Well, this whole forum is about reporting the dealing experiences with knife dealers, makers, and private sellers and buyers. If you read more than this thread, you'll find that GB&U is--I would guess--easily 80% positive, though I'd say it's probably much higher than that. Most problems get wrapped up quickly, and the grand majority of threads here are talking about how honest, generous, easy to deal with and friendly their subjects are. It is only a very few here who continue to get bad reports over and over again. I think you're far more than smart enough to have realized that one poster defending this person was not going to turn the tide of feeling here--and it is a tide, because some people have been out and out cheated by this man, many have been lied to in an effort to get money (myself included), many more are friends of the people who fall into the first two categories, and ALL who have followed this thread have watched Allan pop on from time to time and make promises he does not keep, followed by insults to those who want him to keep them, followed by apologies for his quick temper and assurances of better behavior in the furture, followed by promises HE DOES NOT KEEP. Both of our societies, in our laws and in our lives, work on precedent.
To expect a couple of of posts in his favor to counteract all of that negative history is naive, and I don't really believe you're naive. I think you like to argue and are good at arguing, but haven't--as evidenced by the hot and cold nature of your posts--learned to accept the fact that people are just as free to judge you as you them.
If you do not choose to visit here anymore that is certainly your perogative, but I feel you have intention of spreading your newfound dislike for BF, based entirely on the one thread you could find that was seriously negative in the one area of the entire forum that is dedicated to dealing with problems. If you'll suffer through one last analogy, it's somewhat like going to a foreign country, finding a court house, spending your entire time there, and then going back and reporting to your friends that "All anyone does over there is argue!"
But, such is life. You're as wed to your own belief as you vehemently accuse others here of being to theirs, though I'm sure you characterize your own hatred of those with completely opposite viewpoints to your own with much more palatable words like, "They're just so unreasonable." The implication, of course, being that if they saw things your way, they would be reasonable. Well, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but people will always disagree with you, and losing your temper, name calling, and being reduced to uncontrollable angst will never win you an argument, or gain you respect. And the fact that all the other kids were doing it doesn't make it any more impressive. If all this seems condescending--it's supposed to--but that's because it is highly disappointing to see a post like your last one coming from someone who has shown himself capable of reason in earlier messages. Sorry if you disagree.
Take care,
t1
