amibay broken again?

[magnetic]

Mechy you hit the nail on the head. Amibay is a good ole FANBOY network in UK. They DONT like Americans for sure. And THEY DO 100% read PMs all the time. Not only this but they privacy invade by internet stalking people.

I loved your post about how these idiots say "Evil bay" yet they have bay in the name. LULZ. Even more of a joke they all use ebay all the time. To make it worse they run that site worse than the Ebay nazis ever could. Its so anti amiga.

I'm actually shocked people use the site because of this Big Brother elitist attitude. The original Amibench creator should cry himself to sleep at night what these people have done to his once cool Amiga trading post.

How many times do these morons need to get their site hacked by Amiga people before they learn to change their ways? NEVER because they dont care in the least bit about the community. Only their little happy click of British amigan HOARDERS.  How sad and pathetic

[Foul]

i just got a "Could not find phrase 'invalid_redirect_url_x'."

When trying to login in my account... :huh:

[desiv]

They DONT like Americans for sure.

Some of the mods are Americans.  :-)
And many of the happy users as well..

But - and I am only saying that because I care - there's a lot of  decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real  thing.

We accept that the site isn't for you tho.
That's OK...  

Oh, maybe working now?  I gotta go check it out!

desiv

[commodorejohn]

I'm American, I've never had anybody there give me any crap about it.

[magnetic]

commodore john

Im guessing you havent done a lot of transactions there.

@ Desiv

Yes, people that read my PMs, internet stalk me, and generally invade my privacy are not for me you are right.

[commodorejohn]

Well over a dozen, actually. Never had a problem with any of them, except one guy that turned out to be a scammer and was banned (before I paid, thankfully.)

[fitzsteve]

commodore john

Im guessing you havent done a lot of transactions there.

@ Desiv

Yes, people that read my PMs, internet stalk me, and generally invade my privacy are not for me you are right.

Don't you ever give up?  You sound like a broken record...

[matt3k]

I have had a great run so far with Amibay for selling and buying some Amiga stuff.

They have been great to work with and I don't have a complaint.

I haven't seen any arrogance against myself, an American.  

Again, so far it has been fun buying and selling.  Time will tell if that changes.

[WotTheFook]

The only ones bitching in here are ones that broke the rules, got caught and were banned. Two of them were profiteering at the expense of our members and one was banned for multiple breaches of the rules on duplicate accounts.

If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.

[magnetic]

If u have done nothing wrong u have nothing to fear. Spoken like a true fascist. It's funny that's what CIA/FBI/NSA says how perfect!

So if amibay has nothing to hide why did my post to Merlin get DELETED on the eab thread? Hmm they are certainly hiding something. Reminds me of the ministry of truth from 1984 deleting reality to conform to their desire.

Matt3k

Sure it's all fun now as soon as u go up against an egomaniac mod and they ban you. Oh and I hope u have zero expectation of privacy on amibay. They are as bad as CIA book aka face book

[desiv]

Dang it..
I just typed this great long "can't we all get a long" post.
It was beautiful...
Very moving...  Trust me...

But apparently I hit preview and not save!!!
Oh the humanity...

It's a sign...
I'm done.

I wish everyone in here well..

Have a good one..

desiv

[broken]

I would like to hear from a high ranking Amibay admin like Merlin or Zetr0 about a couple things:


Magnetic has stated he was unfairly banned due to perceived scalping or flipping of 1 item. When he called them out on their overbearing rules, he was life banned. What I would like to know is why exactly he was banned. Cause its pretty easy to look through the Amibay forums and see people sell items they recently received or no longer need. Some (though I am not going to name names) are habitual seller/upgraders and this hasn't been an issue.


Also, he has mentioned that Amibay admins read other users PMs. To be honest I have heard this from another source a couple weeks ago and I would like to hear if there is any truth in this and if so, under what conditions it was done? This seems like it would be an enormous breach of peoples Privacy.


Also, its pretty obvious that there is a small, but vocal community upset with Amibay and some of their rules and policies. Perhaps the Amibay admins need to take a step back and reconsider how things have been ran to date and possibly consider that things could be done differently and better for the sake of the community. Amibay is a community driven site and when parts of that community, however small, start voicing concerns we should consider what can be done to improve the experience that Amibay provides.


