So regarding ebay....

rgCoinGuy

If you are a forum member here, are you beyond reproach?

Contrarily, if you start a thread bashing someone else on ebay, should a link to the auction be a MINIMUM allowance to allow that thread to live here bashing a seller or buyer?

mrpotatoheadd

I don't have an answer to your question, but it appears to me that the bar for calling somebody (buyer or seller) a cheat here is set awfully low.

edited to add... to expand on that thought a bit- the fact that somebody else (buyer or seller) does things differently than you would is not necessarily evicence of a lack of ethics on their part.

Bear

Generally, we expect a reasonable effort to resolve outstanding

problems, before the Forum will give serious consideration to a complaint.

MsMorrisine

that may be true for the forum collective, but I think rgCoinGuy is talking about the Original Poster and the OP's responsibility before hitting the "new topic" button.

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ajia

If you are a forum member here, are you beyond reproach?
IMO, NO.
But I do think that at the outset we do give them the benefit of the doubt.
How the member handles him(her)self will determine if doubt sets in.

Contrarily, if you start a thread bashing someone else on ebay, should a link to the auction be a MINIMUM allowance to allow that thread to live here bashing a seller or buyer?
If available, yes.
This is especially true if the seller is not a member, although there have been instances where a member will contact the seller saying that there is a thread on the PCGS boards "bashing" them.
Sometimes the seller will come online to defend themselves. (Note: Another way to increase membership )

I will say that longer threads tend to change directions. Assunptions are made and turn to 'facts'.
Many times I find that I have put my foot in my mouth as, after many pages of discussion, I go back to the original post & find that I am now talking about something other than the original thought/question/complaint.

If anything I would suggest that if a 'be-autch' thread is started, the OP has to be online answering questions for a minimum of half an hour.
Too many questions & too many assumptions if the OP posts, then leaves right away.

JMO

Walmann

Reasonable question and suggestion. The reproach issue is one that no moderator could for all practical purposes would be unable to apply in most if not all threads.

In a format such of this the OP is often akin to a plaintiff making their case, with the membership's responding posts acting as judge and jury. The reproach issue is at times revealed in this process as the OP may turn out looking more like a perpetrator and the other party the victim. Some times it is a matter of the OP's approach and other times it of facts.

The link can help in dealing with some of the facts. Always good to back one's argument with as many facts as possible.

notwilight

I was thinking about starting a thread about an ebay buyer who bought a coin for $11.50 just before I went on vacation for 5 days. Sent me a message that he had entered the wrong amount. Didn't see the "on vacation" message (ebay's fault, not his) and sent me another message just as I got home that I had ignored his request so he couldn't wait to leave negative feedback for "poor communication". But a few e-mails later I'd managed to be firm with him, find a common ground bashing ebay, and make him happy. --Jerry

PS He didn't commit feedback extortion as near as I can tell because he didn't ask for anything.

BlindedByEgo

It's always easier to be negative than positive. Much the same as gossip, it seems to give some folks a feeling of power when they bash.