Dsun - Unscrupulous BF Member

[oldmanrunning]

I do not normally ignore anyone but after reading of the behaviour of this rather unpleasant person i have discovered that i have an ignore list and he is on it . Thank heaven for the decent folk among us who have sought to put thing right, bless you.

 

[RevDevil]

Pay It Forward Threads and some thoughts.
They really don't belong in GKD, they belong in the Giveaway, Contest & Raffle Forum. That is what that section was primarily created for. You have to be a paying member to participate in someone else's giveaway or whatever. a Registered User can host their own, but not participate in another's. It was intended as a perk of membership.
The rules need to be stated clearly, and spelled out in most cases. Reason being is that some people have severe reading comprehension issues. Take my word for it. Unfortunately, even the feel good threads of giving to one another need some regulations in place.
These kinds of threads {PIF} are scammer magnets that attract some f the new guys that have no vested interest in this place, they only want to se what they can get for free from any of you guys.
When you pay it forward, you should make sure the payee is a known and deserving person, not some random newb with a sad sounding line of BS. Otherwise, this is what happens.
I would hope that as we move forward the next time this same situation presents itself, people will be more thoughtful in where their generosity and good will is aimed at. This thread will serve as a permanent record for the guy that earned his place in it (Dsun).
I agree it was a complete scumbag move to lie to get the knife, but folks need to be aa bit more careful.

 

[TsarBomba]

Pay It Forward Threads and some thoughts.
They really don't belong in GKD, they belong in the Giveaway, Contest & Raffle Forum. That is what that section was primarily created for. You have to be a paying member to participate in someone else's giveaway or whatever. a Registered User can host their own, but not participate in another's. It was intended as a perk of membership.

If you'd read the initial page of the thread you'd have seen that the initial posters declined to restrict the pay it forward concept to paying members even after considering the idea. While you'd have to ask them for their specific reasoning, I'd imagine it had to do with making the thread (and the concept) more all-inclusive. As a lowly Registered User(tm) this inclusiveness and camaraderie made me seriously consider offering up a knife even though I had no interest in accepting one of the frankly awesome modern folders that were being posted, despite the paltry state of my modern "collection" -- I'm a traditionals guy first and foremost.

I ultimately did not because the demand for what I could offer (newer traditionals, not much in the way of collector value but solid, usable blades) seemed fairly low and my initial impulse to offer up a nice yet new-ish blue bone Case trapper was beaten to the punch by someone else who did exactly that on page 1. Even now, I still comb through my knife boxes after eyeballing the latest posts in the thread to see if I can find something that might pique some interest (nobody wants their generosity to go unnoticed, humility notwithstanding).

If the thread had been restricted to golds, or platinums, or whatever the requirements for the premium GAW forums are, I imagine it would have fizzled out immediately upon someone doing exactly what Dsun did, if not sooner. Paying $10 or $30 a year to post in BFC doesn't prevent anybody from going Full Scumbag and taking advantage of other members' generosity; five minutes of reading GB&U will prove that beyond any shadow of a doubt.

I get that you're trying to make more money for the site, but why don't we simply address the impropriety and the failure of one man's honor which was the impetus behind this thread? Unless you're speaking in the capacity of a moderator, in which case forget everything I just typed and carry on with "the pitch".

 

[Tasmaniac]

I think it's safe to say that I should have been more cautious about gifting the Domino. A couple of folks have pointed that out and I guess I can't disagree with them. The primary purpose of this thread was to warn other BF users about Dsun's scumbaggedness, and I think that's been accomplished.

I'm going to shut down this thread as it probably serves no further purpose.