The deteriorating classifieds culture

[Jewbacca]

31 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Am actually wondering if @Matt can't either engage or block. Because we all know where t find them, if we want a crap offer surely we;'' call? We buy cars dont randomly call sellers? 

Just don't reply?

Matt isn't our dad who needs to protect us.

I honestly don't understand why people get so butthurt by lowballers and people who don't follow through or answer.

Water, ducks back etc... 

So much unnecessary butthurtedness

[cadenceblur]

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

[Jewbacca]

1 minute ago, cadenceblur said:

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

Empower yourself by understanding that they don't care so neither should you. 

Evil... hahahaha 

Evolve, expect less. You'll be better off for it. 

If it's that common and still affecting you and your day, you need to move on as almost everyone else evidently has

Self empowerment is rad. You can choose not to have an emotional response to things that don't matter. But by willingly partaking in the free market, you will 100% deal with lowballers, ignorers and people who text in half sentences and don't introduce themselves. It is as inevitable as needing to poo 

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, Me rida my bicycle said:

I'll save you all the effort and even come and collect everything at no cost to you. I know I'm just such a good person 😂

 

Ek woon nader as jy.  So gaaf ek sal jou die petrol spaar ... 😉

[betaboy]

 

Manners

Maketh

A

Man.

[Mountain Bru]

3 hours ago, Prince Albert Cycles said:

True . But what about an honest newbie ? How does he get somewhere if no one deals with him ?

He just gets involved in the forums for a week, gets in a fight on a Friday, and then has 100+ posts. 

[cadenceblur]

9 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Empower yourself by understanding that they don't care so neither should you. 

Evil... hahahaha 

Evolve, expect less. You'll be better off for it. 

If it's that common and still affecting you and your day, you need to move on as almost everyone else evidently has

Self empowerment is rad. You can choose not to have an emotional response to things that don't matter. But by willingly partaking in the free market, you will 100% deal with lowballers, ignorers and people who text in half sentences and don't introduce themselves. It is as inevitable as needing to poo 

As was correctly pointed out above. 
no need to tolerate those with no basic manners or common decency -  but as in all things - to each his own . 

[OVERDRIVE]

26 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

Just don't reply?

Matt isn't our dad who needs to protect us.

I honestly don't understand why people get so butthurt by lowballers and people who don't follow through or answer.

Water, ducks back etc... 

So much unnecessary butthurtedness

Nah it’s annoying. Really really annoying. Sure everyone who’s put up something for sale is bombarded by their bot offers and would like them gone. 
 

Butthurtedness:

Derived from the word butthurt, a way to describe a situation.

What's one word you would use to describe 2017?
Eg: "Full of butthurtedness". 

trying to connect this to Bikemarket, am lost 

 

 

[Jewbacca]

1 minute ago, cadenceblur said:

As was correctly pointed out above. 
no need to tolerate those with no basic manners or common decency -  but as in all things - to each his own . 

Exactly

That needs to work both ways. It can't be 'To each their own' as long as it's how I expect it.

2 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Nah it’s annoying. Really really annoying. Sure everyone who’s put up something for sale is bombarded by their bot offers and would like them gone. 
 

Butthurtedness:

Derived from the word butthurt, a way to describe a situation.

What's one word you would use to describe 2017?
Eg: "Full of butthurtedness". 
trying to connect this to Bikemarket, am lost 

 

 

People being offended when random unknown buyers or sellers from walk of life unknown don't treat them with the respect and decorum they feel they deserve - Butthurt - the act of being butthurt - Buthurtedness

[OVERDRIVE]

Just now, Jewbacca said:

Exactly

That needs to work both ways. It can't be 'To each their own' as long as it's how I expect it.

People being offended when random unknown buyers or sellers from walk of life unknown don't treat them with the respect and decorum they feel they deserve - Butthurt - the act of being butthurt - Buthurtedness

Err…ok. 

[Mountain Bru]

1 hour ago, ChrisF said:

 

And many sellers have zero interest in the forum side

Yes... But are those really the people you want to deal with?? Often not. 

But my point is actually that if you want a way to deal with semi-legit guys (mostly) that you can generally trust (mostly) without actually knowing anything about them, then only deal with guys with some kind of presence on the forums side. Buying and selling with these guys is like buying and selling within a community of friends (for the most part, obviously there might still be some bad apples). 

But if you want to deal with guys that are only active on the classifieds, then you're basically engaging purely with an online marketplace just like facebook marketplace or gumtree, and so you should expect the same kind of people to be trolling around there. Some decent human beings are doubtless in the mix too, but you have no way of knowing who they are, and if things go south, you probably have limited recourse with those characters. If you choose that, then I don't think you should come complain on the forums when you bump into people who treat the classifieds like facebook marketplace for bicycles.

 

[Mountain Bru]

What would really make the classifieds next level amazing would be if you could select an option in your profile to only sell to guys with a certain number of forum posts, and only buy from guys with a certain number of forum posts, and if turning that on somehow brought back comments on the classifieds 🤩🤩🤩

[betaboy]

I blame social media and load shedding, for shortening all communications in South Africa. Type Fast to preserve battery life. 🤭

[babse]

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[Vaultboy]

5 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

While it is annoying, it is part and parcel of being a part of society ....

 

...where honour is a distant memory. 

[ACE Cycles]

8 hours ago, Mountain Bru said:

Only buy and sell from okes that have 100+ forum posts and most of your problems will go away. 

Coming from someone that sold on this platform for a living, those you speak of spend more time talking k@k and stroking their fragile egos than they do in actually buying anything

There are 2 kinds of hubbers, those that do, and those that talk

Edited July 7, 2024 by ACE Cycles
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