Once again you did not get the point of my post. I did not get pissy, the buyer got pissy because I politely declined his request for me to ship first. He then took it upon himself to point out that he had "much higher HEAT than me" basically implying that I was forgoing some unwritten rule...
I'm not worried about being on his list. I was just curious what his reasons were. There are how many members on AT? I don't think being on one guys DNT list for whatever reason is going to limit my ability to trade here.
Who ever said that is the person in question here? I take it you are assuming that because he posted in my FS thread "PM on Crysis". That is a rather bold assumption. Not everyone that PMs you about something puts a post in your thread to indicate it. Regardless, there are no other sides to...
Maybe treating like dirt is a little strong, but he definitely took the stance of "I have higher Heat than you so I am better. Do it my way or you are being uncooperative." I admitted to lowering my level with my "Not to be an ass" response but at that point I didn't even know why we were...
Apparently something is lost in translation. I just went back and reread my OP to make sure I hadn't said something I didn't mean to. My rant was about the certain people that treat their Heat score like it gives them the right to look down on other people. It was not bashing Heat. It was...
Money orders used to be the only way of doing things. When PayPal first started it was a great system. Then they royally screwed it up and have never been able to right the ship. I was screwed by PP one time simply because a guy shipped me a box with a blank VCR tape in it. He had a tracking...
You have put me on your DNT list "for various reasons"? I would be curious to know what those are since we have never even spoken, much less carried out a transaction.
And by old school I am talking Knight Rider and The A-team old school, not Saved by the Bell old school. Nobody shipped...
Have you failed to notice the number of people that state "non-CC Paypal only" in their FS/T threads? It grows by the day.
BTW, your statement is very PRO pay first, ship second.
You're right, there is no difference in the two. You are exposing yourself either way. That is exactly why I revert to the way things have been done since before the internet was around *gasp* For the record when I am the buyer I have never, and will never ask for an item to be shipped first...
But when you politely refuse and they respond with an argumentative PM then follow that up with another PM that starts "And one other thing...." continuing to treat you like a lower person because they have a higher score is wrong.
I have done plenty of transactions on message boards dating...
I am not arguing that one bit. You are actually using Heat the way it was designed to be used. My original rant was about people that don't use it in that manner and just look at the number rather than the overall picture. I just didn't manage to word it very well I guess.
I didn't make it to that scenario yet. How many times have you heard in the news about someone that had everything going for them losing their job and turning to a life of crime? It happens, a lot.
You are exactly right. I have already stated that I think Heat is a good guideline, but...
Well let's break that down. To get 500 Heat in one month you would have to be doing about 17 transactions a day. If someone was doing that much business in an online forum that would have to be their full-time job. They would have to monitor their threads, answer all the PMs and emails, setup...
If you believe there are people out there that won't go to those extremes and more to cheat people then you are kidding yourself. If someone would knock an old lady in the head an take her purse, they will surely sit behind a computer all day and hammer that out. And how many levels of evals...
Very well put. You expressed exactly what I was trying to get across. I guess my lack of sleep has caused me to ramble and not make a concise argument.
Actually I am talking about someone with 121 Heat asking me to ship first because I "only" have 21 Heat. I would understand a little more if I had zero. It also went beyond a simple "ship first or no deal". They went so far as to basically belittle me and treat me like I am less of a person...
I understand the concept of Heat scores just like the next guy, but why do some people think that just because they have a higher Heat than can just dictate how things are going to go? I don't mind people asking me to ship first if their Heat is higher than mine, but the answer is always no...
I don't want to stop at 3.0, I would like to max it out. The only reason I am stopping there now is because it is taking a little voltage to get it to 3.0 and I don't want my temps any higher until I get some better cooling.
Ok, so I have an E4400 running at 3.0 with the stock HSF. My temps are 44 idle and 72 under full Orthos load. How much can I expect these to drop with a 129 Extreme? Thanks for the help!
I am running an Antec Neo 480 PSU
Power is running through a known good UPS and was at the time of the power outage
The outage occured while I was not home
The power outage was caused by a storm, yes but not a close by strike
Also, the 2 motherboards I have tried with no luck are an...
I hope someone here can help me out with this problem. The power went out at my house one day and after it came back on my computer no longer powered up. Upon inspection, the power LED on the motherboard was still coming on but the computer would not power up. I used a paperclip to jump the...
I have a question about the A8N-SLI Premium. I recently got on and in trying to test the limits of my memory I have come across a problem. If I leave everything stock all is well. If I change settings over to manual and try to take my memory up to higher speeds, something changes and the...
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