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Cozmosis
| #1 posted April 25, 2008 at 6:09pm (EDT)
edited April 25, 2008 at 6:09pm (EDT) |
I've received a few offers or counter-offers from people who don't have a star, but they want to send at the same time instead of sending first. Their reasoning for this is because that have "100% positive feedback" on sites like Ebay, Amazon, etc. Come on people, get real. There is no way in hell any semi-intelligent person is going to agree to that. You are just making yourself look like a scammer...if you aren't one. | SmarmySir
 
| | #41 posted May 2, 2008 at 5:34pm (EDT) |
This thread is horrible.
----------------------------------------------
My tee-shirt shop.
My Ebay store. | buffduff
 
| | #42 posted May 2, 2008 at 6:25pm (EDT) |
Haha whatever you say man....looks like it's working great for you so far since you've received soooo many good deals. Just because I made up my mind a long time ago doesn't mean I'm close-minded....I just learned I was right a long time ago is all. | dtp11
| | #43 posted May 2, 2008 at 7:54pm (EDT) |
buffduff wrote:
> Haha whatever you say man....looks like it's working great for you
> so far since you've received soooo many good deals. Just because I
> made up my mind a long time ago doesn't mean I'm close-minded....I
> just learned I was right a long time ago is all.
Your response to my comment just proved how wrong you are and how much a of a tool you are. And how ignorant you are in so many different ways. And yes, that time I meant it in a an insulting way. You lack the common sense and basic knowledge that most people are born with and you can't admit it when you're wrong. You ARE close-minded and you ARE stubborn. How can you say you are "right" when you are passing up so many trades, whether they be good, or even average trades and when you are hindering the growth of this website because of your pride? Ya, you must be right if your response is "whatever you say man". You don't even make sense. You must be slow in the head. I am still a new user, so how can it "work great for me" until I'm established on this site and then new users start requesting trades from me? That's when it will work great for me, not right now. Right now it will work well for other people who trade with me because I'm still new. You honestly don't even know what you're talking about, do you? wow, you need some serious help. | mmm40x
 
| | #44 posted May 2, 2008 at 8:08pm (EDT) |
Don't y'all love it when noobs come here and tell us we have been doing it wrong and we're all tools for not doing it their way? | BoB
 
 
| | #45 posted May 2, 2008 at 8:14pm (EDT) |
dtp11 wrote:
> BoB wrote:
>> nah im pretty ignant he was kinda spot on with that one
>>
>>
>
> wow, now I feel bad for chirping you. thanks for not being as ridiculous
> as everyone else that's been arguing with me!
i am completely ridiculous dont let the guise fool you
i havent been fudgeed like that since grade school - marla | DR_SPOCK
(frozen)
| | #46 posted May 2, 2008 at 8:57pm (EDT) |
hahahaha, this thread is crazy.
eBay Listings
Amazon Storefront | Chad
 
| | #47 posted May 2, 2008 at 8:57pm (EDT) |
why are you people still talking about this? | Chad
| | #48 posted May 2, 2008 at 8:57pm (EDT) |
and of course by you people i mean blacks. | thunderdonkey
| #49 posted May 2, 2008 at 10:47pm (EDT)
edited May 2, 2008 at 10:49pm (EDT) |
dtp11 wrote: And "Trevor Sparreboom":
You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Because other than you and a few others on this thread, people have some common sense and fairly good judgement and brains enough to understand what I'm saying. In fact I had a trade within the first few days with someone else who agreed to send at the same time even though I was new and they had good feedback. SO there's at least 1 person and I've had many offeres as well. You're just a sucker for sending first and having to wait longer for your game when you should be sending at the same time. Keep in mind I said people shouldn't judge eBay alone, but by at least 2 or more sites. And wow good for you, build up your rep but don't forget to leave time to ride a thunder donkey <<<--- I love this part 
Wow, we've really got you worked up now, don't we? I'm confused as to why you have a problem with sending first? You don't want to wait for your games? Too bad. That's the way it works here. You crying about it isn't going to change anything. If you want to trade here...accept that you'll have to send first until you have a good rep built up. If you don't like that concept, then don't trade here, and please don't preach to those of us who do accept that this site opererates that way. If you don't like how a business runs, don't shop there. Don't stand on a pulpit and preach that everyone should change because you don't agree with the policy.
When I first joined GameTz, I did feel a little like you do. I thought that since I had a 7 year ebay history with 100% positive feedback, that that should matter. I posted a link to my ebay feedback on my bio page so that if anyone wants to get a better idea of who I am, and what it's like to deal with me, then they can check it out and see. I agree that an ebay feedback can indicate a person's honesty. But I would never expect someone with a triple-gold rating here to send at the same time as me, until I've established myself here as well. That's just the way it works. I accept that. If I'm going to trade with a gold star user, I know I can trust them. I want to show them that they can trust me too. And the way to do that is to send first. It won't take long to build up a rep here, and then I can ask other new users to send first to me. It's a system that works, and it works well as long as everyone follows it. Don't call me a "sucker" because I agree with a policy and decide that following it is a pretty small price to pay for the privilege of being able to trade with these fine people here.
