Originally Posted by
TSherbs
Updated suggested rules of conduct, using the suggestions from above:
Posting guidelines:
1) Conduct oneself through kindness.
2) Limit generalizations to collections of facts and experiences that you have specifically witnessed with pens, inks, etc.
3) Focus on the pen, ink, paper (etc) item or topic, not the person making the post that you are responding to.
4) Cast no aspersions toward any living things or groups or categories of living things.
5) Help other members with information and experiences; reserve judgments.
6) Treat others as you wish to be treated.
7) Enter a PIF only after committing to be available and responsive should you win.
8) Refrain from public interference on sales threads unless and only when a deception is occurring. Otherwise, use private messaging to communicate with seller/buyer.
In general I agree with the sentiment expressed here. Unfortunately there are always people (there's a few on this forum) who will use "free expression" as carte blanche to behave in a manner that they would not tolerate in others. You can set a personal example of decent behaviour, and perhaps hope that other people will see it as a thing worth cultivating. Beyond that, and barring the imposing of forum rules, there will always be people who feel the rules don't apply to them or simply do not care.
As for the classifieds... there is a great deal of un-enlightened self-interest there. I've always been hugely entertained by the "back stories" trotted out by serial sellers about why they are selling pens. Prices are all over the shop/ I note there is currently a sale up for a pen at a price that is actually above the new price. While it is perhaps down to the individual to exercise due diligence when looking at potential purchases, we cannot decry pointing this out here when we are more than happy to do the same for sales in other places.
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