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Where's the Flipping thread ?
fischflo:
..oh
rodriguez:
The original thread might have been pulled because someone thought they would use the thread for their own agenda, ended up being called out for being a bit naughty themselves and requested the thread be pulled, might be wrong :pilky:
This whole 'flipping' thing has got silly, it appears to depend on who the member is as to how their trading activities are viewed.
This is the way I see it (depending on who it is of course) :LolLolLolLol:
If someone buys a bike on Ebay splits it and sells the bits on the forums that's OK.
If someone bought parts from Alans 10 years ago and sells them for more than they paid that's OK.
If someone imports parts and sells them for more than they paid that is OK.
If someone someone hassles someone to sell something at a low price because that's all they can afford to pay because (insert sob story) then sells it on RAD or Ebay then that's NOT OK.
A hobby like this needs a good flow of parts to keep people interested and parts have to come from somewhere.
That's more or less the way it works in similar hobbies to this for example classic motorcycles.
fischflo:
.. yeah, it probably had SOME kind of pragmatic background, .... you see, that at least i can understand (alas not appreciate, of course). - i was just kinda upset that it got pulled, because i liked that thread. Partly because it contained ideas of what could be seen problematic - not so much to develop a codex. The thread showed that its actually difficult to define the problem, or set rules that could be religiously followed. So there is no really good orthodox view on this anyway - except maybe Bob_Acids take that ultimately aimed on motive or as he put it later 'decency' (imo at least). Anyway the discussion was fruitful imo in creating awareness, maybe a smoewhat shared view. ... Whatever, this discussion will continue anyway, as long as there is smth like a 'mate's rate'.
But what actually disappointed me more than the loss of that specific discussion was the loss of a ...beautiful thread :-[
But hey .... were RAD, and we've gone through worse ...lol
:laugh: Night you lot
PK.RIPPER:
WE WANT A LIKE BUTTON, WE WANT A LIKE BUTTON,WE WANT A LIKE BUTTON. :daumenhoch:
Retrodan72:
What does pragmatic mean?
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