jsaliga
Headphoneus Supremus
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Whether the OP benefits from this or not is irrelevant...this is wrong-headed. I really don't know why people think that every member at head-fi must hang out at member's lounge and is aware of the goings on here. If this piece of internet filth is allowed access to the forums and PMs then he has access to the entire membership. So someone posts in the headphone forum that he's thinking of buying a new pair of cans. In comes our sleaze ball, PMs him that he has a pair for sale, the victim then sees his high post count, doesn't check his feedback, and then gets taken to the cleaners for a tidy sum of money. And all that needed to be done to prevent this is lock his account. If he has an email address on file then the admins can provide it to someone who has been trying to complete a transaction with him for more than a year.
So while it might seem helpful to allow trose49 access to the forum on the slim hope that he will be a stand up guy and make the situation right, it also gives him the opporuntity to rip off other members.
And at the risk of provoking the ire of the mods and admins, I have been uniformly supportive of the decisions made here...even when I didn't necessarily agree with them. But this one I just don't get, and can't really support -- not that it matters to anyone what I think.
--Jerome
Originally Posted by applaudio /img/forum/go_quote.gif As much as it pains me to say it, I have to agree that thoughts of banning him have to be put aside (for now) for the sake of the OP. That sounds so wrong, but if there is any chance that the man can still be persuaded or reasoned with, it's worth taking. HOWEVER, to allow him continued access to the Head-Fi sale/trade forums is just asking for even more trouble! That is not a chance worth taking! |
Whether the OP benefits from this or not is irrelevant...this is wrong-headed. I really don't know why people think that every member at head-fi must hang out at member's lounge and is aware of the goings on here. If this piece of internet filth is allowed access to the forums and PMs then he has access to the entire membership. So someone posts in the headphone forum that he's thinking of buying a new pair of cans. In comes our sleaze ball, PMs him that he has a pair for sale, the victim then sees his high post count, doesn't check his feedback, and then gets taken to the cleaners for a tidy sum of money. And all that needed to be done to prevent this is lock his account. If he has an email address on file then the admins can provide it to someone who has been trying to complete a transaction with him for more than a year.
So while it might seem helpful to allow trose49 access to the forum on the slim hope that he will be a stand up guy and make the situation right, it also gives him the opporuntity to rip off other members.
And at the risk of provoking the ire of the mods and admins, I have been uniformly supportive of the decisions made here...even when I didn't necessarily agree with them. But this one I just don't get, and can't really support -- not that it matters to anyone what I think.
--Jerome