I need to learn to read the Classified rules

[amimbari]

can I make that payment as a paypal gift so I have no chance in hell of claiming anything?

[VitaminG]

man, I can't count all of the totally awesome guitars we've missed out on because someone who can't read the rules joins up solely to pitch their gear to the ravenous fanboys of the JCF. Knowing how insatiable for anything Jackson and Charvel related the appetite of the 200-odd active members of the forum is, selling stuff here is like shooting fish in a barrel. Just check out how quickly everything goes in the Classifieds! It is ridiculous to expect someone who hopes to profit from the membership of the JCF to be expected to follow a simple rule and maybe cough up the small subscription that the privilege of the Classifieds requires.

These hit-and-run seller are always selling items way cooler than anything the law-abiding members do. They sell the rarest, best playing, mintiest, most valuable instruments in the J/C Universe (tm) and these draconian rules are denying the membership a shot at owning of these one-of-a-kind jewels.0

You know that the only reason that any of these sellers come here is because it is so important to them that their beloved "best guitar I've ever owned" is delivered to the caring hands of a member of the J/C fraternity, someone who they know will take appropriate care of their baby, to keep it in the family. It's also a community service, because as everyone knows, the membership here rarely look at ebay or craiglist and would likely completely miss this guitar if it were listed there.

[toejam]

Yea we got a bunch of crybabies here who would rather see a nice j/c end up not in there hands because of some gat ass rule. Think of all the guitars that could have been had.I didn't know such cool ass guitars are preferd my cop like dicks

Gee, the guy signed up over a year and a half ago, hasn't bothered to read the rules in all that time, then recently posts for the first time and it's an ad? Got a problem with the rules, take it up with the forum owner. Go visit some other forums and see how their rules for buying/selling are more strict than here.

[djford]

All good points but you can understand somewhat where I am comeing from. But I do like the keep it in the family concept there are guitars that I sold that are long gone and wish I knew where they were. Wasent trying to be a dick just saying some there are dudes who will sell of ther dads guitar collection for pennies on the doller. By the way how much is a platnum member ship I am always unloading/ buying

[VitaminG]

All good points but you can understand somewhat where I am comeing from.

nope. can't understand it at all. Not the bit about crybabies, or about gay (I'm assuming that's what you meant) ass rules or cop like dicks.

These people aren't "keeping it in the family". They're hit-and-runners. They have no loyalty to us or interest in anything we do or have to say. The only thing they have in common is ownership of a Jackson guitar - and not for much longer. So they figure by coming here, they have such a slavishly devout group of fanboys here that we'll all be clamouring over each other to get a piece of their "RARE Pre Fender Sandimas Jackson. LOOK!!" guitar. I particularly like the ones that school us with some lifted-from-wiki Jackson history so we understand how desirable their guitar is.

I think Platinum membership is around $25(?) for a year. Not an unreasonable fee if you're dumping a $3k guitar. Cheaper than ebay fees. And maybe by putting some money down they might stick around and actually contribute to the forum a little bit.

[emperor_black]

Go visit some other forums and see how their rules for buying/selling are more strict than here.

...like the SS.org. I's so demotivating to get banned for a week for saying something in the classifieds ads. I've been very respectful of all members in all forums I've been a part of for the past 8 years or so and I got banned for telling a guy to post pics of his heavily modified guitar. don't talk about rules on the jcf.