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Old 31st July 2016, 10:23 AM   #1
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Why do I have the feeling that this forum is being used for personal gain?!


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Old 31st July 2016, 01:44 PM   #2
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May be Donny was not aware of this rule, I did not notice it myself on EBay but a friend did and communicated the ad to me. Let us wait what Donny and the moderators have to say.
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Aware or not; Donny has bought himself a 10 day suspension starting now....
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Old 31st July 2016, 04:07 PM   #4
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May be Donny was not aware of this rule, I did not notice it myself on EBay but a friend did and communicated the ad to me. Let us wait what Donny and the moderators have to say.
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Thank you Jean; you did the proper thing in sharing that information with us.
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Old 31st July 2016, 04:54 PM   #5
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Sorry guys, i've been on vacation and missed this thread for a few days. Rick and i are certainly in agreement. Using this forum to flog your wares, old or new, for sale on eBay or other venues will not be tolerated. Continued abuse of this forum for such purposes will lead to a permanent banning from these forums. Period!
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Old 31st July 2016, 03:18 PM   #6
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Why do I have the feeling that this forum is being used for personal gain?!


Thank you for the edit Marius.
Yes, people flogging new keris are sometimes a problem here.
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Old 31st July 2016, 05:40 PM   #7
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Thank you for the edit Marius.
Yes, people flogging new keris are sometimes a problem here.
Thank you Rick!

Sometimes I get too paranoid...
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Old 1st August 2016, 04:25 AM   #8
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sorry

I never used this forum for personal gain

and to be honest, I only listed the keris on ebay because I wanted to show folks in Indonesian blades forum, how keris is being underrated as part of my discussion last week, on how a poor quality wakizashi can be sold for 1000 USD

whereas a decent keris with intricate pamors, with a very difficult forging technique will fetch only 100 - 200 USD

basically I wanted keris to be appreciated more as it is a very beautiful work of art

and err ... what should I do now ? put down the listing ??


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Old 4th August 2016, 10:15 PM   #9
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sorry

I never used this forum for personal gain

and to be honest, I only listed the keris on ebay because I wanted to show folks in Indonesian blades forum, how keris is being underrated as part of my discussion last week, on how a poor quality wakizashi can be sold for 1000 USD

whereas a decent keris with intricate pamors, with a very difficult forging technique will fetch only 100 - 200 USD

basically I wanted keris to be appreciated more as it is a very beautiful work of art

and err ... what should I do now ? put down the listing ??


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Whatever you thought your intention was in listing this keris while carrying on a discussion about it on the forum the end result is that indeed it does create a situation where you do personally gain. It is also very clearly a violation of forum rules. It is not an arbitrary rule, it is in place for various reasons, and it is absolutely the obligation of all our members to read and understand the rules before participating.
This thread has been closed so really you don't need to do anything other than not do it again.
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