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Originally Posted by Bruce Day
The board and many long time and active life members do not want the forum to be a forum for discord and hard feeling, but they want it to promote the collecting and education of Parkers.
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Bruce - I'm not singling you out or directing this at you personally, but rather the philosophy itself (of which as I write this I am under the impression you are neither advocating nor condemning). I have seen more discord and hard feelings erupt
because of the no-sales policy than anything else on the forum (this thread is a perfect example). It usually happens when a newcomer posts about a Parker they have been given but don't wish to keep. Then someone (sometimes rightly, sometimes not) accuses them of willfully attempting to skirt the policy of the forum and...this is where it ends up. I remember a few years ago, a member was permanently banned for viciously attacking an innocent newcomer over something like this, and just wouldn't let up.
That is the reason I would like to see the policy changed. I have never sold a Parker, and don't have any intentions of doing so. I plan on keeping a gun when I buy it. I also have no belief that I would buy a gun offered for sale here, because there are a lot more serious players in this arena than me and any gun that I would be interested in would probably be snapped up before I ever logged-on. But for now, it is the policy and unless it is changed those are the rules and we should expect everyone to follow them.
If anyone were to ask my opinion (and they didn't) I would say that it would be best if we were to give newcomers the benefit of the doubt and gently make them aware of the policy in a friendly manner the same way John Dunkle does with the endless mis-use of Usernames when newcomers register. If they were to ignore the friendly warning, then a more stern warning (to include the possibility of being banned) would be in order.
Jim