My Apologies to @chicubs1988 (3 Viewers)

[mcguiles]

I’ve always been a little weary why we have the ability to see when members have been online last etc.

 

[FlushBlack]

I can cancel this thread

Don't...this threads a blast

 

[LinkyBabe]

I’ve always been a little weary why we have the ability to see when members have been online last etc.

Why? Is your spouse a member also?

 

[Ben8257]

Some have suggested this thread should be deleted. I strongly disagree. I think this thread should be required reading for every PCF member. There's a lesson to be learned here. Maybe several. For sure that simply NOT hearing from someone, no matter how many messages you sent them, means absolutely nothing! Especially when it's over this short of a period of time. Life happens. Stuff happens. What may seem like life or death to you may be the 100th thing on the other person's priority list. @Pippa was told numerous times from the very first reply in this thread to this to take a chill pill and give @chicubs1988 time to respond. But he refused and continued to pour on the heat. There was absolutely nothing so critically important about this that he was owed an IMMEDIATE reply.

In my opinion, Pippa should be reprimanded in some way over this. He took this situation way, WAY too far, and way too soon. I've had issues with him before and this thread just cements my decision to put him on my "do not deal with" list. Sorry bud. Not worth the drama.

Well that seems like an extremely harsh response, really not cool.

I can see both sides, some people here plan on the total budget spent in this hobby to be sub $200, some of these members are college kids that spend their monthly food allowance on chips instead of eating (not recommended but this can be human nature when someone gets roped into something new) Anyways $500 fir a single rack of chips seems to be what this was over,a splash in the pot to some, but to others this could be a significant amount of money!

Seeing that a member is online, OK you guys can say ohh well windows may have been open... blah blah... the likelihood that an active member wasn't actually on PCF for a 24 plus hour window... ehh no comment. But if we put those things together I can see where someone would start to freak out a little. Definitely premature in a public outing "looking for defense from the pitch fork committee" and hey if you have had issues with the buyer and choose not to deal with them in the future cool!

But a "required read for every member" ?? Over a misunderstanding, the man apologized, they moved on... even changed the name of the thread for self humiliation. So let's throw it in the face of every member here? This hobby has run on the honor system for many years, often trusting a total stranger to send you chips on a virtual handshake after sending them thousands of dollars (often friends and family with absolutely no protection) then we hear of occasional scams going on, cyber hacks sneaking through our walls. That could make even thr richest of folks feel a but uneasy about future transactions.

I defended @chicubs1988 but also can tell you that in these times I personally will do my best to make sure buyers know what is going on and that their investment is safe.

I personally agree let's delete this one and move on. These are both good guys, it takes all types in a community. Anxious/passive it was a misunderstanding not a crucifixion

I am now guilty of bumping this ridiculous thread, but seriously... let's move along here folks!

 

[Eriks]

the likelihood that an active member wasn't actually on PCF for a 24 plus hour window... ehh no comment.

LOL, for the record if I’m ever not checked in for 24 hours, assume I’m dead

 

[Big Money]

I can identify with Pippa.

When someone looks like they have been online several times and has not answered any attempts to contact and you are waiting on something that was promised, there is concern.

The level of concern is usually commensurate with the value of a transaction or the level of desire to complete. Asking someone to adhere to some ethereal standard of concern because it had only been three days isn't fair. The fact that there wasn't communication about something that was expected is what matters. Cubs should have taken the time to touch base. That is their responsibility. With recent people being ripped off on this site by people with good reputations would cause concern for me in this situation. Since transactions are based on the honor system and a certain level of trust, the responses would be very different if it was a ship and ghost.

With that said.

The constant updates are a bit much considering that there wasn't much time between when he said he would do something for the transaction, and your complaints. As many had already said, someone with reputation that good and current should get the benefit of the doubt for a small period of time.

I am glad it all worked out, but let's all pump the brakes on the harsh judgements.

 

[Bluegrass Poker]

LOL, for the record if I’m ever not checked in for 24 hours, assume I’m dead

Dibs!

 

[jpietrella]

While there's unnecessary attention here, does anyone have any PCA $500 for sale?

 

[Pippa]

No more comment….
The important for me I fix with @chicubs1988
And everything it’s fine

 

[jpietrella]

While there's unnecessary attention here, does anyone have any PCA $500 for sale?

No more comment….
The important for me I fix with @chicubs1988
And everything it’s fine

Is that a yes?

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

No more comment….
The important for me I fix with @chicubs1988
And everything it’s fine

I don't think that is the important thing here. I think the important thing is that you have learned something. And I don't know yet that you have. I've seen you over-react and mis-react (is that a word?) multiple times here on this forum. You took the reputation of a member in excellent standing and drug it through the mud for absolutely no reason other than your own petty impatience. I think what you did was reprehensible and I honestly don't feel a simple "oops, I'm sorry" is enough in this case. Ben says my response is harsh. Yeah, maybe it is. But I think harsh may be deserving in this case. I'd like to see you make a real effort to change the way you interact with people on this site. You need to develop some patience. Take more time to think about something before you pour your every thought into a post. You need to trust that a long time member isn't all of a sudden going to turn around and screw you. The entire world doesn't revolve around whether your chips made it into the mail on the exact day that they were promised. Or whether your PM was responded to in less than 24 hours. Whether that member was online or not. Your conclusion after one day of not hearing from that member that they had "gone dark" and that others should now suspect that member and use "caution" in dealing with them was outrageous!

And now your response is "No more comment." As if now that everything is good with YOU that everything must be good with everyone else too. Sorry, that is what's not cool.

 

[Saoliver]

 

[jpietrella]

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