1959 Kenmore "Frog Eye" Washer - Texas

[bethann]

HELLO!

I would like to know why a member that just joined this site today is making a call on how everyone feels around here! Why in the world is everyone so damn touchy!!! Give me a break!
Are you a member that just made that name up today? Because you act like you know how everyone communicates around here!
If you are you should know what's going on! If your not then your prejudging! We joke around here a lot! And if another member is bidding on something, of course we want them to win it first wouldn't you? So, you just stumbled across this site today? Doubt it!
Can you guy's tell I had a long day at work?

 

[Manoravenue]

Who's asking whom about being touchy?!

I guess I have a differing viewpoint from that of the others. I didn't feel I was making "calls," but that I was asking the reason for that type of "discussion," and for people to consider the way it might come across. Maybe I haven't been around long enough to be part of the crowd and to be on a buddy basis with everybody, but it just didn't come across very well to me as a newcomer. I recall being disappointed when I've been outbid on auctions, but c'est la guerre. Maybe the loss of an auction just served to remind me to be happier with what I already had. And, supposing it had been somebody else who's a member of this club who won the 1959 Kenmore on the Ebay auction; do you think that type of "discussion" would make the winning member feel very good about admitting that he/she won when everybody is "rooting" for somebody else? That's what I meant about the spirit of camaraderie. If we're all in the club because we share a common interest, isn't that the most important aspect, not over-doing the horn-tooting when we make a new acquisition, or over-doing the bitterness when we miss out? My apologies to all if I offended anybody with my observations.

 

[bethann]

Maybe what!

"Maybe I haven't been a member long?" 8 hrs. ?
"Supposing it had been a member of this club who won the auction" I would have thought they would have said something, Like I'm bidding on it too. Fair fight!
So , Are you even the one who won it?
In the hours that you have been a member on this site have you read all of the posts? If you have then I would think that you've figured out that there is not a problem with camaraderie!

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Beth,

Usually I just ignore the "n00bs" for a while. Saves a lot of steam ;-)

 

[agiflow]

We were all nOObs at one time.

 

[Manoravenue]

Camaraderie

Bethann claims there's camaraderie in a club where people admit they "ignore the noobs for awhile"? Apparently there's camaraderie only after the "noobs" have proven themselves "worthy"? And, who is in charge of deciding worthiness? Bethann?

 

[Manoravenue]

Fair Fight?

"Fair fight"? Apparently Bethann missed the one posting by the one member who said he/she would have snipered had he/she entered the auction. Snipering doesn't sound anything like any meaning of the word "fair" that I've ever known. Also doesn't sound anything like "camaraderie." Sounds more like the desire to win at all cost.

 

[westytoploader]

Yes, I apologize for the "n00bs" comment. That was way too stereotypical, IMHO.

The point I'm trying to make is that you shouldn't be quick to judge other members when you don't know them that well. And yes, believe it or not, humor <em>is>/em> abundant on this website!

 

[veg-o-matic]

People, people!

'Tis the Holiday Season. Time for loving each other to pieces, not for bickering.

We're all sorry for Austin. We're always sorry for a member who loses an auction. And not that I'm saying it's right, but I don't see any harm in a little sniping. I do it, and I lose anyway! The unfortunate truth is that's what a LOT of people are doing on ebay.

We really are a fun, friendly gang here. You gotta keep in mind that humor is sometimes hard to get across in a short post. But I believe we all generally post with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

So let's get back to enjoying ourselves and posting them pictures! Nothing like starting the day with a little "appliance porn"!

Ow. Bit my tongue.

Veg

 

[Manoravenue]

Happy New Year

My only question would be, and not for the sake of continuing the John and Blanche Bickerson routine, what happens if two or more club members are vying for the same auction win?

My main wish is that everybody has a much happier and healthier year in 2005 than 2004 has been to so many friends and neighbors of mine. For various personal reasons, this year could never have been and I wouldn't have missed anything, but I hope everybody has many reasons to celebrate in '05!

 

[veg-o-matic]

Quote:
My only question would be, and not for the sake of continuing the John and Blanche Bickerson routine, what happens if two or more club members are vying for the same auction win?

John and Blanche would be proud!

Actually, what happens is one of two things: depending on the two parties involved, they either
A)duke it out or
B)slap each other silly.

Dang. There goes that tongue again.

Veg

 

[Manoravenue]

That would work, except...

...then Dennis the Menace's mother would cause to send everybody to their respective corners. Maybe it should be likened more to Linus and his blanket and Snoopy's attempts to snatch the blanket away; neither one really won and neither one really lost!

 

[kenmore1978]

E-Bay bidding

Wasn't rooting for anyone in particular, just advising how E-Bay works, it's a fact of bidding for anything on E-Bay.

 

[Manoravenue]

Bidding versus sniping

Bidding is one thing; sniping is another and it was a little of a disappointment to me to learn they have software known as e-snipe for that very purpose. Sort of turns auctions into warfare and I think the enjoyment aspect of bidding goes out the window in that case.

 

[kenmore1978]

sniping

That's like having a duel with robots. I would never use software like that, I'd try it the old fashioned way with human reaction time. If I miss it, so be it.

 

[Manoravenue]

When I said

I wasn't referring to your comment, I was referring to someone else earlier having said, "If it were me, I'd have sniped." I agree with the robot analogy.