I undersand perfectly what your saying Dustin. And since you like analogies so much, here's one for ya....
Suppose you just were hired for a new job. You had a great track record at your previous job, and even won employee of the month a few times. Your new employer takes this into account, and offers you a little bit higher a wage for your position.
After about a week on the new job, you decide that you don't like how certain things operate. Despite the fact that the company has run perfectly fine for many years, has a great track record as a reputable company, and where all the employees seem to work well together... you disagree with certain policies anyways and start to speak out against them. You start off politely, but as you realize that more and more employees disagree with you (as well as the corporate head office), you become more and more preachy. You keep pushing the issue. You argue. You insult others. You push and push and push. You don't let it go. You tell everyone they are wrong. You tell them that they've been doing things wrong for years. You tell them that your way is right and that if they can't see that, then they are the ones missing out on your "enlightenment." You tell them that they have no common sense. No brains. That they don't know what they're talking about.
What do you think will happen? How long until the other other employess want nothing to do with you? How long do you think you'll have that job?
| Chad
| | #50 posted May 3, 2008 at 12:57am (EDT) |
dtp11 wrote:
> Helen, My last comment wasn't aimed directly at you - sorry, I may
> have led it to be that way, because I quoted yours, but it was directed
> at everybody.
>
> And I'm not trying to "impose my beliefs" I'm only stating facts that
> would be helpful to everyone. You're taking things the wrong way.
In the case of the Israeli kibbutzim (collective farms), children were reared somewhat communally in peer groups—groups based on age, not biological relation. A study of the marriage patterns of these children later in life revealed that out of the nearly 3,000 marriages that occurred across the kibbutz system, only fourteen were between children from the same peer group. Of those fourteen, none had been reared together during the first six years of life. This result provides evidence not only that the Westermarck effect is demonstrable, but that it operates during the critical period from birth to the age of six (Shepher, 1983).
>
> Not one of my arguments is flawed - your interpretation of my arguments
> is what's flawed.
>
> Here is a quote from you "Of course someone who sends first in a completed
> trade didn't scam that time - that's why they agreed to send first,
> and why the trade was completed!"
>
> That doesn't really make sense to me why you siad that or what you
> were getting at by saying that. Was that in response to something
> I said? Because I can't find it. I'm not sure what you meant by that.
Though the term nihilism was first popularized by the novelist Ivan Turgenev, it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743 – 1819), who used the term to characterize rationalism, and in particular Immanuel Kant's "critical" philosophy in order to carry out a reductio ad absurdum according to which all rationalism (philosophy as criticism) reduces to nihilism, and thus it should be avoided and replaced with a return to some type of faith and revelation. A related concept is fideism.
>
> And this quote "Asking less-established users to send first PREVENTS
> a lot of scamming that might otherwise occur; it doesn't prove that
> everyone isn't a scammer." ...I never once said that it would prove
> that everyone isn't a scammer. I know there are scammers out there.
> But ALL I'm saying is that scammers don't have good feedback on several
> other sites and wouldn't go out of there way to "long con" (as sawyer
> would say on LOST - for anyone who watches that show) you out of a
> video game by showing you their feedback from other sites.
>
> Did I ever say feedback from other sites were "excellent"? No, I even
> said there are small differences and that eBay's wasn't perfect. But
> those feedback systems still work enough to show you who's a scammer
> and who's not, basically. How many people are out there are unfamiliar
> with eBay and Amazon? And how many other game traders are unfamiliar
> with goozex or sayswap? Most of them have heard of those sites.
As you can see I am not reading any of this nor do I expect anyone to read any of what I am writing. Rest in piece Mackey and vDub.
>
> Obviously the website discrimination comment was a joke. Which is
> another way I can tell that you misinterpret what I say. Unless when
> you said laughable you meant "laugh with" and not "laugh at". And
> your examples weren't even accurate. In fact, they prove my point
> when you use them correctly: If you have a max level character in
> "Anarchy Online" and you went to another very similar MMORPG, and
> you proved to someone else that you had a max level character in "Anarchy
> Online", then they would be like wow, I respect that, if you have
> that high of a character in one MMORPG, you must be good and it won't
> be long before you get a max level character on this game too. As
> for your "loan" analogy, have you ever heard of a credit score? (it
> wouldn't surpise me if you haven't) but what do you think happens
> when you go to buy a car and apply for financing? THEY CHECK YOUR
> CREDIT SCORE! And if you have a good score from other places, they
> trust you. That's the perfect example - thanks for that! You just
> proved my point. And I might as well use your last example with the
> president... so you're trying to tell me that if George W. Bush were
> a well respected and honest president, that if he came to Canada,
> people would treat him as an average joe civilian? No obviouslly not,
> he get's special treatment. So thanks for that.
