I've noticed a trend on this particular forum in the Cars/Parts for sale sections, and I feel compelled to call it out as I've never seen anything like it before in all the forums for all the cars/trucks I've ever associated myself with.
Normal protocol in the "for sale" sections, as I'm accustomed to is: If you are interested in the item with the intent to BUY then members ask questions and make offers, and yes on occasion correct inaccuracies with respect to item descriptions. That's it.
Here it seems members regularly take liberty to bash the item and the member on a regular basis. Members that post their parts/cars are regularly "accosted" by the e9 mob and end up having to defend themselves or the item for sale with respect to their for asking price, past transactions, what things sold for in the past here and in other places, etc... Certainly if an item is misrepresented, then this should be addressed, but this is not the behavior I'm calling out. Members here are seemingly preventing other members from selling thier items. Again, I've never seen anything like it.
In short, if you don't want to buy it don't. If you think it's too expensive, either make a lower offer or move on. If you don't like a particular aspect of an item, keep it to yourself. If you're aware of a better deal, PM other members don't post it publicly on another member's item. In short, respect other members and don't impede their ability to sell an item.
For example. I posted my car for sale, which garnered a 100 posts and almost 8000 views and after all of that there was 1 offer that ended up being a non-offer. However, there were 100 posts! Members chiming in on this and that, other cars that sold, links to other cars, members questioning a number of things including my integrity, making incorrect claims about the car, prices, etc. Of course there are exceptions as a few quality members that I've had the pleasure to actually meet in person and actually inspected the car in person posted relevant things about the car, which would serve to HELP in the sale of the car. However, these posts were buried in the mire of BS that filled the post.
Again, I've never seen anything like it. I'll also note here that I've meet several members in my short affiliation with this forum that have stated that they "never" post here...I'm beginning to understand why. There is a serious negative mob mentality at work here and it's a bit disturbing...and you wonder why the prices of these cars aren't going anywhere. Really? It's not that hard to figure out after participating on this forum for the short time that I have.
Help don't hinder.
Go Figure!
