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There appears to be absolutely nothing stopping anyone from signing up and buying from the classifieds section on this forum.
If sellers are hellbent on their items going to active forum members for their sole use only they should state their terms in their initial post.
It's all good and well kicking off a hissyfit afterwards when something appears on eBay a week later but it's not exactly going to stop the supposed "problem".
I was delighted to sell my Bullit bike to a really nice chap through this forum, seemingly a good home it went to, which sure feels good, but not for a single moment would I give a single damn if he chose to flog it on for a profit next week. I asked for my price, item gone, me grateful, everyone wins. Especially when there's such an influx of incredible piss poor time wasters applying the "dibs" system - hell, if someone's going to come on a professional basis that day, be my guest.
Seems like a weird controlling authoritarian crabby attitude to insist somebody uses your unwanted belongings in a specific way after you've sold it. Move on. It's not yours anymore. Spend the money on something delightful like a trip to Belgium or a new crankset.
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This is a whole lot of opinion for one post
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You sold your own bike at a great price and had a great experience, which is good, and happens a lot on the forum. There must be reasons (and not only financial ones) that you did that here and not eBay or marketplace etc. The ethos of fair deals and good spirit is what makes it a good place to sell too, it works both ways
Personally I don’t mind a few ‘hissy fits’ after something like the omnium thread, I think it shows people care. I also think the reactions to stuff like this actually is a part of how the forum self-polices and maintains that ethos within the classified section.
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.ben
This is bollocks. Any platform of users can and do police themselves, either through direct authority that controls that space or through the actions / reciprocality of the collective.
Seems the general mood is that anyone who picks stuff up at forum rates and then goes on to punt for profit elsewhere is out of step with the broader consensus of what we're actually all doing here.
Personally I don't understand anyone who would rather hear out profteering shits but are ready to try and explain away gripes from long time members who have sold stuff in good faith.