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Conversation has slowed, the friendliness isnt what it was and the handbags come out a lot quicker now. It's like the UK's answer to tgp.
On the other hand there is a new face in the classifieds daily and some of the pricing is dubious.
It feels like the classifieds is becoming the biggest driver for the forum, with that it seems to be bringing quite a lot of the clowns from eBay and Gumtree.
As to the forum drying up, I think the classifieds have slowed a bit but we've got Christmas coming and Black Friday coming too. Not unusual for the time of year. The rest of the forum seems much the same as usual, maybe with a little less drama than usual. Waning moon so again not unusual
(formerly miserneil)
Picking up on a couple of other points people have made - if I'm buying its either from a bricks and mortar place like Coda etc or off here where I'd like to think I'm dealing with fellow enthusiasts!
Times are hard, I have to put food on the table.
He's certainly registered here.
You'll find him under "banned".
The Classifieds is - always has been - a very busy part of the community. As you'd expect given how much buying & selling & lusting we all do.
But I've noticed more and more people who join and head straight for the Classifieds and only ever post in the Classifieds. They don't join in the rest of the discussions, and don't bring anything to add to the community.
In which case the Classifieds is no longer something to support the community, it's become a separated part of the forum that is actually taking value from the community because the new joiners don't understand the "pay it forward" ethos that exists/existed.
When someone spots and flags one of the bedroom dealers, they usually get de-membered. Not because I begrudge someone earning an honest (if slightly underhand) bit of profit, but because they're undermining the original nature of the community and using it purely for their own financial gain.
Profit is good, profit is why I have retired the right side of 50! I owned a non music related high street business for 30 years, but this I conducted in the correct manner much like Mark @guitars4you
Another forumite once bought a rather lovely Tom Anderson Drop Top from me, forgot he had to pay the toll to get into Wales so was £5 short on cash. 2 days later I received £5 in the post.
Behaviour like that encourages you to reciprocate as you're operating on principles rather £ signs.
However, that being said there have been some sausage jockeys that just make lowball offers or generally act like the all-knowing font of f*ckwittery so I have been less inclined to offer them a good deal. Instead I usually add a risk premia for fear of them actually wanting said guitar/amp/pedal and me having to deal with them.
Seriously can't count the times he has been so very cool to me hooking me up with guitars and guitar related deals.
Iv been lucky to meet and deal with quite a few top guys here and from the old place. I can usually tell the folks to steer clear from , most of the time.
The advice and guidance on guitars is just brilliant and on tap. I have learnt loads and people are very helpful.
@SteveRobinson recently wired a telecaster together that I couldn't do. It had an extra wire and that totally fucked me up.
This guy just said come over and he fixed without asking for anything - what a lovely man and that is the sort of goodness that goes on if you play fairly and treat people how you would like to be treated. Next time my strat or Jag needs a proper set up , I will be ringing Steve to put business his way.
If if you want to mug folk off, well you can jog on and leave this cool place.