"HOW CAN A DEAL BE ANY SAFER THAN RECEIVING THE ITEM PRIOR TO PAYING??? What's he want, a 2 yr warranty w/ it?"
This isn't the point. The point is when you screw one of us, none of the rest of us will deal with you, under any circumstances. This way, you have no reason whatsoever to continue to frequent the board. You can ban people all you want, but if people continue to deal with these trolls, they'll keep trading (and ripping). IT'S A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE....NOT SAFETY
And Jdaves...don't even get me started...do you know how many "second chances" he's been given already? He's ripped off MULTIPLE people at SEVERAL boards already. You think just because he hasn't ripped anyone at Ars yet that it won't happen? Why are they willing to take that chance?
Anyhow, i guess it's none of my business anymore, as i won't be going back there. Between the egotripped mod, and the "it can't happen here, this is Ars" attitude, it's not worth the time it takes to even browse.
OT: I am all for giving a guy a second chance but this is ridiculous.
ZM I do not appreciate what you said there and would ask you to retract it. You see there are 2 hammers here and we are bro's so do something to one of us and the other will pick up the slack. 
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why dont ars and 3dnow.net merge there fourms. atlests something productive would com about it. the saving of bandwith for Usefulthings.
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