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>
> I never said you personally "said" that "users with feedback from
> other sites are dishonest". But sure are treating them that way by
> expecting them to send first - so you might as well have said it.
> And not only are they "more likely" to be honest, but there is almost
> no chance at all that they won't be. Obviously if someone with eBay
> feedback rips you off you can't leave them neg feedback on there for
> them. But what I'm saying is that they WONT. You're missing that part.
> And even if they did, you could still leave neg for them on gameTZ
> and a bad trader rep and they'd probably be kicked off so it couldn't
> happen again - but that's really not worthy of mention since it would
> almost never happen because as I've said, honest people are honest
> people - there morals do NOT change from site to site. That's a no-brainer.
In 1968 the 326 was replaced by the 350, which used a 3.875 in bore and 3.75 in stroke for a total displacement of 353.79 in³ although it was still called a 350 (5.7 L).
>
> You can't just say goozex has the worst feedback systems with nothing
> to back it up. As far as I'm concerned, goozex feedback is just fine.
> And amazon, feedback is fine too. What's wrong with it? It takes time
> and commitment as you would say to build up feedback from any of those
> other sites, so how is that different then?
>
> Bottom line is, someone from another site with good feedback IS honest,
> and it's NOT too risky or too much of a potential hassle - you're
> jsut losing out, as I said.
>
> Yes everyone has different comfort levels, that's a given. And I do
> NOT respect people who are too ignorant to realize that just because
> user is new, he's not a scammer, especially if he can prove that he's
> honest and trustworthy by providing feedback from other sites. Or
> people who think they are better than everyone else because they have
> a higher feedback rating. So if you're not comfortable with a person
> of a different race serving you dinner at a restaurant, you expect
> me to respect that? No way. Just the same was I don't respect those
> who would treat me as though I'm a scammer just because I'm new to
> a site when I can prove that I'm not.
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6. The Quadrajet was original equipment on everything from six-cylinder V6 engines to 500 cubic inch V8s. To meet the wide disparity of applications; and to meet more stringent emissions control regulations, over the years there have been a huge number of variations in fuel passages, air passages, vacuum ports, control methods for the secondary air valve, choke designs; and so forth.
>
> I'm not the one being closed-minded because I accept good feedback
> from other sites.
>
> And on to "Brian Duff":
>
> ... your girlfriend example doesn't even compare to what we're talking
> about. If you were able to PROVE that you were loyal to all your previous
> girlfriends than YES, your girlfriend should have some sort of trust
> for you then. Or at least you BOTH should have the SAME amount of
> trust for each other just like people should both send at the SAME
> time if you trust each other. And YES, since you got employee of the
> year in your last job, you could mention that in your interview and
> they would take that into consideration when hiring you. Just like
> traders should take into consideration your feedback from other sites
> when trading with you.
> So you don't like me now because I proved you wrong? Good, why would
> I want to trade with anybody who thinks they're the king of the world
> because they are an "established trader" on a website. Or with anybody
> who can't realize they're wrong. Ya, I'll keep in mind never to trade
> with you either because I don't like people who are crybabies and
> get "insulted" by a comment I made on a forum in which I was only
> trying to help YOU and others out.
>
> And "Trevor Sparreboom":
>
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> You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Because other
> than you and a few others on this thread, people have some common
> sense and fairly good judgement and brains enough to understand what
> I'm saying. In fact I had a trade within the first few days with someone
> else who agreed to send at the same time even though I was new and
> they had good feedback. SO there's at least 1 person and I've had
> many offeres as well. You're just a sucker for sending first and having
> to wait longer for your game when you should be sending at the same
> time. Keep in mind I said people shouldn't judge eBay alone, but by
> at least 2 or more sites. And wow good for you, build up your rep
> but don't forget to leave time to ride a thunder donkey.
You misspelled judgment and offers. | thunderdonkey
| | #51 posted May 3, 2008 at 3:03am (EDT) |
very nice  | OneDirtyRosco
| #52 posted May 3, 2008 at 1:11pm (EDT)
edited May 3, 2008 at 1:14pm (EDT) |
dtp11 wrote:
> Helen, My last comment wasn't aimed directly at you - sorry, I may
> have led it to be that way, because I quoted yours, but it was directed
> at everybody.
>
> And I'm not trying to "impose my beliefs" I'm only stating facts that
> would be helpful to everyone. You're taking things the wrong way.
