LOTSA Lurkers

[45player]

I ran a forum long ago and tried to find out why all the lurkers- I removed a bunch, and they instantly got "up in arms" about being tossed off- Then I finally pried out of them an interesting fact- many of them (over 50%!) were simply scared to death of being embarassed by saying something that someone else would deem stupid. I got most of them to come out of their shells- a few I wished I had never tried because they turned into motormouths!

 

[stormsven]

I whith the importance of that tread.
Will try to explain from other angle...Im a still new to the forum. Nobody knows my real name still (its Tony ) . From Bulgaria - small country which im sure 95% are not sure where is it . Its kind of hard to type (something smart at least ) in non native language ( my native is bulgarian of course , my girl is from Latvia and i cant speak latvian so im talkin whit her russian 90 % of the day and workin for German company so using some german as well. its becoming mess in my head ). But im trying. I feel myself obligated to try. Anyway - im collecting around 5 th month. In Bulgaria i know just one more real collector (he is even not lurkin here). But there are some other bulgarians here. And the strange thing - last one or two months the adds for selling boxes start with "just for collectors", "collectors item" an so on... The prices doubled . The description is saying things like "rare" and so . So i hate lurkers. Some other trying to snatch every box for selling in good price. Than they are giving me a call and trying to double the price.... I hope my point is sort of clean . Was watching some stupid posts from some bulgarians just to get to the sell section as well. Im ashamed from that . IMO our hobby is about love. Hate when somebody is truyng to make money from that. At the end the quantity is not more important than quality. So better a few hundred real users than a few thousand lurkers.
So whit Norm's point a 100%.
And yes - ive sold just one worthy boombox and sell it here in boomboxery. F..k the epay, f..k resellers and lurkers. Boomboxery rules And im going to sell (if i sell) just to guys which are known here. Its not much but is something.

 

[Ken]

What he said...

 

[oldskool69]

8 lurkers wiped already?

That was fast.

BTW, how long before a member gets wiped Bobby? 1 year with no activity?

Why wait a year? We can get rid of Ira today! For "overposting"!!!

 

[shane higgins]

I whith the importance of that tread.
Will try to explain from other angle...Im a still new to the forum. Nobody knows my real name still (its Tony ) . From Bulgaria - small country which im sure 95% are not sure where is it . Its kind of hard to type (something smart at least ) in non native language ( my native is bulgarian of course , my girl is from Latvia and i cant speak latvian so im talkin whit her russian 90 % of the day and workin for German company so using some german as well. its becoming mess in my head ). But im trying. I feel myself obligated to try. Anyway - im collecting around 5 th month. In Bulgaria i know just one more real collector (he is even not lurkin here). But there are some other bulgarians here. And the strange thing - last one or two months the adds for selling boxes start with "just for collectors", "collectors item" an so on... The prices doubled . The description is saying things like "rare" and so . So i hate lurkers. Some other trying to snatch every box for selling in good price. Than they are giving me a call and trying to double the price.... I hope my point is sort of clean . Was watching some stupid posts from some bulgarians just to get to the sell section as well. Im ashamed from that . IMO our hobby is about love. Hate when somebody is truyng to make money from that. At the end the quantity is not more important than quality. So better a few hundred real users than a few thousand lurkers.
So whit Norm's point a 100%.
And yes - ive sold just one worthy boombox and sell it here in boomboxery. F..k the epay, f..k resellers and lurkers. Boomboxery rules And im going to sell (if i sell) just to guys which are known here. Its not much but is something.

my bulgarian friend just said there are always pigs in the woods
yes this is our love our world
i sold a boombox to a friend once for a good price half of what others were offering
he would not buy it unless i got something good for the money so i good solar panels on the roof
the story is lets lookout for each other and help were we can
but always remember we can only hope people here will do the right thing but this will not always happen
so be mindful of the people you trust

 

[redbenjoe]

stormsven
" better a few hundred real users than a few thousand lurkers "

i feel the exact same way.
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in fact - as we are approaching our 2 year anniversary-
i think i remember that fatdogs intentions for 'founding' boomboxery

was only to provide an alternate site -
for those few of us that were disgusted by the sicko moderation and a few aholes
at s2g..

but then --we became graced by an 'extra' brand new 50 ( or so) members-
who may never have been on s2g -

and who have made tremendous contributions here..........
and have made this an international powerhouse of fun
and facts and photos

THANKS to all you great folks

 

[docs]

Thanks for your kind comments ira

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Why wait a year? We can get rid of Ira today! For "overposting"!!!

Wow oldy that would cut the reading time in half.

 

[redbenjoe]

Why wait a year? We can get rid of Ira today! For "overposting"!!!

Wow oldy that would cut the reading time in half.

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:'-( :annoyed: :annoyed:

just for that --
i pledge to become a lurker

( for the entire next 15 minutes )