[pbean]

Lump,

in all honesy, I wasn't trying to bash anyone, or "stir things up" you obviously took my post wrong... as for blasting me and my account names, well that's just a bit childish wouldn't you say??? what is it to you what my account name is???

I totally understand on a pay it forward thread to have requirements obviously, but how do you encourage new collectors to get involved in this hobby and also these forums, if you make them wait to have 1000 posts, and 50 trades, etc???

All I did was post my opinion on Pay it Forwards, and how I try to do something positive for random members with items I have extra, etc. You want to call me out and blast me??? That's perfectly fine... I will stay out of all of your threads, and not bother you anymore...

my $.02

first and foremost it's the OP's thread and well he can make the rules as he see's fit ..... way too many of these fun threads have gone "sour" in past since many "newbies" have taken advantage of long term members generosity and never returned the favour that was so generously passed on to them.

I'll apologize for my words now Charles, I know what you have done here was to benefit the membership but I'm tired of folks crapping on threads like yours "just because" .....

Beckett used to be a place where we all played and had fun ..... both pbeanjr and myself used to run threads like this but got tired of being crapped on because we made them for "kids only" and the "adults" felt that we weren't being "fair" to them ..... so I know and understand where you may be this morning when you read some of the comments posted by members on your thread.

Lump was spot on, and if I lose a few more friends because of my thoughts, so be it ..... I'm just really getting tired of this, it's really taking the fun out of the hobby for me .....