Just my take...what do I know
TomC came with a member who had not delivered the items that were paid for. The name was posted after he said he would give them a little more time (or that is what it appeared by his first post). Quality came back and has posted that the items have been shipped and should be there in a day or two.
Seems to me all of the bickering in between doesn't help the books get from point a to point b. It also appears that resolution is at hand.
The purpose of the Probation thread is not to eliminate people from buying, but for allowing people to see that if they choose not to ship items or pay for items within the 30 day time frame, they will see their name posted until it is resolved.
Does it make either party a bad person? no...
Does it make you think before purchasing or selling to this person? You would think so..., especially if they are new to buying/selling on the boards.
Often times throughout all 3 Probation threads you see that it isn't one person who has the problem with one buyer/seller, but several people who find out through this thread that they are not alone.
Mistakes happen, life happens. If everything gets resolved before the Probation Thread great, but occassionally it doesn't...and outing someone, after trying everything possible to either secure the items you paid for or that were to be purchased, has to happen.
I know I mentioned it before, but for simplicity sake and trying to keep everyone on the same page...
1 Thread for Probation handled by 1 member (Signature Room has it with Kevin Boyd, took some time, but now only people post questions and he makes the only replies)
1 Thread for Probation Discussion, where people can vent and rant and graemlin etc.