>
> Not one of my arguments is flawed - your interpretation of my arguments
> is what's flawed.
>
> Here is a quote from you "Of course someone who sends first in a completed
> trade didn't scam that time - that's why they agreed to send first,
> and why the trade was completed!"
>
> That doesn't really make sense to me why you siad that or what you
> were getting at by saying that. Was that in response to something
> I said? Because I can't find it. I'm not sure what you meant by that.
>
> And this quote "Asking less-established users to send first PREVENTS
> a lot of scamming that might otherwise occur; it doesn't prove that
> everyone isn't a scammer." ...I never once said that it would prove
> that everyone isn't a scammer. I know there are scammers out there.
> But ALL I'm saying is that scammers don't have good feedback on several
> other sites and wouldn't go out of there way to "long con" (as sawyer
> would say on LOST - for anyone who watches that show) you out of a
> video game by showing you their feedback from other sites.
>
> Did I ever say feedback from other sites were "excellent"? No, I even
> said there are small differences and that eBay's wasn't perfect. But
> those feedback systems still work enough to show you who's a scammer
> and who's not, basically. How many people are out there are unfamiliar
> with eBay and Amazon? And how many other game traders are unfamiliar
> with goozex or sayswap? Most of them have heard of those sites.
>
> Obviously the website discrimination comment was a joke. Which is
> another way I can tell that you misinterpret what I say. Unless when
> you said laughable you meant "laugh with" and not "laugh at". And
> your examples weren't even accurate. In fact, they prove my point
> when you use them correctly: If you have a max level character in
> "Anarchy Online" and you went to another very similar MMORPG, and
> you proved to someone else that you had a max level character in "Anarchy
> Online", then they would be like wow, I respect that, if you have
> that high of a character in one MMORPG, you must be good and it won't
> be long before you get a max level character on this game too. As
> for your "loan" analogy, have you ever heard of a credit score? (it
> wouldn't surpise me if you haven't) but what do you think happens
> when you go to buy a car and apply for financing? THEY CHECK YOUR
> CREDIT SCORE! And if you have a good score from other places, they
> trust you. That's the perfect example - thanks for that! You just
> proved my point. And I might as well use your last example with the
> president... so you're trying to tell me that if George W. Bush were
> a well respected and honest president, that if he came to Canada,
> people would treat him as an average joe civilian? No obviouslly not,
> he get's special treatment. So thanks for that.
>
> I never said you personally "said" that "users with feedback from
> other sites are dishonest". But sure are treating them that way by
> expecting them to send first - so you might as well have said it.
> And not only are they "more likely" to be honest, but there is almost
> no chance at all that they won't be. Obviously if someone with eBay
> feedback rips you off you can't leave them neg feedback on there for
> them. But what I'm saying is that they WONT. You're missing that part.
> And even if they did, you could still leave neg for them on gameTZ
> and a bad trader rep and they'd probably be kicked off so it couldn't
> happen again - but that's really not worthy of mention since it would
> almost never happen because as I've said, honest people are honest
> people - there morals do NOT change from site to site. That's a no-brainer.
>
> You can't just say goozex has the worst feedback systems with nothing
> to back it up. As far as I'm concerned, goozex feedback is just fine.
> And amazon, feedback is fine too. What's wrong with it? It takes time
> and commitment as you would say to build up feedback from any of those
> other sites, so how is that different then?
>
> Bottom line is, someone from another site with good feedback IS honest,
> and it's NOT too risky or too much of a potential hassle - you're
> jsut losing out, as I said.
>
> Yes everyone has different comfort levels, that's a given. And I do
> NOT respect people who are too ignorant to realize that just because
> user is new, he's not a scammer, especially if he can prove that he's
> honest and trustworthy by providing feedback from other sites. Or
> people who think they are better than everyone else because they have
> a higher feedback rating. So if you're not comfortable with a person
> of a different race serving you dinner at a restaurant, you expect
> me to respect that? No way. Just the same was I don't respect those
> who would treat me as though I'm a scammer just because I'm new to
> a site when I can prove that I'm not.
>
> I'm not the one being closed-minded because I accept good feedback
> from other sites.
>
> And on to "Brian Duff":
>
> ... your girlfriend example doesn't even compare to what we're talking
> about. If you were able to PROVE that you were loyal to all your previous
> girlfriends than YES, your girlfriend should have some sort of trust
> for you then. Or at least you BOTH should have the SAME amount of
> trust for each other just like people should both send at the SAME
> time if you trust each other. And YES, since you got employee of the
> year in your last job, you could mention that in your interview and
> they would take that into consideration when hiring you. Just like
> traders should take into consideration your feedback from other sites
> when trading with you.
