.. I am simply calling it as I see it, had you started it I absolutely would have called you out on it as well. I just think it's important to stop these non-stop digs even if they are trying to be subtle about it. It's hard for them to be subtle when they're called out every time, and if I see I will absolutely call them out on it EVERY TIME.
You know... That's actually a really good question. The short answer for me is that I simply never considered dave a vendor, but after you brought that up I had to re-evaluate why that was and what really does make that different and here's what I have come up with...
It all revolves around how you define a vendor, and there are a few key characterstics to how I define a vendor that dave simply doesn't have...
1. Selling a product they created - A140 diodes are not a product that dave developed, he is not creating and selling any product. He has dissassembled a certain consumer product in order to obtain the exact same diode that any number of people sell, there is no difference in quality as they are all the same product from the same company.
2. Company website - Dave does not to my knowledge maintain a website in order to sell the diodes. Nor does he generally advertise them at all.
3. Company Name/Brand - There is no company name or brand associated with what he does, he is simply an enthusiast who is helping harvest the diodes for the rest of us. What he does is the same to me as anyone who sells a product in the buy/sell section of this forum.
In both Spyro and Jerry's case they have a product that they have created and assembled, they advertise here but sell via their own company and own website. And their products quality has a direct impact on the company and their own personal income and survival.
@KenomPosse
If you don't think that was a very direct dig at Laserbee then perhaps you should go back and read the thread. And as I mentioned previously this thread has absolutely nothing to do with Laserbee, there was absolutely no need for any of you to comment on Laserbee or bring him up at all, frankly I'm a little surprised TJ didn't call you out on it, maybe he's just tired of the thankless job.
Oh ya, and neg rep me all you want, I don't join the forums to flex my epeen and generate mass rep. I could sit at 0 rep forever and would not care in the slightest, so have fun with it
@Laserbee
It has nothing to do with putting myself in the line of fire, they can attack me all they want it has absolutely zero impact on me. I could care less what they think of me and as I have no financial or personal ties to this forum in anyway they can do absolutely no damage to me or my reputation (as I have none :na
So keep it up guys.
@ PM's Topic
I don't understand why this is a topic at all. Anytime you do anything on any website it is not private, you should not ever expect it to be, someone, somewhere who manages the site has access to absolutely every aspect of it. If you are really worred about someone reading your PM's use Email that isn't associated with the forums at all. Let it drop, it's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand, and a worthless argument to begin with.
**************************************I don't see why not. Honestly, I don't see why people advertising can't be mods, either, so long as the moderation they get involved in doesn't involve their product or product line.
Sure, there's been arguments about LPMs lately, but how often does that really happen?
I'd just say if your sig sells LPMs, then delegate any moderation on a thread about LPMs to a mod who doesn't have skin in that particular game... Pretty simple, but, of course, that's just one person's opinion...
Your mileage may vary and mine certainly may not necessarily be correct
(And, honestly, nods to Mohrenberg's "method"; -- don't start shit and don't get involved with shit that's going down... Thats how I try to live my life here as well... I still consider myself relatively new and a 'guest' here, so no way i'm going to get in someone else's face.)
Avery runs the place and the buck stops with him -- so honestly it's hist judgement that matters in the end. From what I've seen, Avery seems level headed himself, so if he thinks Spyrorocks would be a good mod, then, that's enough for me.
The story line never changes... This soap opera is so predictable... And, no funny commercials to break up the monotony...looks like it, I've been trying to change the channel but the button's broke.
I even tried replacing the IR LED with a greenie's dpss diode -- with the crystal misaligned of course.
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