ffastback wrote:
Actually red fired off the word "communist" first in that thread. And as a fellow American I can tell you that throwing that out at someone else is going to generally be taken as taking the gloves off when you are from the USA. That was a harsh comparison to make on those who just felt his comment of "waaay too cheap" was inappropriate given his reseller and moderator status. If you are going to go into hardball mode like that so quickly and easily, wearing "capitalist" as a badge of honor, on a board that has members from all over the world, honestly what do you think is going to happen next?
You don't need to tell me, I live in Louisiana. :-o
However Red stated that he wasn't a communist in that he wasn't a charity and that this was his business. He didn't all any of you a "communist", just that he wasn't one. Then suddenly he's a capitalist and just in case anyone feels there's nothing wrong with being a capitalist, a few people then spell out that he's "gouging the community" and is not doing it any service. Go back an read the comments, I just did. Just like a pack of hyenas, about 4 people round on Red and start nipping away, and unfortunately you were one of them. It was also your initial attack that set the whole tone, although it's also obvious that you were trying to get a point across rather than go on the attack. Things just got ugly and really out of hand after the "email" incident.
As I said before I think people should have asked him for clarification on his initial comment first before the multi-paragraph upset responses. But then when he came back as he did as mentioned above it became a given that it would be further discussed.
Yes, you should have. ;-)
And tons of people keep vouching for him, so why leave? Its not like he isn't greatly appreciated by a bunch of folks.
Perhaps it's because he has feelings and takes a pride in being an honest eBayer. You said yourself that he was probably too honest for his own good, but that's Red and that's why we like to do business with him.
While you've had the decency to apologize, these are others involved in that witch-hunt who are probably giggling away at their keyboards and congratulating themselves on a job well done.
I think if it had just been the buyer, seller, you and Red posting in that thread then it would have been cleared up in a civil manner in 1 page.
