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[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I think we've learned at least 3 things today.

1)don't have your phone number available online.

2)don't spend $6.02 for a dollar bill on ebay, or you'll get hacked.

3)14 year old kids don't have to mow lawns for space invaders anymore, they sell electronic pictures of corned beef hash on ebay.

Well, now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

Good stuff

[mr2686]

there's a post on a board from him from a few days ago that was asking if anyone had a Tiger Woods auto for sale. This falls under things that make you go hmmmm.

[ctownboy]

Other things that make you go "hummm?" are as follows;

if the guy is 14 then

1) How did he get hsi own eBay account?
2) How did he get his own PayPal account?
3) How did he get his own credit card?
4) Why was he on a chat board at 1:30 A.M. this morning? Shouldn't he be asleep?
5) Why was he on THIS chat board this afternoon? Shouldn't he be in school?

David

[Leon]

Wow....so I just got a call from our kid members dad. It is unfortunately plain to see where he gets his issues. After his dad informed me that I don't know my rights with my middle school education, I told him I did sleep at a Holiday Inn one night. I can assure our members, the apple ain't falling far from the tree on this one. And his dad steadfastly refused to believe I am not responsible for what others say. He went onto say he is going to close our board down. Why is it that people act like such idiots when they are so clueless as to what they are talking about? (I think that is a rhetorical question)

[Ease]

Sorry Leon for the trouble, I'm sure it's not the way you wanted to spend your Friday...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Ease

Sorry Leon for the trouble, I'm sure it's not the way you wanted to spend your Friday...

Thanks for the kind words Eric. No, not really the way I like to spend my day. Such is the life of trying to keep this place on the up and up.....I have no issues with youngsters being on here but they just need to behave. If I have said it once, I have said it a hundred times, America's biggest problem is the parenting of our children. With this father acting the way he was there is no way the kid will be a well disciplined person. His dad kept telling me I didn't know what I was talking about pertaining to the laws that govern this board. I don't know much law but I have a pretty good handle on that narrow issue. (I don't have a choice)...best regards and happy collecting

ps....and one last thing about this "hacked account" the kid said was done to him....if that were the case the whole account would have been closed by ebay, and it wasn't. The father is very naive about this.....

[novakjr]

Yeah, Sorry Leon. Corned beef hash and fake autographs are just too hard of a topic to keep away from. Had we known things would go down this way, I'm sure we would've backed off a bit.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Yeah, Sorry Leon. Corned beef hash and fake autographs are just too hard of a topic to keep away from. Had we known things would go down this way, I'm sure we would've backed off a bit.

No worries David. It wasn't anyone's fault. As our forum grows there will no doubt be similar situations. When I reworded the rules recently I gave a lot of consideration to setting an age limit for the board, and ultimately chose not to. I still think that was the correct decision. I want youngsters to collect. I know several teenagers in our space and all of them that I know are really nice kiddos.

Rich- yes, it is that Chris, and he and I had several emails a little while ago. He and I really see very eye to eye. He just didn't realize that rule. And that is part of the reason I posted that "privacy" policy rule on both sides of the board, in threads. I will bump those threads a few times too as I want everyone to understand that situation. I think we can all agree (well almost all of us) that accountability is a good thing. best regards

[MilBraves]

Originally Posted by Leon

Thanks for the kind words Eric. No, not really the way I like to spend my day. Such is the life of trying to keep this place on the up and up.....I have no issues with youngsters being on here but they just need to behave. If I have said it once, I have said it a hundred times, America's biggest problem is the parenting of our children. With this father acting the way he was there is no way the kid will be a well disciplined person. His dad kept telling me I didn't know what I was talking about pertaining to the laws that govern this board. I don't know much law but I have a pretty good handle on that narrow issue. (I don't have a choice)...best regards and happy collecting

ps....and one last thing about this "hacked account" the kid said was done to him....if that were the case the whole account would have been closed by ebay, and it wasn't. The father is very naive about this.....

As a teacher, who deals with 150 teenagers every day, I feel your pain Leon.
Most of the time it's not the kids who are the issue, it's their parents. If I behaved in a fashion such as his kid did on this board, I'd be in the emergency room right now getting my dad's foot removed from my hind end. How times have changed.

Scott Heibler

[Rich Klein]

While he was in high school; Zach Rice was as good as it got towards being a board contributor --- and we all knew his age --- many kids (and their parents) can handle this and some can not.

Heck one of the better traders in the Topps Million Card giveaway on FB was only 14 - ( I was told whom it was privately) and he was one of best traders out there -- others that were kids were terrible as they expected great cards just by being a kid and asking. When they were told no and why -- they deleted their messages on FB and left.


Rich