Unfairly target

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Many of us have posted items for sale, that's what the For Sale/Wanted forum is for. But, when a bike shop manager posts 9 different bikes for sale, the alarms go off, the complaints pour in.

I agree.
I think this whole thread should be deleted. It's really a matter between the forum owners and the OP and doesn't need to be endlessly dissected and debated by the rest of us.

[Tuckervill]

Yep, I'm with Lisa. It's a bit of poison in an otherwise tranquil lake.

Karen

[snapdragen]

I agree.
I think this whole thread should be deleted. It's really a matter between the forum owners and the OP and doesn't need to be endlessly dissected and debated by the rest of us.

Yep, I'm with Lisa. It's a bit of poison in an otherwise tranquil lake.

Karen

Put it on ignore, hopefully it will die a quick death and not get resurrected.

[Pedal Wench]

It's Susan and Jeff's sandbox - we just get to play in it.

[fidlfreek]

Wow. I love getting to know people over the course of such an elaborate discussion!! Yet another reason I love TE!!!

One point: whether or not it was commercial, whether or not it was OK or not, etc etc etc. At the heart of the matter if I am seriously shopping for a bike I am going to be all over roadbikereview, ebay, craigslist, etc. Its just overkill to list two places at once. Really.

[Cataboo]

Not that I really feel that I should extend this discussion (but yet I can't resist this train wreck). I think to some extent Bike4ever bringing this up publicly is valid since her messages are being flagged, which is what's alerting the mods to them to delete them. It's not like she can explain what she's selling and why to the people that are flagging her posts, any other way than to start a thread on it. So now the people who are flagging her, know her side of the story. We didn't really need to know the details of her interactions with the forum moderators or owners though.

And since as far as I can tell, even though I haven't been around here very long... Bike4ever's really helpful & knowledgable with her suggestions, I think we should all give her the benefit of the doubt and not instantly suspect her of nefarious commercial selling or attack her or anyone else over this. I'm sure that the bike shop she works for has way more than the 8 or 9 bikes she's listed on here for sale.

[pinkbikes]

Not that I really feel that I should extend this discussion (but yet I can't resist this train wreck). I think to some extent Bike4ever bringing this up publicly is valid since her messages are being flagged, which is what's alerting the mods to them to delete them. It's not like she can explain what she's selling and why to the people that are flagging her posts, any other way than to start a thread on it. So now the people who are flagging her, know her side of the story. We didn't really need to know the details of her interactions with the forum moderators or owners though.

And since as far as I can tell, even though I haven't been around here very long... Bike4ever's really helpful & knowledgable with her suggestions, I think we should all give her the benefit of the doubt and not instantly suspect her of nefarious commercial selling or attack her or anyone else over this. I'm sure that the bike shop she works for has way more than the 8 or 9 bikes she's listed on here for sale.

+1 Couldn't have said it better myself!

[SadieKate]

Oh gawd, I thought this was dead.

Not that I really feel that I should extend this discussion (but yet I can't resist this train wreck). I think to some extent Bike4ever bringing this up publicly is valid since her messages are being flagged, which is what's alerting the mods to them to delete them. .

Before she has a private discussion with Susan? Color me astonished.

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And since as far as I can tell, even though I haven't been around here very long... Bike4ever's really helpful & knowledgable with her suggestions, I think we should all give her the benefit of the doubt and not instantly suspect her of nefarious commercial selling or attack her or anyone else over this. . . . .

I'm sure she's been helpful, but that doesn't excuse the public attack on her host.

Susan is probably one of the most approachable people/business owners I've ever spoken to. I can't imagine any reason anyone needs to publicly state a beef about her decisions and her forum before talking to her.

Mods, can we kill the thread?

I don't think I'll ever understand this new way of thinking that the anonymity of the internet gives one permission to disobey common rules of courtesy.