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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Arm123 on December 04, 2007, 12:18:00 pm ---blablabla...  dont do bad things.. or bad things will happen to you  :applaud:  ---Cleveland steamer--- happens.. etc.

so maybe i should give this away and i will get something in return ?

And yes, its my every right to be a --cream-filled twinkie--.  Thanks for noticing.

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You see, there lies the problem.

There is a relatively small local community and of the folks I know in SW Ontario (whom I suggested you ask for help with your anode caps) about half think poorly of this.

You may not know any of them. You may not need their help. You may not care. I couldn't fault you for it.

However, I have come to realize that karma is real within the hobby - from getting the local help you need to having people not bid against you at auction. I have come into a couple of opportunities just in the last week that wouldn't have happened except that I was nice to people (and I need to make a mental note to be nicer going forward!).

I am trying to figure out if I know you so I can defend or disavow ... I don't have a problem with trying to make a bunch of bucks on the Wii (like nostrebor, that is not something that I would do), but the attitude isn't doing you any favours.

FWIW.
missioncontrol:

--- Quote from: Arm123 on December 04, 2007, 12:18:00 pm ---
so maybe i should give this away and i will get something in return ?


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that is the same defense argument you scalpers come in her with once you are called out for your unethical "services".

Never did I say or imply to give it away. If you are going to sell it... fair market value would be the right price with fellow game enthusiast, look around at other seller. They tend to sell things at a fair price, when they don't they are called out on it.
shilmover:

--- Quote from: missioncontrol on December 04, 2007, 12:50:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 04, 2007, 12:34:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: missioncontrol on December 04, 2007, 12:26:46 pm ---so you are saying that you are only a good parent if you always buy a kid what they want, whether the deserve/earn it or not.

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Erm, that's not what he said.  He's saying ensure that your kids are going to reap the reward of their dilligent saving, given that the odds are they're not going to be able to find the Wii when the time comes.  Buy it, hide it, and when they reach their goal give them their reward.  It's not a bad idea.

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so you've become the voice for PBJ now huh?

guess I'm doing it wrong as a parent then. I would think that after they've saved and earned it for themselves. Using their own money and being taken to the store to buy it on their own, would make them feel much better about it, then them handing the money to you, you digging in the closet, pulling it out, and saying "here ya go. I know how bad you wanted this, you've worked hard to earn it, and I've had one hidden here all this time". They would also learn that not every thing is as easy to obtain as they would think.

but then again, I don't freak out if my kids don't have the latest and greatest that the consumerism demands are the must haves. They get it when we get around to getting it.

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I totally agree.  I guess I am a bad parent too.   :P
SithMaster:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 04, 2007, 02:24:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: SithMaster on December 04, 2007, 01:44:44 pm ---No you fool chad posted a link and knowing him it could only be to one thing.  Last time I ever try and save you.

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What does his link have to do with a Starcraft boardgame and your story?

Do English better.



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Jeez you are dense.  It didnt have anything to do with it.  I posted the pic because of the link chad posted.  the board game statement was independent of his pic.  you see i was mentioning the game because this guy is doing the same thing as the guy who bought the game to make money.  its an ethics thing you wouldnt understand.
shilmover:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 04, 2007, 03:32:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: shilmover on December 04, 2007, 03:26:09 pm ---I totally agree.  I guess I am a bad parent too.   :P

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I think that if you spend a year purposefully setting up your children for disappointment, you're at least a little sadistic.

Wii has been selling out non-stop for over a year.  Take the hint.

Lesson learned, I hope.


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Boy, you sure have me figure out.  That was my intent all along to set my kids up for disappointment...   :tool:

Go pound dirt...

Saint, someone, please put this thread out of its misery.  This has gone way too far.
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