> So you don't like me now because I proved you wrong? Good, why would
> I want to trade with anybody who thinks they're the king of the world
> because they are an "established trader" on a website. Or with anybody
> who can't realize they're wrong. Ya, I'll keep in mind never to trade
> with you either because I don't like people who are crybabies and
> get "insulted" by a comment I made on a forum in which I was only
> trying to help YOU and others out.
>
> And "Trevor Sparreboom":
>
> You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Because other
> than you and a few others on this thread, people have some common
> sense and fairly good judgement and brains enough to understand what
> I'm saying. In fact I had a trade within the first few days with someone
> else who agreed to send at the same time even though I was new and
> they had good feedback. SO there's at least 1 person and I've had
> many offeres as well. You're just a sucker for sending first and having
> to wait longer for your game when you should be sending at the same
> time. Keep in mind I said people shouldn't judge eBay alone, but by
> at least 2 or more sites. And wow good for you, build up your rep
> but don't forget to leave time to ride a thunder donkey.
Dude you just need to STFU. Only GTZ feedback matters here. Like it does for each differnt site. Stop dogin' and follow the rules. You are worse than a woman on her period. | SmarmySir
| | #53 posted May 3, 2008 at 6:16pm (EDT) |
And you're more annoying than a cat in heat that insists that you stick your finger in her hole every time you pet her.
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My tee-shirt shop.
My Ebay store. | BoB
| | #54 posted May 3, 2008 at 6:17pm (EDT) |
i want that cat
i havent been fudgeed like that since grade school - marla | SmarmySir
| | #55 posted May 3, 2008 at 6:32pm (EDT) |
I saw your Xbox 360 from your collection. Pend it up!
----------------------------------------------
My tee-shirt shop.
My Ebay store. | BoB
| | #56 posted May 3, 2008 at 6:34pm (EDT) |
sweet i will add my redrocket puppy and fingerbang kitty to my collection now.
i havent been fudgeed like that since grade school - marla | OneDirtyRosco
| | #57 posted May 3, 2008 at 11:07pm (EDT) |
SmarmySir wrote:
> And you're more annoying than a cat in heat that insists that you
> stick your finger in her hole every time you pet her.
>
My cat is fixed. =/ | invisibleink
| | #58 posted May 4, 2008 at 12:05am (EDT) |
this dustin kid is seriously mentally handicrapped..
i have an honest question for you guys, have you ever encountered someone named dustin who wasnt a douchebag? because i dont think i have | thunderdonkey
| #59 posted May 4, 2008 at 1:03am (EDT)
edited May 7, 2008 at 10:34pm (EDT) |
I love how he's just sort of ignored this topic for the last day or so... think we made our point. | SmarmySir
| | #60 posted May 4, 2008 at 9:56am (EDT) |
I had a good friend growing up named Dustin... he wasn't a dick 
----------------------------------------------
My tee-shirt shop.
My Ebay store. | thunderdonkey
| | #61 posted May 4, 2008 at 10:49am (EDT) |
I guess every rule has an exception...  | dtp11
| #62 posted May 4, 2008 at 1:56pm (EDT)
edited May 4, 2008 at 2:53pm (EDT) |
mmm40x wrote:
> Don't y'all love it when noobs come here and tell us we have been
> doing it wrong and we're all tools for not doing it their way?
"y'all"? Learn how to talk.
No wonder, you're too retarded to understand a word I said. | dtp11
| | #63 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:02pm (EDT) |
CHECKMATE wrote:
> dtp11 wrote:
>> Helen, My last comment wasn't aimed directly at you - sorry, I
> may
>> have led it to be that way, because I quoted yours, but it was
> directed
>> at everybody.
>>
>> And I'm not trying to "impose my beliefs" I'm only stating facts
> that
>> would be helpful to everyone. You're taking things the wrong way.
>
> In the case of the Israeli kibbutzim (collective farms), children
> were reared somewhat communally in peer groups—groups based on age,
> not biological relation. A study of the marriage patterns of these
> children later in life revealed that out of the nearly 3,000 marriages
> that occurred across the kibbutz system, only fourteen were between
> children from the same peer group. Of those fourteen, none had been
> reared together during the first six years of life. This result provides
> evidence not only that the Westermarck effect is demonstrable, but
> that it operates during the critical period from birth to the age
> of six (Shepher, 1983).
>>
>> Not one of my arguments is flawed - your interpretation of my arguments
>> is what's flawed.
>>
>> Here is a quote from you "Of course someone who sends first in
> a completed
>> trade didn't scam that time - that's why they agreed to send first,
>> and why the trade was completed!"
>>
>> That doesn't really make sense to me why you siad that or what
> you
>> were getting at by saying that. Was that in response to something
>> I said? Because I can't find it. I'm not sure what you meant by
> that.
