Rant: What you contend with when selling parts on a forum

HR radness

His royal radness
As many of you know, I am parting out a car on several forums including this one. Sometimes dealing with people over the internet can be frustrating, but this just set me off tonight.

Read up from the bottom, these are the emails I exchanged with this toolbag:

I appreciate your candor, how 'bout my turn?

You ask me for pics of a part I have for sale, fair enough. After I take the time to tell you about the part and post a link for a picture, this is your response. " NM ( I assume that's "never mind") no thanks i looked around for it and found it (which you could have done in the first place)...in my opinion its Hiedous (learn how to spell or at least right click and spell the word correctly). Lastly, if you don't like the part keep your opinion to yourself.

This is called "wasting someone's time". Try not to do that, it tends to bend people the wrong way. Like me.

Let me give it a shot for you:

"Mike, thanks for taking the time to get me a link. The link unfortunately does not work but I managed to find a picture. The scoop isn't what I was looking for, but good luck with the sale"

"If you haven't rolled your car at least twice you care about it too much"

-Petter Solberg

Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 19:40:34 -0700

From: [email protected]

Subject: Re: cusco scoop

To: [email protected]

.ExternalClass DIV {;} NM no thanks i looked around for it and found it...in my opinion its Hiedous but functional...good luck with the sale

From: Michael Rademacher <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:56:06 PM

Subject: RE: cusco scoop

Andrew, it looks just like this but in silver.

 

http://www.subarureview.com/showreview.php?id=258

 

It has very FEW hairline cracks that are very difficult to see on the side, they won't show up on a camera. Otherwise it's in perfect shape. You need to come up with the mounting hardware from a hardware store. Are you able to pick it up or do you need it shipped?

 

"If you haven't rolled your car at least twice you care about it too much"

-Petter Solberg

 

 

 

 

 

Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 21:32:02 -0700

From: [email protected]

Subject: cusco scoop

To: [email protected]

 

whats up i saw your thread on NASIOC and i was wondering if i can see pix of it?

It's ridiculous that people these days cannot:

1.Compose a proper sentence

2.Spell

3.Have any clue on how to conduct any type of business

Bloody kids these days:rant: (I'm ALMOST as old as grandpa Inski so I can say that)

 
I am a kid and I don't spell like crap on the internet. It frustrates me when my friends text like that.

 
I hate when people use abreviations, and can't spell too, just a pet peave of mine.

Its funny that the item in question is the primitive racing scoop...my roommate and I were just talking about how an old buddy of ours used to have one on his GC back in the day!
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then again this is a message board, not a textbook

sometimes it's fun to abbreviate language, it's kinda silly but what really is the harm

longs ppl understand, NP

 
this thread cracks me up. And for the record I am not a grandpa and I'm still wanted by all the hawties out there!.
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I feel your pain man. I hate having my time wasted, especially by idiots. People don't even abbreviate ridiculously in text messages anymore, and anyone who does gets looked at funny. One thing I don't like about the large car forums is people cannot form complete sentences, yes that includes capitals and punctuation. Those large car forms, while a wealth of info, have a very bad signal to noise ratio.

 
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Abbreviate spelling, have your own Kustom werdz spelled just the way U like them.. I would B the first to admit my spelling and grammar is LESS than stellar on the Internet and I just don't care..

rofl.. signal to noise ratio... I prefer to measure stuff in THD% myself

 
this thread cracks me up. And for the record I am not a grandpa and I'm still wanted by all the hawties out there!.
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Neither of us get the ladies like Nigel does

Dont worry about the cluster, I will get it back from you at a rally-x sometime. Do I need to get you $$ back for it?

 
I understand why people abbreviate on texting, but when it comes to a FULL KEYBOARD, is it really that hard? Good luck anyways with the sell. The kid seems like a tool, so let him be.

 
I hate that stuff man.

you should look up my old NESIC classifieds when I was selling my Celica All trac.

 
^ I feel your pain, i parted out a 240sx and everyone and their brother wanted some part or another, or at least said they did. It was a huge PITA.

 
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