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@punkture
ok Frank Flag, gonna try and be reasonable here.
You are obviously new to this forum which if you take more than 10 seconds to look at is very obviously an online representation of a 'real world' group of friends and good acquaintances. That much is obvious from the amount of heavily replied threads about drinks, social rides, bike polo etc etc etc.
Secondly there are a billion threads that deal with all aspects of bike maintenance where people freely (especially edscoble;) ) give their expertise (or lack of it) and knowledge about a subject they love to anyone as long as they have sensible questions that havent been asked before.
...so it is obviously not specifically for buying and selling things at all but has that feature as a by-product of a large community interested in the same thing.
When you start a thread, a box pops up with a list of similar threads and you are asked not to start a new thread if those already in existence deal with your issue. From the links above it seems that there were some Bianchi Pistas up for sale so you didnt necessarily have to start a new thread...
but you did.
Ok, fair enough, maybe you were looking for a Bianchi Pista in a different condition, or at a knockdown, bargain price. You, in effect are looking for someone to help you out and do you a favour, despite not having met them or having done any favours for anyone else in this community.
THEN, someone doesnt do exactly what you want or need, maybe even takes the piss a bit, and instead of being good-humoured about it, you start to call people cunts left, right and centre.
still, some people spend precious time googling YOU'RE question and then giving you some helpful links.
still, you continue to call people vile names and generally act like a bit of a child, wondering why you wont be getting a Bianchi Pista on here.
well Ive just spelt it out for you. Apologise and come for a ride sometime, go down to some drinks. You might even make some friends
You might even get hold of a Bianchi Pista at a knockdown price