getting into. Just a sticky with a set of rules and consequences would probably go a long way towards not only ending controversies such as this one, but it would also generally reduce negative behavior on the B/S/T board.

Granted, because I attacked one of the moderators, that probably reduces the likelihood of that suggestion ever being implemented, but what the hell, the true motive of my posting here is to stick up for a guy who was wrongly outed. Something needed to be said.

Cy

[barrysloate]

Jamie- even if it is very hard to prove a breach of an oral contract in court, wouldn't you assume that reneging on a deal is a bad thing under any circumstances? Would it really have to be put in writing that it is wrong to renege on a deal?

[chaddurbin]

i propose posters with less than 2000 posts shouldn't be allowed to sell...and as the board gets older that number should go up...

[cyseymour]

Shamu,

I'm not really scared by your threats, if you want to ban me now, too, then whatever, I am getting less and less impressed by you by the moment. Just the fact that you are so defensive about it, I think in itself is almost an admission of wrongdoing. I don't really care about your eBay record or who you've met at the National. It's a moot point. I really doubt that more than ten or fifteen percent, at most, knew who "shammus" is when you posted - nothing you have said disputes that. If you met a lot of nice friends at the National to come scurrying to your rescue, then congratulations to you. I just find it hilarious that all the sexist/misogynistic/homophobic attacks that Marshall Barkman made on people were so calmly tolerated, but if a moderator gets called a whale at 3 A.M., then all of a sudden the person is close to being kicked off the boards.

Net54 sure has it share of lunacy. First, there were the "PSA is going out of business" fanatical accountants. Now we have moderators making posts to an entire community because some broke guy backed out of a few baseball card dealings, probably for, like, $40 cards, instead of quietly suspending him. It's a bit cruel. And if you and and your friends think it is so just, then you and your friends can shove it. And that's all I got to say about that.

Cy

[Anthony S.]

I was kind of surprised you didn't delete them this morning. As a west coaster I read your posts as they came down the pike last night and I was stunned. Brian is a good guy known and respected by a hell of a lot people in this hobby.

Brandon was "outed" before. By Leon. Late last year. Same situation. Same diplomatic language used, ie regretted that they had to take this step and that it was nothing against Brandon personally.

The reason why you out someone instead of merely suspending them is because that individual can still email members of the board in order to make deals. I know that I often sell cards to finance other purchases (sometimes other cards that I have already committed to buy), and I know that a heck of alot of other members of the board do as well. That being the case, I WANT to know that an individual, no matter how good a guy he may be, has on numerous occasions committed to buying cards without following through. Also, as a courtesy, I often mail the cards to buyers before receiving their checks. The same courtesy is frequently extended to me. That's part of what makes the BST such a great place. It's a community. Nobody bears Brandon any ill will, and most of us understand his enthusiasm for cards he ultimately cannot afford at this time in his life. I have the same enthusiasm for certain cards I can't afford. But I don't broker deals for those cards and then not follow through. And if someone is, I want to know about it.