WOW!
The first time I saw this post was
2 nights ago and I feel that I don't have a choice but to respond to this personal attack and defend my self!
So, here is "my opinion", no matter how "ridiculous" some of you may think it is.
There are quite a few veteran and non veteran members that I have met, face to face, and quite a few more of you that I have talked to over the phone or on here by PM and a couple of you have anonymously called my phone and screamed obscenities at me over the course of the past few years! Yep, I've developed a "thicker skin" over time, on here, from being subjected to some of the members abuse.
Those of you that have bought items from me know how hard I work to try to take care of the item & the person that wrenched it from my hands.
Those of you who know me, know I really dig this stuff and enjoy the in depth history behind it and that I really enjoy meeting and the times with the people that enjoy this kind of stuff also.
Life has constantly reminded us all, lately, of what is really important and I look back and can say I have enjoyed every person that I have met, face to face at least, since starting on this petro road!
I totally expect this kind of dribble and foul behavior from some on here, but this is completely out of control to call me "the worst of them".
I'm not EVER "FISHING FOR A SUCKER" on here or anywhere that I list my stuff for sale on and I sure as hell should not have to put up with this kind of comment being directed at me and left up by the mods for almost a week! There is a difference between having a "thick skin" and being subjected to flat out cyber bullying and harassment! Cyber bullying is a MAJOR problem, by some, on this site and I understand, now, why it constantly continues on here. The past couple of weeks have been enlightening!
These are just the facts of what I live every day with and are not posted for drama or pity but I'm sure I'll catch flack for posting it.
Here is a picture of the "shoes that fit" me.
These are what I have to pay USD $240 for(with tax), to help me be able to walk around each day with a little less pain. Medicaid/Medicare won't cover them.
I'm disabled, poor and a single parent with sole custody of 2 boys. I started walking with a cane at the age of 37 and know
the wheelchair is not many years away.
I work VERY HARD to try to make enough just to survive and put food on the table in front of my boys. I live with the knowledge that the more I do psychically and the harder I work, the faster it will take me to that chair but at least I'm still breathing, above ground and getting stuff done, slowly!
I have a natural talent for finding rare items and if I had my way, I WOULD NOT SELL A THING but I have no other choice if I want to continue finding what I do because I have NOT been handed what I have, like some of the negative posters on here have! I "built" this up to what it is today from a idea and MANY MANY HOURS of hard work!
I scrimp and scratch and save just to be able to buy the stuff that I find, but A LOT OF TIMES, I have to let them pass me by because I don't have the funds at my fingertips to be able to buy what I find.
Because of previous negative experiences on here, I don't ask for values on the value section and, Yes, I made a mistake on pricing those Mobil Oil letters,
at first, and I was berated for a while on here for it!
I swallowed my pride, re-thickened my skin and didn't offer any excuses and then put a very very decent price on them calling it a "fire sale" and after a week or so no one wanted them, SO, I DECIDED TO TAKE THEM OFF HERE AND MARKED THEM AS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, ON HERE, AND ASKED THE MODS TO LOCK THE POST.
AGAIN, I ASKED THE MODS TO LOCK THE POST DOWN and it did not happen as HB assumed and posted above.
HOW ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHO DECIDE TO PERSONALLY CRITICIZE AND TRY TO DEHUMANIZE AND BLACKBALL ME OR ANY OTHERS ON HERE, TRY WALKING IN MY/OUR SHOES AND/OR LIVING MY/OUR LIFE FOR AWHILE B4 YOU DECIDE TO TYPE ANY MORE BELITTLING COMMENTS AND TRASH TALK!!
You all told this fellow member what your opinions were of his prices and why, before and after he asked, so why not just leave it alone after you answered his questions?
There is no need for this entire post except to feed the berating criticism beast that lurks on oldgas!
Oldgas would be even more amazing, than what it is, if that beast was hunted down and edited instead of coddled and giggled at!