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Deadlord
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:28 am

It seems the duality of the issue is calling on forum members to pan another member while offering a pittance for what is obviously a quite valuable item.
When you go fishing, don't bitch if all you pull in is carp. If you don't like the results, don't go fishing.

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

Mars
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:40 am

Deadlord39 wrote:When you go fishing, don't bitch if all you pull in is carp.

What's wrong with carp you fucker? Its the Christmas fish!

Xaxaxe
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:44 am

And seriously, Frank ... "duality"? WTF? Don't go all Harvard on us after 4,600 posts.

:wink:

<<<--- winky icon! can't be too careful in these sorts of threads!

killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:53 am

you know, i've kinda half-decided that if i get to GenCon next year, i am gonna DM ST1. i bet i can make it into a good game :p

seriously guys, lets chill out a bit here.

i have dealt with malc and carl and not had problems with either.

whats posted on another board should stay there or be dealt with directly between the two parties.

business is business in the end. if you offer something extremely low for an item that everyone knows (with a little searching) is worth vastly more, you will always have others interested and will generally be criticised also.

offering very low amounts for something valuable...isn't that kinda the same as someone selling something ridiculously high, when its not worth anything close? ..... we slam the latter, so it only makes sense that the former would be dealt with the same, especially when its intimated you won't get much more.

i dont really have a problem with all of this, but openly insulting folk is pretty bad form either way.

come on guys, lets sort this out eh.....

hope this thread gets locked as nothing good will come of it.

and i DO hope it gets resolved too.

best

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

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Improv
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:06 am

malcom wrote:Anywhere between £100 up to £700 for a near mint copy. I suspect you really wouldnt get much more on Ebay, unless you had an extremely good rating and were in the USA.

Malc, thanks for the best laugh I have had in ages. I guess I payed too much :-)

Your wife is quite the business woman. She can work for me anytime.

killjoy32 wrote:seriously guys, lets chill out a bit here.

Agreed Al! Lets leave these threads on other sites and not ruin this one.

"... and may I remind you that this ain't the end. I can still kick some ass." - Tom Petty

benjoshua
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:43 am

benjoshua wrote:Your question is about etiquette, but it's also about mediating a potential diasagreement between two Acaeum members. My guess is that you will receive few opinions.

Man, was I ever wrong! :oops:

But I sure wish I had been right after reading so much flying crap. :puker:

I agree that we should shut the thread down and chill.

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

Johnson
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:49 am

improvstone wrote:
I guess I payed too much

No, its worth $10k. Thats what I was offered for it. Honest.

Cheers,
Malc

deimos3428
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:50 am

Xaxaxe wrote:* Auto-drafting makes four interesting PCs;
* White Plume Mountain is awesome;
* Lemurs are tragically under-appreciated;
* An Interstellar Brett Favre is about to land on Portsmouth;
* Karma Satellites are insufferable prima donnas (and good eatin', too!);

and

* My collection of rocks is average, at best.

When you're right, you're right.

Xaxaxe
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:51 pm

deimos3428 wrote:When you're right, you're right.

You got me; I didn't even notice what you did there the first time I read it. You are a clever primate ...

Prufrock
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:11 pm

It seems one can learn a great deal of things about Lemurs on this site.

martin

gyg
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:08 pm

wow
I go to the in laws for a few days and look what's happened.

I'm at home, so its rare for me to go online, with my very slow system - I'm sure most every regular here knows I post at nights form work.

I haven't read any PM, perhaps when I do I'll only get angry, and perhaps say something I will regret.

What I will say is-

Malcolm, my post at UKRPG was NOT in any way meant to hurt you or your business, it was genuinely meant as a good natured nudge, and I am saddened that you took it to heart, and hope that it did not do you any lasting harm. (Same sentiment to your good lady of course).

It is not in my nature to attack people with no reason, and there would be no earthly reason for me to try and harm Malcolm in any way - this was NEVER my intent. I cannot apologise enough.

Perhaps what I posted could be taken wrongly - the ins and outs of it could be argued to the end of time - someone here said that there are no winners in this - he was right.

Once again - there was NO intent for harm from me - I wish that no had been taken. If I could retract my words I would, but hindsight is 20/20.

(Of course if I can pick up an ST1 for $200 I will :lol:

- note the smiley)

This fuss is hopefully going to die away.

(FWIW I did recently highlight a SA box on Malcolms site in a thread on these very boards - the actions of someone trying to do harm to a fellow member?)

Once again, I am sorry that this whole mess ever happened.

(I'll be offline for 2/3 days now - I won't be ignoring replies, I just won't be seeing them!)

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

bombadil
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:48 pm

gyg, seems to me you're being overly apologetic. Don't worry about it, man.

Let mirth prevail!

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