[NiceCans]

simply put . . . .



the "New Posts" button at the top of the forums!

Yes, by pressing that innocent looking button you open the door to the dreaded and deadly "For Sale / Trade Forums" where threats to your financial well-being lurk around every corner.

Worse yet, they are intermixed between the other forum posts so as to maintian their innocence until you are ensnared in their trap.

I can even resist a sale (imagine a woman who can claim that! . . . well, ok, sometimes I can resist

) but how many of us have been the victim of this silent wallet killer?

Fortunately, on the bright side, you can always sell-off some of the stuff yourself, thus trapping others into this money pit and perpetuating the cycle.

 

[mb3k]

Wow, I never really noticed that button before.
It doesn't work for me right now... "page error", maybe that's a good thing.

 

[warubozu]

Yup, nifty little button to catch up on the day's latest news.

 

[NiceCans]

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Originally Posted by warubozu Yup, nifty little button to catch up on the day's latest news.

yes it is, and has been my standard method of browsing the boards for some months . . . . but my spending on used gear also increased since I adopted that methodology . . . coincidence? Perhaps . . . .

 

[Julz]

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Originally Posted by warubozu Yup, nifty little button to catch up on the day's latest news.

use it all the time...sometimes I get a little too excited with it and it has to calm me down with the This forum....Try again in 8 seconds" message.

 

[Audiofiler]

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Originally Posted by NiceCans simply put . . . . the "New Posts" button at the top of the forums! Yes, by pressing that innocent looking button you open the door to the dreaded and deadly "For Sale / Trade Forums" where threats to your financial well-being lurk around every corner. Worse yet, they are intermixed between the other forum posts so as to maintian their innocence until you are ensnared in their trap. I can even resist a sale (imagine a woman who can claim that! . . . well, ok, sometimes I can resist ) but how many of us have been the victim of this silent wallet killer? Fortunately, on the bright side, you can always sell-off some of the stuff yourself, thus trapping others into this money pit and perpetuating the cycle.

This is nifty feature, that when individual forum links will not load up properly, you can click on this hotlink, and it gets you past the network congestion...sometimes

 

[gshan]

I think the ability to post photos on the forum is pretty deadly for all too...

Gear Envy!

 

[NiceCans]

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Originally Posted by gshan Gear Envy!

 

[fewtch]

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Originally Posted by NiceCans simply put . . . . the "New Posts" button at the top of the forums! Yes, by pressing that innocent looking button you open the door to the dreaded and deadly "For Sale / Trade Forums" where threats to your financial well-being lurk around every corner. Worse yet, they are intermixed between the other forum posts so as to maintian their innocence until you are ensnared in their trap. I can even resist a sale (imagine a woman who can claim that! . . . well, ok, sometimes I can resist ) but how many of us have been the victim of this silent wallet killer?

It just got me recently (new amp, which I didn't really need that much). I was gonna get a K701, but now it has to wait thanks to that purchase.

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Fortunately, on the bright side, you can always sell-off some of the stuff yourself, thus trapping others into this money pit and perpetuating the cycle.

Very true.

P.S. I use the "new posts" link all the time. That's the way I prefer navigating Head-Fi. Then I open a page (or tab) for each page of new posts, and read them at my leisure by right clicking each interesting topic and opening it in a new window.

 

[Edwood]

The silent (real) threat to my wallet is Health Care.

-Ed

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by mb3k Wow, I never really noticed that button before. It doesn't work for me right now... "page error", maybe that's a good thing.

someone had to bring it to my attention this year - before then I was making The Team scour the boards manually! posting efficiency is now up 30%!

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by NiceCans ... how many of us have been the victim of this silent wallet killer?

Happens to all of us. I hit it a few weeks back and wound up with a CD player on an impulse buy. It was a good deal and the transaction was great, but I had logged on with no intention of buying anything. Then again, I don't regret it.