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CGC Web Board Decorum on Purchases

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epowe10097

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I am just asking this to get a feeling of how others view transactions with their fellow board members. How long after a purchase is made with a board member is it OK to start worrying a little bit about receiving said purchase? If you made a purchase and then 1 week later asked for any kind of shipping information only to get no response though it shows the PM was read, would you feel a little apprehensive? How about after 2 weeks and you have sent the seller a personal email asking the same question, only to get no response? I know we don't all view the boards every single day and I know we all have lives outside the CGC boards so I didn't want to "jump the gun"...so to speak. Thanks for any responses.

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Chaseman210

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Most everyone I've bought from or sold to has gotten me the tracking almost immediately after printing the label. If it was longer, the seller explained the hold-up and when I could expect the item to be shipped.

 

In your situation, I would be agitated that the seller read the PM and didn't respond to give you tracking info or a reason for you not having the book already.

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davedawgbg

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The fact that they have read, but not responded to your inquiries for weeks is unacceptable. Stuff happens, delays happen, that's life. To not send a message or reply to received messages is a complete jerk move.

 

Our fellow boardies are far better people than I because I would be well beyond "irritated" or "agitated" in the scenario you describe.

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Speedy-D

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I am just asking this to get a feeling of how others view transactions with their fellow board members. How long after a purchase is made with a board member is it OK to start worrying a little bit about receiving said purchase? If you made a purchase and then 1 week later asked for any kind of shipping information only to get no response though it shows the PM was read, would you feel a little apprehensive? How about after 2 weeks and you have sent the seller a personal email asking the same question, only to get no response? I know we don't all view the boards every single day and I know we all have lives outside the CGC boards so I didn't want to "jump the gun"...so to speak. Thanks for any responses.

There's pretty good support here for stuff like this. Check out these three threads:

 

UPDATED PROBATION LIST ONLY - no discussions: Where we put up the names of people who are taking too long to complete transactions

 

PROBATION DISCUSSIONS: Where we discuss situations, before people are put on the list above

 

GENERAL DISCUSSION - keep the other threads clean: where we discuss general issues related to buying and selling on the boards

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Buzzetta

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You are all just annoyed because this is someone that politely inquired about the culture of the board and how to best go about a concern rather than throw a glass jar full of acid at someone's face.

 

To the OP - well inquired. In another week I would contact someone in the thread and if you have not emailed that person directly through the paying paypal address I would do that too.

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Dr. Balls

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Find someone else in the thread and ask them if they got their stuff yet.

 

On rare ocassions when it's an issue - this is what I have done. I think it's a good way to get information without - as Buzz says - throwing acid in someone's face.

 

You honestly never know what's going on, so there's nothing wrong with a little discretion. I had a boardie not send me anything for several weeks - and when I got around to inquiring, I found out the poor guy had been murdered in his own house.

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epowe10097

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Thanks for all the information so far guys. The purchase was made via IM after the seller closed his sales thread. I have sent another board member a PM asking if he/she has received a book that I saw he/she had bought from seller in question. No response from him/her yet.

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Speedy-D

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Thanks for all the information so far guys. The purchase was made via IM after the seller closed his sales thread. I have sent another board member a PM asking if he/she has received a book that I saw he/she had bought from seller in question. No response from him/her yet.

There's pretty good support here for stuff like this. Check out these three threads:

 

UPDATED PROBATION LIST ONLY - no discussions: Where we put up the names of people who are taking too long to complete transactions

 

PROBATION DISCUSSIONS: Where we discuss situations, before people are put on the list above

 

GENERAL DISCUSSION - keep the other threads clean: where we discuss general issues related to buying and selling on the boards

Seriously man, check out these threads. They're good to know about.

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epowe10097

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Well, I did receive a response from the person I PM'd about whether or not he got his/her book from said seller. He/she said he/she did and that the seller is a good guy who always comes through on deals. So for now, I trust his/her judgement. I just wish the seller would have responded to some of my IM, esp after seeing they were read.

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Dr. Balls

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Well, I did receive a response from the person I PM'd about whether or not he got his/her book from said seller. He/she said he/she did and that the seller is a good guy who always comes through on deals. So for now, I trust his/her judgement. I just wish the seller would have responded to some of my IM, esp after seeing they were read.

 

Good luck, that's good news!

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Well, I did receive a response from the person I PM'd about whether or not he got his/her book from said seller. He/she said he/she did and that the seller is a good guy who always comes through on deals. So for now, I trust his/her judgement. I just wish the seller would have responded to some of my IM, esp after seeing they were read.

excellent/her!!

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Buzzetta

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Is this a purchase you made in a sales thread or in a PM?

 

Does it make a difference? I've made deals through PMs. Do they not follow board etiquette then?

 

Just curious...

 

I think they meant that if it was in a thread then there might be other buyers that the OP could have asked. I had someone respond to one of my WTB ads and I purchased something through IM. There was no FS thread to speak of.

 

At least that is what I think Pontoon meant.

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