sah5150":pdaeu44h said:
rupe":pdaeu44h said:
Except a significant portion of them are all the same guy...that site completely lacks any integrity.
I don't understand what you're saying? Can you explain what you mean? Jim Shine, Kevin Loiacono - these guys have tons of old prepro parts and have made an obsessive hobby of identifying real/fake.
Yeah, there are a few knowledgeable dudes there and you named two of them. The bigger issue is all of the aliases used to promote, agree with, attack, etc. I haven't been active there for about 5 years now, but some of the names that come to mind are inblues22, spaceycat, san dimas, Paul C...there were about a dozen or more.
You Steve, of all people, are certainly aware of the trolling that the forum owner used to do (and has tried again recently) to Chuck.
When you take part in that forum, you are unwittingly supporting the underhanded and divisive tactics continually used by it's owner. He used to personally call me to find out what was going on at Chuck's forum, what the post counts were, how many members he had, etc. He has an unhealthy sense of competition that drove a wedge into what used to be a somewhat tight-knit community. Jr high type hi-jinks.
Most people are clueless to all of this so they ignorantly think all is cool there. I have trouble believing you fall into that category...I think you're fully aware of the numerous past indiscretions.
Look me up over there...I was one of the first and most active members until I figured it all out. At that point, I felt I was complicit in a big lie if I didn't bail.
For the record, the owner is seemingly a nice guy for the most part and he's always treated me well...I've even been to his house on several occasions and played much of his collection. If I wasn't in the loop as to how he has treated anybody who he feels is a threat to his little cyber-kingdom, I'd probably still be active there.
