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Since: 13/1/2007
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ORIGINAL: lozcb
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ORIGINAL: DaveEllen
Greetings !
Caused a few problems early on but now things are OK. Most stuff goes abroad though as the weak £ makes it attractive.
Still looking for my Maserati but must sell my Lexus IS350 first.
Keep getting offers but not what I think its worth & often sh***ty P/X's as part of the low offer.
I'll get there in the end though :-)
Still sell bits n bobs to the roadster club but thats also a bit slow
You have my sentiments Dave , you did the right thing and offered to put any work right and recompense any travelling expenses , all the more reason for a points system rather than the opportunity to name and shame which I don’t agree with
But on the other hand I know of a story on a VERY well known forum that continued to accept revenue from advertisers of known dubious ethics , even tho the owner administrator of that forum had consulted one or more of the respected members whether to accept them as sponsors or not , for what ever reason he chose to ignore the advice ,
Now! just supposing , had they had a points system in place regarding advertisers on the site, then 3 new members might have been saved joint losses in the region of £10,000 , and been saved the problems that they incurred by going and buying somewhere else , really ironic that a few months down the line they were removed as sponsors ,
You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
Regards loz
loz.
there are lots of ifs and ands, pots and pans in your above statement. on balance, despite your greivances, i think you would have to agree that this forum is in the members' interest. 99% of the time everyone benefits but occasionally things go tits up. i know brian would not have wanted the situation that occurred to happen . there are ,as always two sides to every story. just because you think brian did not take your advice does not make him responsible for the situation or the members losses. brian runs this forum as he sees fit and i think he does a good job overall-you did also for over two years.the fact that he asked for yours (and others) opinions is to his credit and means he considered your responses.yes it is possible that if naming and shaming was acceptable, or some type of points system was in place the aforementioned members may have been forewarned but things go wrong even with the more reputable dealers they may have been steered towards
you have made your feelings clear on a number of occasions now about how you disagree with brians stewardship so maybe a goodtime to let it lie. the maserati community is a small one and it would be beneficial to all if we all got along . most if not all your members over on sports maserati originated here as did the moderators so in that respect you owe a small debt of gratitude to this forum.
you have the perfect platform now to put your ideas into practice. i genuinely wish you well and hope it does insulate people from mistakes learned. you have the benefit of hindsight-brian didn't. i do suspect however that however much we all try some will still encounter problems and we all stand united in , firstly trying to avoid it and secondly mitigating things that do go wrong.
there may well be two forums now but both share a common aim.
see you next week
regards
rob
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