What's wrong with "flipping"? - Page 2  

The answer to this question has to do with commercial sales.

If we allowed people to sell at a profit here, they would compete with our paying advertisers and sponsors. What would stop someone from skipping the expense of having a real business and selling directly through a free resource here?

Head-Fi relies on advertising dollars from paid advertisers and sponsors. The people who pay do not want to compete with others in our For Sale Forums. The entire point of the For Sale Forum is for members to exchange used goods. If someone could undercut the businesses we rely on by using Head-Fi as a free resource, it would damage the companies we rely on to keep Head-Fi running.

If you want to sell for profit, feel free to contact advertise@head-Fi.org. We'll set you up as a Member of the Trade and you will have the option to purchase advertising or sponsor your own forum.

If you have a problem with this, feel free to start selling on eBay, Audiogon, or any number of sites that allow commercial sales. But you are not going to do it here. If you want to run a business, you're going to play on the same field as every other business here.

A few more things:

1. You know very well that your other account was banned. I was very clear about that when I banned you and I also gave you the reasons why.

2. The thread where you admitted to buying these contained numerous warnings against flipping from Currawong and me. You knew quite well that you were doing something against the rules and you knew very well that you would get banned for doing it.

3. Multiple accounts - especially from a banned member - are prohibited.