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    Help & advice

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    To Ped and Kev thanks. 

     

    To be fair to me I didn't know the 'advice' given to edit my 2nd post wasn't from a moderator how could I possibly know that?

     

    While you are doing your best and I'm sure your work is appreciated you still fail to acknowledge that I was just wanting an  informative 'bass chat' and you still suggest I was trying to gain a sale without paying the fee. 

    I have given you my word that wasn't the case, what more can I do to be believed? 

     

    Are you unable to accept that I may have had honourable intention and just made a mistake. 

     

    Ive been a member since early 2000's, have good feedback, and to my knowledge never upset anybody in that time. 

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    3 hours ago, ped said:

     

    The thing is, that's exactly what we did. Everything is laid out very clearly in the 'warning' - which appears as a notification which you have to acknowledge before you can carry on. It was ignored. It was not us who 'went public' which I agree is a shame, and we have been painted as the bad guys somehow, despite, if you read the 'warning' a genuinely friendly offer to help do some research, which we're happy to do (and is really easy in this case).

     

    A similar situation recently resulted in the poster sending me a PM after reading the 'warning' note, we got talking and I ended up sending him a free membership. The system works if you follow it.

    I feel for this to have any value it has to be factual, 

     

    1. I did ask for a valuation in 1st post, it was a mistake on my part. 

    I had been off site for many years due to my illness and just wanted some advice. I guess I just wanted to converse bass with someone like you do in a bar or a bus stop. 

     

    2. The warning was issued and acknowledged by me. 

     

    3. A person advised if I cut out the pics and any mention of sale it would be OK, I could then ask for advice. 

    I asked what section and was told General Discussion. 

     

    4. I followed this advice and put up an edited 2nd post as advised. This was subsequently removed without any explanation. 

     

    5. Assumptions were made that I was trying to gain a sale by avoiding the £7 fee which was DEFINITELY NOT the case, I just wanted to get some ideas and pointers and CHAT BASS. 

     

    6. Some posts go up supporting my position and some post go up saying the rules have to be followed which is fair enough, we live in a democracy. 

     

    7. The point is, being housebound and seeing only my family for 2 years I just wanted to chat about bass (it's called bass chat I thought) and maybe pick up some knowledge along the way. Yes I do want to sell one of my P basses but this WAS NOT the intention of the 1st post! 

    If you can get out to see people, go to gigs or God forbid play bass at gigs then good on you........ I used to be able to do that!

     

    8. These are the FACTS and I cringe when certain people make assumptions and say 'I'm just following rules' 

     

    9. To the members who could see I wasn't trying to cheat the system a big thank you! 

     

    Nick

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    1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

    This is grim reading.

     

    I’m all for following the rules but this really doesn’t reflect well on this forum. Signing off for a while.

    Thanks very much Lawrie [Burns-bass] for your understanding and support, you give your fellow man a chance and are able to look at the big picture. 

     

    I must say being a member of this forum for more years than I care to remember, I have dealt with and spoken to many great people, but... I think it changed when the listing fees were introduced and can get suspicious, prickly and petty. 

     

    I'm a member of many forums of different interests and have never had or seen issues like this. 

     

    Anyhow thanks for lots of understanding and like Burns-bass I'll take a break. 

     

    Nick. 

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    4 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

     

     

    It means you broke one of the rules that were laid out, this is a warning about it but it isn't considered something that causes any real problem and is most likely because you didn't read the rules. Which is what the 0 point warning said that was sent to you and you acknowledged getting

     

     

     

    Who was making any assumptions? You broke one of the rules and it was flagged, like if anyone broke the rules and was flagged, noone is making it about you.

    If you read my last post I admitted I made a mistake, I didn't read the rules, I was rightly warned. 

     

    Whoever is moderating this is making assumptions, assuming I'm trying to avoid the £7 fee by selling by another means, when all I'm actually doing is asking a question to start a debate to try to get to know how to go about achieving my goal (Ebay, FB, take it to a shop, on here etc.) 

    If it's just the £7 that's causing all this I'd happily pay that for advice. 