>
> Though the term nihilism was first popularized by the novelist Ivan
> Turgenev, it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by
> Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743 – 1819), who used the term to characterize
> rationalism, and in particular Immanuel Kant's "critical" philosophy
> in order to carry out a reductio ad absurdum according to which all
> rationalism (philosophy as criticism) reduces to nihilism, and thus
> it should be avoided and replaced with a return to some type of faith
> and revelation. A related concept is fideism.
>
>>
>> And this quote "Asking less-established users to send first PREVENTS
>> a lot of scamming that might otherwise occur; it doesn't prove
> that
>> everyone isn't a scammer." ...I never once said that it would
> prove
>> that everyone isn't a scammer. I know there are scammers out there.
>> But ALL I'm saying is that scammers don't have good feedback on
> several
>> other sites and wouldn't go out of there way to "long con" (as
> sawyer
>> would say on LOST - for anyone who watches that show) you out of
> a
>> video game by showing you their feedback from other sites.
>>
>> Did I ever say feedback from other sites were "excellent"? No,
> I even
>> said there are small differences and that eBay's wasn't perfect.
> But
>> those feedback systems still work enough to show you who's a scammer
>> and who's not, basically. How many people are out there are unfamiliar
>> with eBay and Amazon? And how many other game traders are unfamiliar
>> with goozex or sayswap? Most of them have heard of those sites.
>
> As you can see I am not reading any of this nor do I expect anyone
> to read any of what I am writing. Rest in piece Mackey and vDub.
>>
>> Obviously the website discrimination comment was a joke. Which
> is
>> another way I can tell that you misinterpret what I say. Unless
> when
>> you said laughable you meant "laugh with" and not "laugh at". And
>> your examples weren't even accurate. In fact, they prove my point
>> when you use them correctly: If you have a max level character
> in
>> "Anarchy Online" and you went to another very similar MMORPG, and
>> you proved to someone else that you had a max level character in
> "Anarchy
>> Online", then they would be like wow, I respect that, if you have
>> that high of a character in one MMORPG, you must be good and it
> won't
>> be long before you get a max level character on this game too.
> As
>> for your "loan" analogy, have you ever heard of a credit score?
> (it
>> wouldn't surpise me if you haven't) but what do you think happens
>> when you go to buy a car and apply for financing? THEY CHECK YOUR
>> CREDIT SCORE! And if you have a good score from other places, they
>> trust you. That's the perfect example - thanks for that! You just
>> proved my point. And I might as well use your last example with
> the
>> president... so you're trying to tell me that if George W. Bush
> were
>> a well respected and honest president, that if he came to Canada,
>> people would treat him as an average joe civilian? No obviouslly
> not,
>> he get's special treatment. So thanks for that.
>
> Old Major is the inspiration which fuels the Revolution and the book.
> According to one interpretation, he could be based upon both Karl
> Marx and Lenin. As a socialist, George Orwell may have agreed with
> much of Marx, and even respected aspects of Lenin. According to this
> interpretation, the satire in Animal Farm is not of Marxism, or of
> Lenin's revolution, but of the corruption that occurred later although
> very similar to it. However, according to Christopher Hitchens:
>>
>> I never said you personally "said" that "users with feedback from
>> other sites are dishonest". But sure are treating them that way
> by
>> expecting them to send first - so you might as well have said it.
>> And not only are they "more likely" to be honest, but there is
> almost
>> no chance at all that they won't be. Obviously if someone with
> eBay
>> feedback rips you off you can't leave them neg feedback on there
> for
>> them. But what I'm saying is that they WONT. You're missing that
> part.
>> And even if they did, you could still leave neg for them on gameTZ
>> and a bad trader rep and they'd probably be kicked off so it couldn't
>> happen again - but that's really not worthy of mention since it
> would
>> almost never happen because as I've said, honest people are honest
>> people - there morals do NOT change from site to site. That's a
> no-brainer.
>
>
> In 1968 the 326 was replaced by the 350, which used a 3.875 in bore
> and 3.75 in stroke for a total displacement of 353.79 in³ although
> it was still called a 350 (5.7 L).
>
>
>>
>> You can't just say goozex has the worst feedback systems with nothing
>> to back it up. As far as I'm concerned, goozex feedback is just
> fine.
>> And amazon, feedback is fine too. What's wrong with it? It takes
> time
>> and commitment as you would say to build up feedback from any of
> those
>> other sites, so how is that different then?
>>
>> Bottom line is, someone from another site with good feedback IS
> honest,
>> and it's NOT too risky or too much of a potential hassle - you're
>> jsut losing out, as I said.
>>
>> Yes everyone has different comfort levels, that's a given. And
> I do
>> NOT respect people who are too ignorant to realize that just because
>> user is new, he's not a scammer, especially if he can prove that
> he's
>> honest and trustworthy by providing feedback from other sites.
