^^^ this is great. very creative Nathan.

I don't know I usually ignore these tactics!

I have to agree with arch.  Bottom line business is business.  I have more posts and more feedback than anyone so I have a pretty good mix of both worlds I think.  Sure I cut close friends better deals, but that is because I want to.  But even if a close friend offers me way less than I am looking for I am going to turn them down.   At the end of the day we all want the most we can get for our stuff so we can buy more stuff.  I do think there is def a good community via the B/S/T section but if I can't come to terms with someone I am not going to hold it against them or think any less of them if they put it on ebay.  I do agree with you though nesguy, it all goes hand in hand, but finding the proper balance isn't always easy with so many people being around now a days.

Dan is right, I simply can't read all the threads and posts anymore.  There are just to many of them to keep track of all of them.  I am very guility of not reading all the FS threads cause most of them for other systems don't interest me at all.  That is also why we have a great moderator team to keep on eye on stuff.  There is no right or wrong answer on this one, I think it will  just have to work itself out.
~~NGD

Pansy.

I still read every post, but admittedly, I'm sometimes 6-7 days behind (2000+ posts). But, I do get to them eventually, and I try to respond to ones that require me to, or ones that I find interesting.

But overall, I don't really think this is a long-lasting trend, simply because it doesn't really work. I know who you're referring to and I think most find the tactics annoying (I know I do). As time goes on, people get smarter and will realize that doing business that way is sleazy. Who knows, maybe next time I see that, I'll simply edit the thread to say something like "*poof* sent to eBay by NA moderator!"

HA... now that would be some sweet code to implement Dain. "When XXXXX insert POOF Sent to eBay by NA Moderator"! WIN

yeah I don't really care honestly haha

You as a buyer do control this. You can't sell anything without a buyer. As for the community aspect. Look at any remotely sizable game forum and look at what section leads in post counts. It's either a B/S/T or and Auctions sub forum. As much as we do have community, commerce drives gaming sites. It's in the post counts.

I've used that line before in other forums, but it was more a lamentation that I might have to use ebay's crappy service than a means of enticing people to give me their money. I wouldn't expect people to be that dumb. One thing I've learned is that no one is stupid when it comes to money.  (except maybe me    )

You must not have read the news in the last couple of years...

Can't believe I missed this thread, damn I haven't been around much lately.  Either way, I have to comment on this so I'll try to keep it short and sweet.

1. You are completely misunderstood here.  Saying "taking these to the bay " is NOT trying to extort people, it's just the seller's way of relaying the message that "darn NA, you let me down".  You are only thinking of extortion here because you are mentioning an "offer" item.  What if I have a fixed price and then say "NA, don't make me take em to eBay "  Am I trying to get more money out of you?  Of course not, I'm just expressing my disappointment and taking my business elsewhere.

2. I've always taken my stuff to eBay when I say I will, so I can't comment here.

3. Well it's no secret, but the eBay user base is clearly much larger than NA.  It's not calling NA ignorant or cheap, it's simply taking the item to a marketplace with a much larger demand.  Price really depends on the item, and while you can obviously sell without any fees here, people also expect you to price under eBay because of this.  Why bother to sell here to begin with?  Simply because I feel morally obligated to as a member of the community, and I'd rather pass it to a fellow collector than some random off eBay.  But when push comes to shove, a dollar is a dollar and I'll take one from whoever wants to pay me.

4. Damaging to the community?  Eh maybe, but I'm not going to sell at a loss here when if I know for a fact I can make more money elsewhere.  The only exceptions would be selling to a friend (though I don't really keep up with hardly anyone), or someone who cut me a deal in the past.  There's a saying, "If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours", and I believe in that 100%.  Just as taking something to eBay peeves you, I'd be pissed if I get a buyer on here expecting some sort of NA hookup simply because we're part of the same community.  Business is business no matter how you slice it.