Who/What Killed The Auction Thread?

Too rich ? Nah ! They were cheap,cheap ,cheap.....which is why they all sold !

Those who do not have 'supporter' status could quite easily auction or sell off a few unwanted items [come on guys, we all have them] and 'donate' that way. It's what I do, and it's a win-win situation.
At least a couple of my Donation auctions have sold for over $70. Anyone can do it.
I have never had spare cash to spend on my hobby [except the occasional monetary gift from family] and I need to sell to buy. I am grateful to this, and other forums for allowing me to do it.
I occasionally sell on auction sites but to be honest it's a lot of hassle. The pleasure of selling to fellow forum addicts is almost indescribable and much more satisfying [to me] than any other way. But then you all know that already !
So come on guys, get your dupes and unwanted rubbish on show.....I want to buy a bit as well !

Londonbus1....Flags and Cinderellas always welcomed

Mr. Bus, I have asked Admin directly and indirectly on one of these threads if it was possible to run a donation auction, without being a supporter (the idea that the funds raised would go to the site) but have never received a response. Unable to donate directly, I think that's good way to show some support for their work here.

Whats done is done..i recall now a bit ..there was complaining about sniping and such...it was getting petty !!

Nobody loves me...

james....I think it's been sorted !

https://goscf.com/t/27032





Londonbus1......

Thanks LB-one-canobie.
I saw it, and appreciate it.
Now just to dig out something worthy to flog.

It is a common snipe, not a woodcock -- although they look very similar. Below is an American woodcock. Quick way to tell is the bands on the top of the head.



[EDIT: Hmmm, somebody's post seems to have completely disappeared! So I guess my reply doesn't make sense. Oh, well...]

Whatever it was...if I brought it home my Nona(Grandmother) would cook it...of course the modern folks would be horrified even thinking about living that way..but we did not have a supermarket and my father always had the vehicle !!

Well, since this is a test section, I'm going to conduct a test. Normally I cannot delete my own post, I can only delete the contents.

Maybe I can delete my own post in the test section?

I want to know how that post made by someone else completely disappeared!

k

[EDIT: Ahh, OK, I now see that the author can delete own post now. Not only in test section, but elsewhere as well. When that did that change? It used to be only moderators/administrators could do that!]

irishjack do you not think your hot headedness has got us all into enough trouble already?

Remember these two post in a row from yourself?

Not hot headedness, I as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of ice.

A guy is in the hospital, his wife is ready to give birth to twins, as he is outside in the waiting room and gets a call so he had to leave for a few hours. On his return the doctor tells him "Mr Smith you are the proud father of twins". Mr Smith asks what are they the doctor replied well the girl Came first, and the boy came 2nd and he is going to be a stamp collector. Mr Smith said how you know he is going to know he will be a stamp collector?. The doctor said " well be has been born for 2 1/2 hours and has not stop crying yet"

Seems I am always doing that to ya, k. Sorry.

I quickly realized my error, and deleted the post so as to avoid the ensuing shaming from the world's ornithologists.

I really don't think an "in your face" attitude helps matters at all.



You are right. The great majority of us, both long-time members and financial supporters since the "Supporter!" status was established, had no idea how close SCF was being to shut down. In fact, we are simply taking your word for it, since everything I read from Admin only stated that they were considering shutting down the BST section (no mention of entire site).

While I think it's great for people to try to fix problems they were involved in creating, perhaps sometimes the best solution is to get others involved in the problem-solving rather than insist on fixing the problem by oneself.



I don't know what KGV's rationale was, but I really don't think he came here primarily for the purpose of promoting his store. Even if he did, so what? He has posted some significant threads with comprehensive philatelic information, that I have bookmarked as resources because of the unusually high quality. So what if he posts a link to his store as part of his signature? Everybody was allowed to do that and I never read a single complaint. Are there other public stamp forums that charge extra to have a link posted in your signature? As one who has financially supported this site for several years, I really don't understand what is the problem with store links. I've never put a store link in my signature, even though I've been a supporter all this time. If I'm subsidizing someone else's store link through my donation, then so be it. If someone wants their store link or banner posted at the top of every page, then that's advertisement -- and yes, SCF gets a little revenue from that.



I don't believe I have posted a single complaint about these changes. In fact, I've also been encouraging people to move on. So I know you weren't talking about me. But I don't think your statement is fair at all to anybody.

Is it possible that some members post their disagreement, and at the same time are not cry-babies?

It's NOT a little change. It's a significant change, because it essentially closes off a section of this Forum to a non-trivial number of SCF participants. More importantly, while the original motivation may have been to help generate financial support for SCF, the side-effect is that it creates a separate class of "elite with special privileges" within the Stamp Community Family. There are things that will by nature unintentionally produce an "elite" group (e.g., posting class of valuedmember/pillar/bedrock..., Supporter!...). But those don't have any special privileges associated.

Big/small change, is not really the issue. Had this decision been thought up and made completely by Admin, I think there would have been very little comments and fairly quick acceptance. Instead, it looks like almost all of this happened behind the scenes between Admin and a very small number of members. (I was gone a few months, so maybe I completely missed the detailed discussion threads before the decision was made.) People who have been here a long time, had no idea there was a problem/solution until after the fact.

It's essentially a slap in the face to most of the long-time members to go directly to Admin instead of opening it up for discussion. Are we all old cheapskate idiots who have been inconsiderately leeching off SCF for many years, bankrupt of ideas, and have uncaringly put SCF and the site-owner in poverty? If there was a serious financial hardship issue, I would think Admin would have brought it up before things got out of hand.

Again, I have no problems with decisions made by Admin. But in the future, I think it would be wise for members to first sound out in the Forum, any ideas that will affect ALL of us (especially financially).

It's easy to tell people to move on. I think we can all live with the decision. But somebody ends up having to clean up the mess and mend the ill-will. And an "in-your-face" attitude won't achieve that.

JMHO.

k

Sneaky Smauggie! I guess I should call the ornithologists before they head over to picket your house...

Did it ever occur to anyone that the BST area of the site might have been attracting collectors ? I have no qualms about supporting the site and have never put forth an opinion on it. I don't run the site so I don't lobby for rule changes, if that's the way the site admin wants it, then it is their prerogative. But like I stated, the BST section might have been responsible for more new members hanging around than any other part of the site.