> Or
>> people who think they are better than everyone else because they
> have
>> a higher feedback rating. So if you're not comfortable with a person
>> of a different race serving you dinner at a restaurant, you expect
>> me to respect that? No way. Just the same was I don't respect those
>> who would treat me as though I'm a scammer just because I'm new
> to
>> a site when I can prove that I'm not.
>
> 1. Its leaky fuel bowl. As in nealy all carburetors, the Quadrajet's
> bowl had pressed-in plugs used to seal holes left after drilling fuel
> passages during the manufacturing of the carburetor. These plugs in
> the Q-jet sometimes leaked fuel causing; (a) a cold engine being hard
> to start, (b) erratic idling, (c) poor fuel mileage, and (d) excessive
> emissions. Many Quadrajets have their fuel bowl plugs sealed with
> epoxy when rebuilt to prevent leaks.
> 2. The very small float bowl/fuel chamber can result in fuel starvation
> in extreme high-performance situations, but can usually be traced
> to a fuel delivery problem to the carburetor, such as a worn fuel
> pump or camshaft. In normal driving and mild performance use it provides
> excellent control of fuel level.
> 3. The fuel inlet/fuel filter housing threads tend to be very fragile.
> It is common for the fuel inlet threads in the main casting to strip.
> There are several "fixes" available in the aftermarket: New oversize
> self-tapping fuel filter housings; new fuel filter housings that seal
> with O-rings; and Heli-Coil rethreading kits.
> 4. Almost all Quadrajets today have some amount of warpage of the
> castings. The root cause of this warpage is over-tightening the front
> two carburetor mounting bolts, often in combination with a base gasket
> that doesn't have hard nylon inserts for the bolt holes.
> 5. The steel primary throttle shaft will tend to wear the throttle
> body aluminum casting material. This results in an air leak and in
> extreme cases could cause the primary throttle blades to not close
> properly. This results in poor idle quality. The aftermarket has responded;
> several vendors are supplying repair kits for the throttle body.
> 6. The Quadrajet was original equipment on everything from six-cylinder
> V6 engines to 500 cubic inch V8s. To meet the wide disparity of applications;
> and to meet more stringent emissions control regulations, over the
> years there have been a huge number of variations in fuel passages,
> air passages, vacuum ports, control methods for the secondary air
> valve, choke designs; and so forth.
>
>
>>
>> I'm not the one being closed-minded because I accept good feedback
>> from other sites.
>>
>> And on to "Brian Duff":
>>
>> ... your girlfriend example doesn't even compare to what we're
> talking
>> about. If you were able to PROVE that you were loyal to all your
> previous
>> girlfriends than YES, your girlfriend should have some sort of
> trust
>> for you then. Or at least you BOTH should have the SAME amount
> of
>> trust for each other just like people should both send at the SAME
>> time if you trust each other. And YES, since you got employee of
> the
>> year in your last job, you could mention that in your interview
> and
>> they would take that into consideration when hiring you. Just like
>> traders should take into consideration your feedback from other
> sites
>> when trading with you.
>> So you don't like me now because I proved you wrong? Good, why
> would
>> I want to trade with anybody who thinks they're the king of the
> world
>> because they are an "established trader" on a website. Or with
> anybody
>> who can't realize they're wrong. Ya, I'll keep in mind never to
> trade
>> with you either because I don't like people who are crybabies and
>> get "insulted" by a comment I made on a forum in which I was only
>> trying to help YOU and others out.
>>
>> And "Trevor Sparreboom":
>>
>
> Zune Software functions as management software for the device and
> library and as a client to the online music store. The old version
> was a modified version of Windows Media Player 11, and the latest
> version is built from the ground up, with additional DirectShow decoders
> for AAC, MPEG-4 and H.264, it supports the following formats — for
> audio: MP3 (.mp3), AAC (Low complexity) (.aac, .mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov),
> WMA (.wma); for video: MPEG4 (in .mp4, .m4v and .mov containers),
> H.264 (in .mp4, .m4v and .mov containers), WMV (.wmv), ASF (.asf);
> and for still images: JPEG (.jpg). It synchronizes music, pictures,
> videos and podcasts to the device. It streams files to the Xbox 360.
> It organizes the media in its library and allows users to add to the
> library by ripping from CDs and to organize the metadata. It can automatically
> pull down album art and metadata tag data for some content in the
> library. There is also an inbox feature in the desktop client software
> as well on the device, which keeps track of songs swapped with other
> Zune users. On the desktop client, the inbox also serves as a message
> center for Zune Social. Although the Zune Software was originally
> a modified version of Windows Media Player, the Zune device was designed
> to only work with the Zune Software. Zune Software requires Windows
> XP or Vista.
