All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

[Eric]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

Maybe you could get them back onto the People's Court...

[Eric]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

Everyone
Stop the name calling. Stop the threats. On both sides. I don't care who said what. Break the forum rules and you get suspended.
Respect each other and move on...
Eric

[R. C. Walker]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

Yesterday, by pure chance, I was home from work. First day off I've taken in over 6 months. So the mail comes, and I see a letter addressed to me, return address is that of a law firm locally.

I open it, and it's addressed to me. Not suicide_squeeze....my user name here.....MY real name.

It was a cease and desist letter. I called the attorney, had a brief and cordial conversation, and informed him I would not make any more "over-the-top" comments about Grey Flannel, their client, going forward.


Steve Mears......remember the name

Is it possible to see a scan of the letter?

[gingi79]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

Suicide has an opinion on everything and frankly he showed real character admitting he was wrong about a certain item. Some collectors may feel he is brash or caustic but I believe he is coming from a place where he is protecting collectors. Maybe he isn't the most tactful person but I'll take his strong willed comments from the right place over dancing around the facts. I don't always agree with him but I do think he is speaking from an overly protective of collectors viewpoint.

No one ever knocked on my door or sent a C&D letter. I'd be rattled too. Perhaps we should be concentrating more on the fact GF became angry and got their lawyers involved in a GUU member's life after posting here. Am I the only one who lost interest in GF auctions because of their strong arm tactics against a collector who called them on their crap?

Never forget our hobby is a close knit group. Just ask other boards about certain people and see the fur fly. Love him or hate him, Suicide got shafted by an auction house and that's messed up.

I hope you and your family can get passed this Suicide. NOT cool that your wife was rattled by someone because of a post here. Peace Brother.

[bigtruck260]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

Everyone
Stop the name calling. Stop the threats. On both sides. I don't care who said what. Break the forum rules and you get suspended.
Respect each other and move on...
Eric

Wow - my eyes are blurry...finally had some time to read this whole thread.

Suicide - I agree about a few things. A letter with an attorney letterhead would upset me (not scare me)...as it would anyone. Who likes to be told to "quiet down" or else...but what can you really do but quiet down and move on with life...re-arrange your priorities. There are plenty of other folks at GUU who have no problem giving the auction houses greif. Take a break for a while.

Second, if someone (other than the mailperson) was wandering on my property, I would leave work and come home. I have a wife and 2 little kids. After that - I'd ask the cops to drive by a few times a day...which should not be hard for you since you said your connections at the police department were at your door relatively quickly. Again, a little scary - but are you going to let it stop you from working?

The first post of this thread read like you were on the brink of being whacked over some comments made here. If that was the case, a few major posters at this forum would be wiped out...maybe it was a little storybook - but hey, 4000 people were drawn to it. I wish I had some advertising space within it.

Bottom line is, before you post something like that, realize that there are some folks who will make fun of it...no matter how serious the TONE might be to you, it comes off a little dramatic. I honestly thought you playing some sort of joke. I realize you were not - but at the same time...I don't know you personally.

The two guys who have been arguing with you (Suave and Sylbry) are both good guys. So are you - the arguments could have probably been contained mostly to emails or PM's...all they do is bring out the worst in everyone.

Finally - the auction houses have already read this thread...and it's probably been circulated around the offices. As Sarahsdad mentioned earlier, they are likely laughing. With all of the good stuff that is posted here - we give them a thread like this that makes the whole forum seem like a bunch of undereducated sheep posting just to post.

Suicide - you are a good guy, but this thread was over the top from the beginning.

[mariner_gamers]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

I guess I don't understand why folks feel auction houses would think this is funny. Thousands of hardcore, big spending collectors read this daily. I doubt seriously any auction house wants anything to do with this type of issue. If anything concrete comes out of this the said auction house would be done. I wish we focused more on getting to the bottom of this instead of focusing on someone who made a statement and has been baited by a few folks. If in fact there is any truth to someone affiliated with an auction house showing up at a forum members house than that is where we need to start. If this was me and it had happened to me as stated in the original post and I had been taunted by forum members I would have been much less civil. If you don't believe it than work towards proving it false. I live in The Heart of the Hood South Phoenix so I think it is sad and tired to hear all the talk about chest puffing and being a "man". Clearly many forum members have never had a real confrontation occur on their front porch. I assure you it is one of the last things you want and after it happens it is the last thing you ask for going forward. So instead of banging on this guy anymore does anyone else have other experience with being intimitated by auction houses???

[trsent]

Re: All members, listen up...(MUST read)...

I just don't understand why this discussion keeps going on and on as it can be summed up with a brief synopsis:

A member of the forum used poor taste in describing an executive of an auction house and that executive sent them a letter from their attorney asking them to stop slander. Then that person's neighbor knocked on their door and the member and his wife were rattled over the fact that a neighbor stopped by concerned it was more to do with the letter and finally the member has been attempting to personally contact the executive to clear the air.

Where does this discussion have to go from here?