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Updates to Oakley Forum Rules/Mod Actions 2020
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Professional Oakley Sellers(or POS's for short) are trying to dictate the rules here so their threads can be a safe space.
They need that safe space because this is how they put food on their tables.
@Steven Goldberg has 300+ pairs of oakleys for sale on ebay right now.
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And he isnt the only one. We know who the others are.
They buy up tons and tons of stuff and sell here because it increases their profits to avoid Ebay fees and hassle. Then they break the rules and ask for payments F&F(yes I have proof).
And the worst part about it is NONE of them are even premium members here.
That many items for sale all day every day and a bag of chips?
That should qualify them to become a FORUM SPONSOR.
Then maybe their input about how sales here are treated could be taken with more then a grain of salt!
These dudes are running small side businesses here and it seems like all you care about is site traffic from it rather than what Made Oakley Forum Great in the first place:
It was the fact that you coupled a nice underground hobby with your professional web skills(waaaaay beyond Dann's)
Skills that blew it up into a Professional Oakley Sellers paradise. (I saw it first hand with the rubbers).
I understand that the POS's(professional oakley sellers) are a part of the traffic that helps fund the forum, but there is clearly enough of us who are long standing members who are turned off by it that a solution should be considered...
Make them pay to be a forum sponsor. Then they can rap all they want.
Unti then, there will be those of us that continue to understand the injustice they do to the other 99.9% of us by taking tons of well priced items away from others and listing them HERE ON THE FORUM for stupid money.
The counter argument is that if it's a stupid price, dont buy it! Keep scrolling. Right?
Wrong.
Up until a few years ago, Mars used to sell for like $200-$350(high end if it was a crater)
And now Goldberg sells them for $650 (not even a crater)
And by "he sells them for $650"....I mean he has listed over 30 boxed sets of Mars in the last year and a half.
He cornered the Mars market and drove the price up for the other 99% of us. This is the effect that the POS's have on our hobby.
IIRC others have been made to become A sponsor if they wanted to sell here.
On what grounds?My issue with locked sale threads is if the description is misleading. Someone posts Juliets with ruby lenses and red rubber. Describes them as "X Metal finish, ruby lenses, red rubber, tight, like new, lenses and rubber are mint. $450."
And then they lock the thread. Lenses look after market. Rubber looks like linegear. I hit the back button and don't look at them again. But some new guy that wants to try out xmetals sees them and assumes they must be oakley lenses and rubbers, due to the price. He buys them. Or maybe he asks the seller a question about them and gets a vague answer that could be interpreted as they are original lenses and ducati rubber. Then he buys them. Eventually he realizes his lenses suck and finds out they aren't real.
If the thread wasn't locked, people can ask questions and force an accurate description out of the seller so a potential buyer is informed.
Doesn’t need to be explained. He’s not following the rules. And this ain’t his first rodeo. Should no longer be a member here if he cannot behave like an adult.
I'll be honest I don't think it's flaming I think it's a valid concern and while I would prefer to receive the message via PM, it is calm collected and logical throughout. I would agree that based on the volume of deals and looking at having 300+ items for sale on eBay that does seem like a Professional Seller / Store, and should be a forum sponsor. I will send a PM so we can discuss this further so as to keep this thread on topic of rules.
Generally forum a Forum Sponsor it is about promoting a store / brand, nothing around volume, but will talk with him regarding this. Truth be told I don't even think he's a top 10 trader on this site, so on here he is still fine as long as he isn't promoting his brand which I haven't seen.
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