>
>> You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Because other
>> than you and a few others on this thread, people have some common
>> sense and fairly good judgement and brains enough to understand
> what
>> I'm saying. In fact I had a trade within the first few days with
> someone
>> else who agreed to send at the same time even though I was new
> and
>> they had good feedback. SO there's at least 1 person and I've had
>> many offeres as well. You're just a sucker for sending first and
> having
>> to wait longer for your game when you should be sending at the
> same
>> time. Keep in mind I said people shouldn't judge eBay alone, but
> by
>> at least 2 or more sites. And wow good for you, build up your rep
>> but don't forget to leave time to ride a thunder donkey.
>
> You misspelled judgment and offers.
I'm sure I misspelled a lot of things. And if those are the only 2 things I spelled wrong for typing really fast and not proof reading... that's pretty good.
Anyway, what are you trying to prove? | Nirvana
| | #64 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:02pm (EDT) |
YOU SAID TO INSTEAD OF TOO LEARN HOW TO TALK MURHHHRURHRHRJRKKDDFFFDDDSUCKDICKDJDJKDLEE
Smile Now Cry Later | invisibleink
| | #65 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:10pm (EDT) |
dtp11 wrote:
> mmm40x wrote:
>> Don't y'all love it when noobs come here and tell us we have been
>> doing it wrong and we're all tools for not doing it their way?
>
> "y'all"? Learn how to talk.
>
> No wonder, you're to retarded to understand a word I said.
to
too
two
one sound, three words. shocking, i know | BoB
| | #66 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:41pm (EDT) |
yall aint funny none at all
i havent been fudgeed like that since grade school - marla | invisibleink
| | #67 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:46pm (EDT) |
stfu bob | dtp11
| | #68 posted May 4, 2008 at 2:51pm (EDT) |
thunderdonkey wrote:
> dtp11 wrote: And "Trevor Sparreboom":
>
> You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Because other
> than you and a few others on this thread, people have some common
> sense and fairly good judgement and brains enough to understand what
> I'm saying. In fact I had a trade within the first few days with someone
> else who agreed to send at the same time even though I was new and
> they had good feedback. SO there's at least 1 person and I've had
> many offeres as well. You're just a sucker for sending first and having
> to wait longer for your game when you should be sending at the same
> time. Keep in mind I said people shouldn't judge eBay alone, but by
> at least 2 or more sites. And wow good for you, build up your rep
> but don't forget to leave time to ride a thunder donkey <<<---
> I love this part
>
>
> Wow, we've really got you worked up now, don't we? I'm confused as
> to why you have a problem with sending first? You don't want to wait
> for your games? Too bad. That's the way it works here. You crying
> about it isn't going to change anything. If you want to trade here...accept
> that you'll have to send first until you have a good rep built up.
> If you don't like that concept, then don't trade here, and please
> don't preach to those of us who do accept that this site opererates
> that way. If you don't like how a business runs, don't shop there.
> Don't stand on a pulpit and preach that everyone should change because
> you don't agree with the policy.
>
> When I first joined GameTz, I did feel a little like you do. I thought
> that since I had a 7 year ebay history with 100% positive feedback,
> that that should matter. I posted a link to my ebay feedback on my
> bio page so that if anyone wants to get a better idea of who I am,
> and what it's like to deal with me, then they can check it out and
> see. I agree that an ebay feedback can indicate a person's honesty.
> But I would never expect someone with a triple-gold rating here to
> send at the same time as me, until I've established myself here as
> well. That's just the way it works. I accept that. If I'm going
> to trade with a gold star user, I know I can trust them. I want
> to show them that they can trust me too. And the way to do that is
> to send first. It won't take long to build up a rep here, and then
> I can ask other new users to send first to me. It's a system that
> works, and it works well as long as everyone follows it. Don't
> call me a "sucker" because I agree with a policy and decide that following
> it is a pretty small price to pay for the privilege of being able
> to trade with these fine people here.
>
> I undersand perfectly what your saying Dustin. And since you like
> analogies so much, here's one for ya....
>
> Suppose you just were hired for a new job. You had a great track
> record at your previous job, and even won employee of the month a
> few times. Your new employer takes this into account, and offers
> you a little bit higher a wage for your position.
> After about a week on the new job, you decide that you don't like
> how certain things operate. Despite the fact that the company has
> run perfectly fine for many years, has a great track record as a reputable
> company, and where all the employees seem to work well together...
> you disagree with certain policies anyways and start to speak out
> against them. You start off politely, but as you realize that more
> and more employees disagree with you (as well as the corporate head
> office), you become more and more preachy. You keep pushing the issue.
> You argue. You insult others. You push and push and push. You
> don't let it go. |
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