(01-02-2020, 10:36 PM)eeyore Wrote: The rule is silly, there's nothing wrong with bellyaching or not about a price. I haven't travelled all over but EVERYWHERE I've been you are expected to argue over prices. Only in the whitey part of NA is it a no-no. Willing seller with a FULLY informed willing buyer makes a proper sale. just my opine...
I think the reason for the rule, as I see it, is to avoid people denigrating a seller, or his offering.
For instance, a guy might put up a Feather AS-D2 and if I was honest I would say it is a piece of junk.
A study in frustration to shave with. Totally inefficient and not very attractive, compared to a Wolfman, or a Timeless. In saying that I'd pass a lie detector test ... it is my experience.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of guys that think it is a great razor, and the poor seller is feeling like I'm stepping on his sale.
So like my dear departed mother told me, 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all !'
As for arguing over prices ... the rule doesn't say you cannot do it ... it says do it privately. Take it to PM.
This again, so someone doesn't poison the offering in the potential buyer's mind.
Name calling, thief, huckster, and that sort of thing should be immediately removed and the author of the accusatory post warned, and if he continues to post such tripe he should be temp banned.
IMHO
eeyore,
JoeLr,
LOOT and
5 others like this post