Ancient Alien":2o2e4kj1 said:
That place is filled with mental midgets.
They pay $1000 for a Klon, that any idiot can build for $30 in parts.
And Tag buys a Dumble for $45K that you can get the same exact tone from a Fuchs for $2K.
And these complete douche pickles will nickel and dime you on a pedal....
Plus, you have to pay these ass burgers to list things in the classifieds.
That place is about as useful as a bull with tits.....
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Please AA, get real. Every forum has it's mental midgets, none more filled than TGP because they have 70,000 plus members (Correction...Members: 73,696). By contrast, RT has 8422 members. Because there are so many members there just to sell without contributing, they charge you $5 per month, or $12 per year to sell. For f**k's sake, that's $1 per month. Raise the price of your item you're selling to cover it, and be done with it, and stop bitching. Sheesh.
charveldan":2o2e4kj1 said:
Getting bant from TGP is the best thing that has happened to me on the web. Scott Peterson has the strangest rules of any forum i've been on.
As for getting banned (not bant) at TGP, they have the most even handed moderation of any forum I've seen. I've received infractions for insulting members and calling them out for posting utter BS (which they deserved IMO, but I got an infraction none the less). Not sure what your "time out" was for, but in almost every case, the member who got an infraction or banned asked for it somehow. I speak from experience, so I know this to be true. My guess is the TGP rules were violated somehow by you, and you felt you had good reason to. Doesn't change the fact that you broke them (as I did), and we both paid the piper for our actions.
Or am I reading that wrong?
I dig RT, but listening to members both belittle and praise TGP over issues they could have anywhere seems petty. Just follow the rules and shut the fuck up, already. You don't get unlimited freedom of speech. You're not protected by the 1st Amendment, and you can be held accountable for what you say, just like real life. Treat it that way and move on. Life is too short. With the influx of HC people all over the net, rules have been enforced that they weren't as strict on before. According to what I hear, there's been an HC "attitude" that's permeated many forums, kind of like gunslingers in the Old West. Wild shootouts/discussions, whatever, but many forums (not just RT and TGP) have cracked down on behavior that smacks of entitlement. Hell, there's an HC Shanty Town here, right?
Regarding the TGP classified ads. Jeez, $5 for a month, $12 per year for a prime targeted buying audience and you guys want to bitch about that? Grow a pair, and spray some liquid hair on them if you're lacking, would ya? What a pitiful whine that is. Paid selling rights came about because people used the TGP just for sales, not to contribute, which burned up server fees to those who supported TGP. So that's why they introduced seller fees. It seems they had some members here tagged pretty well, judging by the posts in this thread. Pony up your $12 and shut the fuck up, or sell without TGP "mental midgets who overpay" already. For Christ's sake.
When's the last time any of you ran an eBay auction? Sheesh, I sell 3-4 pairs of metal handles there per month, and I wind up paying about $12-20 each month in fees for around $130-250 worth of sales. That's almost 10% alone. You can sell on TGP for a whole year for less.
Guess what? The internet, gear sales, and selling costs are not FREE! There is no free lunch, free pussy, dick enlargement drugs, gratuitous blow job or sports cars with Kim Kardashian in it just cause you want it to be, just like real life. Grow up, man up, pay up and shut up already...or adjust your thong accordingly.
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Just aggravating, I feel your pain.
saved a couple hundred!