    But it looks like 'they've' made their minds up and (imo) unfairly judged me. 

    You live and learn, there are a lot of people on this thread who've commented to try to offer help, to these people THANK YOU. 

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    2 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

    Hi, sorry you have been led to belive by people here that there are 'ways round' the rules here, but there aren't.

    Regardless of what people may say, the rule here, is as is describe above, and in the 0 point warning you got. There is a blanket ban on any non supporting member posting a 'whats it worth' post on the forum due to frequent attempts to get round paying for an advert.

    There is no way of rephrasing the request to get past the rules because it is still the same thing.

     

    As mentioned, you can see what others have gone for, or just sell it and see what you get offered - I find if you ask someone what something is worth, that doesn't always have a bearing on what you will get for it at the moment, which appears quite a lot lower than peoples belief in somethings worth.

     

    Thanks for that I do appreciate it. 

    Trouble is I'm not asking 'what it's worth'.... what I'm trying to get my head around is have I got something special or... fit for the local charity shop?

     

    I'm in many forums for various interests and this one although very informative does make seeking advice extremely difficult! 

    Any question could be considered a potential for a sale. 

     

    If I were to talk about a nice Jag or a rare antique on any other forum how would I sell it if some knowledgeable person gave me advice without actually advertising it? 

     

    I just followed Dad3353 advice. 

     

    As for 0 points warning, what the hell does that mean?

    I really do despair at the pettyness and assumptions made about me, is it entirely possible sometimes someone is asking a genuine question because they don't know the answer? 

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    Help & advice

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    Well I just don't believe it...... 

    I had my first question rightly removed because I made a mistake so... 

    I edited my post as per Dad3353 instructions, no pics, no mention of sale etc. and it's been removed again!! 

     

    We're not all experts and it's surprising how much you lose and forget with considerable time out, so whoever is removing my question for advice, please explain in simple English what I'm doing wrong? 

     

    Be easier to leave the moonies, I'm off to take my meds. 

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    15 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

    There is a sub-section called Wotzit Worth for this very purpose, way down in the For Sale section, did you put your post there or in another section?

    Can't find the sub-section you mention? 

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    4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

     

    There is a subscription charge for placing 'For Sale' ads in the marketplace (£7 for a 'one-off' ad, £20 for a whole year of unlimited ad posting...). All too often, a 'What's it worth..?' post comes up, which looks very much like an underhand 'For Sale' ad, but without paying the fee. That's probably why your post has gone. What's the answer..? Firstly, look up prices in the BC Marketplace for equivalent instruments, or on other sales outlets, and judge for yourself. If you want/need advice, no photos, no mention of selling, and a simple description of make, model and year will get a 'ball-park' figure, without transgression. Once you have a sum in mind, pay the fee for the service that suits you and place a 'For Sale' ad. Hope this helps... :friends:

    Thanks for that.... this probably would have been the route I took but as my 2 basses are relatively rare and my health has prevented me from keeping in touch I genuinely have no idea, I thought a bit of friendly expert advice would help me in this process but it seems for some reason not to be the case. 

    Cheers 

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    Help & advice

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    3 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

    There is a sub-section called Wotzit Worth for this very purpose, way down in the For Sale section, did you put your post there or in another section?

    No put it in General discussions sorry, as said been out of the game long time. 

    Help & advice

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    Hello, after a long on going illness I posted a question about the value of my basses in order to possibly sell, I've been out of the game for that long due to said illness I have no clue (think C) and just wanted some sound advice before deciding on it. 

    For some reason my post has been either removed or moved, if you can't ask for help and advice on this site where can you get advice. 

    Seems a bit odd? 

    Which of these would you choose?

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    Posted · Edited by Cygnus x-1

    Take a look at this vid;
    [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Cd98DH__U"]https://www.youtube....h?v=x6Cd98DH__U[/url]

    I'm not saying classic vibes are the best basses in the world, far from it, but you can get a fantastic tone from them (I have two)
    ....during gigs, a few people have come closer for a look at the make and comented favorably on the sound.

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