@ shrike4242
I see where you're coming from, but then again i don't. But i'm at least thankful you've chosen to respond.
I sent you and a couple of other mods the first pm when two people showed up in the trading forum, both selling $50 PSN Cards for $30. That was quite odd to me so i sent a pm to you guys - one of the traders was banned and the other didn't show up again and that was that. There were still about 5 people, myself included, selling PSN and XBL cards and all was well.
A couple of weeks passed and then you made this comment in my TL:
"More eBay PSN cards? Yay.
I can't see that this bottomless pile of $50 and $20 PSN cards would be nothing more than the ones currently on eBay of questionable origin. Also curious how the OP warned me in a PM about the very same situation."
This was to be our first interaction. I'd sold quite a few $20 and $50 Cards at this point (20 or so) and i could see how you would make that connection so i responded in my TL saying:
"pm coming your way"
This is the pm i sent you:
"I kinda resent that. I actually only have a handful of $50 PSN Cards and 10-15 $20 PSN Cards left. I get my cards from a friend who works in distribution in Maryland. I'll take a pic of the PHYSICAL CARDS i have if you agree to buy a couple of them upon seeing that these aren't some random codes from God-knows-where that people on eBay are selling"
As you can see from the except above, I tried to explain that a friend of mine who works in distribution sells me cards at a considerable discount - thus, i hoped, quelling your fears that these were cards from eBay. You responded to my thread so i assumed you might be in the market for a couple of cards which is why I then went on to say that i'd take a picture of a couple of cards if you wanted to buy them - that way you'd know that the cards you were buying where legitimate and you'd be worry free.
I wasn't trying to pawn off some cards on you and i certainly wasn't trying to get some clout by having a mod buy cards i was selling. I really thought you might be in the market for a couple and all i was trying to say in that pm is that i'd take a picture of the physical cards (not all of my cards, but the ones i was going to sell you) if you committed to buy a couple of them.
Then your response:
"I'd ** recommend** putting the pic of the cards in the trade thread, regardless. That way, there's no question you're not selling codes from eBay or other possibly questionable places.
I won't buy any of the cards, thanks. Not interested, since I'm more than a little skeptical of the source. Obviously, a nice pic in your OP showing the cards with your CAG name attached to them will obviously prove you're right."
I've highlighted the word recommend because that's all i assumed this was - a suggestion. You recommended that i put a picture of the cards in my thread so no one questioned the legitimacy of the cards. That's just it though, no one but you questioned the legitimacy of the cards. A few buyers would send pms asking where the cards were from. I'd tell them they were from a friend who works in distribution in the mid-atlantic and that's all they needed to hear. You made it clear that you weren't interested in the cards because you were skeptical of the source, so i just moved on. This was our first interaction. Not once did i feel you were asking me to do something - more a case of you suggesting that i post a massive pic in my op of all the cards. That seemed to me like an utter waste of time since i wasn't having a hard time selling them so i just ignored it because i couldn't be bothered to prove anything to someone that wasn't even interested in my cards. You never once said, we need you to post a pic or you'll have to stop selling - you made a recommendation, you didn't give an order.
Anyway, about a week passed and you again posted in my TL - our second and final interaction:
"Still waiting on posting that pic of all the physical cards you have to prove they're not questionable eBay cards"
I looked at it this way: i saw no one else with trade lists where they were selling PSN or XBL cards were being asked to do the same so i didn't see why on earth i'd have to. Again, you didn't demand that i post a pic or face a ban - if you did, we'd have had this entire discussion then.
You say i needed something more direct to get my attention? How about a pm in which you stated you intent more clearly as opposed to the one line comment you left that read a lot like the first comment you left. I again assumed that you might be interested in purchasing a couple of cards so my response read a lot like my first:
"Commit to making a purchase for multiple $10, $20 or $50 cards and i'll make a video of me scratching off the physical cards and sending the codes to you in a pm - better yet, commit to buy and i'll mail you the cards free of charge. If you want $10 or $50 cards, you'll have to wait until the middle of the month when i have more available - in the meantime, you're more than welcome to any of the the 4 $20 Cards i have available"
I assumed you wanted some sort of proof before making a purchase and that's what i offered - proof for YOUR purchase. Maybe if you made it abundantly clear that i was in violation of some rule or that i needed to post a pic or else then it wouldn't have come to this, but you didn't give any authoritative instructions and i certainly didn't interpret them as such.
I neglected my trade list for a couple of days because people were seeing that i had PSN cards available via my sig and i was selling enough that bumping didn't really seem necessary at all. Please note that during the two days that my tradelist went unbumped, i didn't bump my post in the code forum.
Then yesterday, i updated my post in the code forum and bumped my TL to indicate that i only had 4 cards left. A mod deleted my post in the code forum for some reason and i had to repost it. I believe it was you, but you didn't leave a note under reason for deletion - it just read garbage cleanup - and you didn't send me a pm. I just assumed it was an error and reposted and bumped my TL in the process. A few hours later, my tradelist was gone and i was banned.
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