Featured Reminder of why I'm here, not "that other" board

Somebody from Eboo board sent a msg asking something I didn't know about "Hitler's Yacht" so I sent him to the Wehrmacht Awards forum. First time in years I'd gone to look at my Eboo messages. Under his were a long string of "Your post has been removed" and "Official Warning" from when the Troll-Collaborator was reporting every post I did. Funny I'd forgotten those but re-reading some I got the same rotten feeling I must have had back then. Kind of like when I get home from work and find an FBI agent's card on my door with "please call me asap" which has happened a few times. I'm so glad I left the Eboo forum mess when I did!

 

I only remember getting pink slapped a time or two in spite of trying to be careful. Every so often I wander back over but get a knot in my stomach pretty fast.

Of course it looks so different there I hardly know where I am. It's so much nicer here.

If I gear up to sell there again I'll wander back to the sellers board to get my armour back.

 

The Jewelry GROUP is OK; the boards can get fairly nasty. The seller's board tends to play fair, but I don't even look at the other ones any more.

 

I don't like the current format over there, although I do check in on a few groups periodically... and on the Collectibles and Art board. None of them are very impressive, but there are some good people posting there. Not so coincidentally, some of them also post here!

This site has been my favorite ever since it opened. It's my hangout, with a good group of people who feel like friends after all of these years.

 

I do look in at collectibles and art but find little of interest. The standard query is 'Who signed my (dismal) painting'. There are however a small number of very helpful posters whose replies I will look at regardless of topic.

 

I "pass through" some of the "groups" now and again, but still read the discussion boards about buying, selling, etc. - a habit left over from when my clients paid me to be up to date on "stuff".

For me, I think the best result of moving to this board is that I have not had a single stalker. I had an issue with one person on the Antiques board that I was able to handle, but there was another person (also on the Antiques Board) who carried the menacing to the point I had to contact eBay AND an out of state police department. I actually had to participate in a "sting" to get proof of the stalking.................

I am ever grateful that I was invited to participate on this forum, and to maintain my "friendships" with the old timers.

 

I stopped posting there after they objected to including links from Yahoo Auctions Japan, which I used to show identical Japanese marks. Don't regret it a bit.

Why should I make eBay look like a useful place to get answers?

 

i check in, but some of the boards can be very nasty.... I love it here.

 

Have not been there since I came here ...don't need all that BS

 

Sounds like the governor came through for me before I suffered there.

 

Left there, came here, never looked back. It's nice here!

 

Could not have said it better.

 

I was too much for them to handle !

 

I'm putting some questions on a machinist's forum, mostly trying to ID the stranger "machinist" things I find. 90% of replies are honest and helpful and 10% are from prima donnas or people with personality disorders who thrive on posting elaborate put-downs. My typical reply to those is to first push the "like" button then write something like "Thank you! That's the nicest thing anyone's said about me all week!" Life is way too short to waste time on forum feuds.

 

I certainly don't miss the drama of Deep or ...what was the other one?...something history smarta**. You know who I mean. I feel bad because there were a lot of folks with interesting items that were fun to look at and identify, but the trolls were running amok.

 

I like the fact that the trolls and spammers get banished right away on this board.

THANK YOU MODS! You do a great job!

 

I went there once accidentally... it was a train wreck... happy at home here with all you friendly fun folks!

 

Absolutely. I check the other place sometimes; and often regret doing so. Same old trolls.

 

Some of it used to be so very good. Sincere arguments between respectful parties can be positive for everyone.

I think a certain nostalgia for the way things used to be is part of most of us in this trade. I miss a lot of the old characters. The early days, when it was all so new.

Then things changed. I rarely go back and am usually disappointed when I do.

On a positive note, it's how we all met.

 

Can I get an AMEN to that, Brothers and Sisters??