Harlequin/Jester WARNING

[79spitfire]

I have been too busy recently to participate, but now that I am not, I can't.

You could just ignore it....

[Scrawler]

I have been too busy recently to participate, but now that I am not, I can't.

You could just ignore it....

Oh no. Do you think we can start that here

[mhosea]

I've thought about making a comment probably 10 times, and this is all I could come up with.

[79spitfire]

I have been too busy recently to participate, but now that I am not, I can't.

You could just ignore it....

Oh no. Do you think we can start that here

Why not? The smiles are better...

[auto winder]

I have been too busy recently to participate, but now that I am not, I can't.

You could just ignore it....

Oh no. Do you think we can start that here

Why not? The smiles are better...

Bring in the cats...

[Jon Szanto]

[Scrawler]

I have been too busy recently to participate, but now that I am not, I can't.

You could just ignore it....

Oh no. Do you think we can start that here

Why not? The smiles are better...

Yes I had noticed that

[jacksterp]

There has always been something "off" with that guy. From the mis/disinformation to the constant LOLs.

How he became a moderator is beyond me but he is one of the reasons I very infrequently visit the site now.

[I like mango pudding]

I visit that site because there is lots of traffic on there. I don't like the interface as I prefer the vBulletin format. Pretty much all my other hobby forums are vBulletin as well. I read, reply, but do not post new threads there 'cept for just once. They have an active sales section, which I bought a few things from.

I prefer this forum more, but the traffic is not as high

[Jon Szanto]

There has always been something "off" with that guy. From the mis/disinformation to the constant LOLs.

How he became a moderator is beyond me but he is one of the reasons I very infrequently visit the site now.

This.

[Scrawler]

There has always been something "off" with that guy. From the mis/disinformation to the constant LOLs.

How he became a moderator is beyond me but he is one of the reasons I very infrequently visit the site now.

By taking over the PiF thread with his wife.

[Sailor Kenshin]

There has always been something "off" with that guy. From the mis/disinformation to the constant LOLs.

How he became a moderator is beyond me but he is one of the reasons I very infrequently visit the site now.

By taking over the PiF thread with his wife.

Maybe I'm dense but this went waaay over my head.

[todayilearned]

yup, the same thing happens in watch forums too. Raffles are purchased for a nominal amount for a genuine watch worth, perhaps a thousand or two bucks. The cost of the raffle ticket and the number of tickets far outweigh the cost of the watch, so it is profitable to the forum. But it gets managed by a mod who has full control over the number of tickets, the collection of money and the outcome of the draw.

The same thing happened a couple of years ago on a $2500 watch. It went to some unknown newbie member. That case was never resolved. These are big stakes at hand with raffle tickets going for $25 to $50 at times, not some $50 pen.

The forum members making the biggest stink about impropriety of the draw got banned from the forum administrator or mod or something.

What a small world... I think I know exactly which incident you're talking about.

Was it a Panerai?

[Jon Szanto]

By taking over the PiF thread with his wife.

I get that this refers to a "Pay It Forward" thread, but for those who aren't regulars at FPN, would you care to give us the background on this statement?

[Scrawler]

By taking over the PiF thread with his wife.

I get that this refers to a "Pay It Forward" thread, but for those who aren't regulars at FPN, would you care to give us the background on this statement?

I have attempted to PM you, but your mail box is full.

[pajaro]

This is interesting. I must have my head up and locked to miss this.

[Paul-H]

I wonder if its just coincidence that this forum is seeing quite a jump in posts since the other one went down.

Hope it keeps up.

Paul

[pajaro]

I would often check here to see if something interesting had been posted. Sadly, there would usually be a lack of activity. I like that this forum comes up a lot faster than FPN. FPN is quite slow on my old computers.

[welch]

Maybe this is Philip Benz? I'm assuming most here have heard, or seen an EBay example, of the world-famous Philip Benz Collection

[Jon Szanto]

I have attempted to PM you, but your mail box is full.

Taken care of, thanks!

I wonder if its just coincidence that this forum is seeing quite a jump in posts since the other one went down.

I'm assuming you aren't kidding - yes, this always happens. Most of the people are nice enough to use the forum for information, and a few stay on. A small subset try to use it as a surrogate to continue FPN activity, to be abandoned once FPN is back up again. Frankly, I've seen this happen in a couple of other forums over the years, where a more populous one will encounter difficulties and they'll flood a smaller one (much worse than this case). It can be crazy for a while, but few stay once the other is fixed.

Me? I like that there is less traffic here. With FPG and FPB, I have both conviviality and knowledge at my fingertips, without the downsides of a larger, more rigid arena. I think the variety of forums works to the benefit of all.