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Well let's try this. I would hope that a good number of the Warung membership is currently monitoring this thread, especially the dealers. Sooooo, if you regularly deal in keris and related edged weapons, step up to the plate and tell us straight out. Seriously, who is a dealer out there? Yes, i probably already know, but i'd like to here it from you. Even if dealing is just a part-time thing for you or a collector who regularly turns weapons around for profit, you should declare that. Now's the time to let it officially be know.
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david, i think you should start a new thread on this... Quote:
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It is no secret that I am a dealer and never has been so I do not understand the Bingo.
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i should've narrowed the quote. i was referring to the last sentence of your post
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beat me by a few seconds, david. thanks.
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Yeah, I deal.
Have done so for almost as long as I've collected keris --- 50 something years. Since about 1977 I've dealt internationally; used to do it with letters and photos, now I do it with my website. I think that most keris aligned people who frequent the E.E.W. site already know this. If it is deemed desireable to identify those of us who deal, it would suggest that a group mailing go out to all members so that a data base can be established, and that all new members should be required to ID themselves as dealers if in fact they are. Personally, I feel that it is not so much the fact that somebody deals that is what should be addressed, as the use of a specific posting for commercial purposes. Yes, possibly the membership should be made aware of who the dealers are, but more important they should be made aware of an item posted for comment that will be offered for sale in the near future. We now have what I believe to be a good cross sectional representation of members opinions. There has been a lot of very valid comment. I would suggest that now we have a general direction, specific objectives of any changes in rules should be identified. To my way of thinking there are two overall objectives:- 1) --- to identify all unethical dealers 2) --- to give the swap forum back to pure collectors Perhaps we could now have some suggestions of objectives that could be considered by our moderators. When the objectives have been agreed to by our moderators, then it will be possible to put in place a mechanism that will permit achievement of the identified objectives. |
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This thread has drawn a lot of interest, and a number of people have come forward and stated an opinion.
It is my firm conviction that the management of this site will act to improve this facility and will put in place some revised policies in order to keep the character of the site as it was originally intended:- a place for collectors to exchange information and to learn. Once those new policies are in place I am certain that management will not enter into any discussion on either the new policies or upon their application. Once any new policies are in place there will be no further opportunity for comment. At the present time we have a unique opportunity:- we, the membership of this Forum, have been permitted to state our views in this matter, and to assist management in the formulation of policy. I most sincerely advise that we do not let this opportunity pass. The time has come for us to let management know what we want any changes in policy to do, in other words to state what we believe the objectives of change in policy should seek to achieve. I have stated what I think these objectives should be. Are my objectives adequate? Or are they inadequate? Do they need to be changed? Do they need to be added to? We cannot get to a new place unless we identify our destination. The way to do that is to formulate a clear and achieveable objective. Now is the time to do that. Once management has taken its decision and acted it will be too late to change anything. |
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