And yes, I am a member over there  (different user name). In the past when I have brought my concerns directly to a mod via PM or opened a thread in the forum, I seem to get this very distinct "don't rock the boat" type of response.

[arnljot]

For some reference, go here:
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55500
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?p=123014
(for those who love old "scandals")

magnetic is quite vocal, and his case has been discussed before.

For full disclosure, I'm a moderator over at Amibay. I remember that his case was discussed, twice.

I don't think that it will be well spent time to dig up this dead horse for another beating.

Yes, there is a small vocal community who doesn't like Amibay. Keyword is small. Amibay works for it's members, and not for everyone. It's like tv, don't like what's on? Change the channel.

Much of Amibays success, for those who like it there, is the style of moderation. It's allowed to have fun, and talk retro. But if you like to make a nuisance through name-calling and other low brow ways of expressing yourself, you'd be happier at another site. And the mods will happily show you the door.

To me there are several good Amiga forums, Amibay, English Amiga Board, Amiga.org, AmigaWorld.net and MorphZone. And several more, each one has it's distinct appeal and good sides.

At Amibay I know I can relax in a friendly place, and strike up a deal in moderately orderly settings. More free, but also stricter than eBay.

Here, I can enjoy lots of fun and rumors, if Amibay is like the country club, Amiga.org is the Star Wars Cantina.

Each place has it's own style and wibe. All is good IMHO.

As for magnetic, his case is old and his feelings or pride are still hurt. Sorry to hear that, but life goes on - and I'm sure he's still had a lot of good times at other Amiga sites and with other Amiga guys.

So to quote the police "nothing to see here, move along. Enjoy your day sir"

Disclaimer: All these are my personal opinons, and may not reflect those of Amibay Global LLC LOL "corporate drones have spoken"

[ChrisUnionNJ]

Amibay is run by a bunch of egoist geek control freaks.  Internet stalking, privacy invasions, ip tracking, is standard procedure for these people. This kind of behavior is everything we hate in Apple and Microsoft and is against the spirit of Amiga.  And they wonder why their site gets hacked all the time! Lulz.

Amibay is a disgrace compared to the once great Amibench.

You were Banned because you like making money on the backs of Amiga
 users buy it cheap and sell it for a profit I see alot wrong with that we
 call it profiteering...
And the only disgrace I see is you and that comes from a American amibay
 is more or less a place for people who like order and not chaos..

All this happened in 2010 just grow up magnetic!

PS.
I'm also a Mod so your American theory is out the window were all just people there...

[Kesa]

Mechy you hit the nail on the head. Amibay is a good ole FANBOY network in UK. They DONT like Americans for sure. And THEY DO 100% read PMs all the time. Not only this but they privacy invade by internet stalking people.

I loved your post about how these idiots say "Evil bay" yet they have bay in the name. LULZ. Even more of a joke they all use ebay all the time. To make it worse they run that site worse than the Ebay nazis ever could. Its so anti amiga.

I'm actually shocked people use the site because of this Big Brother elitist attitude. The original Amibench creator should cry himself to sleep at night what these people have done to his once cool Amiga trading post.

How many times do these morons need to get their site hacked by Amiga people before they learn to change their ways? NEVER because they dont care in the least bit about the community. Only their little happy click of British amigan HOARDERS.  How sad and pathetic

I can see where this is going. This reminds me of the threads with Magnetic and Franko that turned the whole forum upside down. Magnetic can you drop it? LOL

[ChrisUnionNJ]

If u have done nothing wrong u have nothing to fear. Spoken like a true fascist. It's funny that's what CIA/FBI/NSA says how perfect!

So if amibay has nothing to hide why did my post to Merlin get DELETED on the eab thread? Hmm they are certainly hiding something. Reminds me of the ministry of truth from 1984 deleting reality to conform to their desire.

Matt3k

Sure it's all fun now as soon as u go up against an egomaniac mod and they ban you. Oh and I hope u have zero expectation of privacy on amibay. They are as bad as CIA book aka face book

Wow amazing what drugs can do!!!!:insane:

Your just one :anger: :pissed: off dude!!