Here's my story, AGAIN Options

[dustin15brown]

ok I have received mutplie pms and or IM's saying how I am ruining 6gc for my antics that Manny posted about in Lissa's thread. The thing is, I had a repsonse thread and Jeff deleted it for unknown reasons. So here is my justification again.

QUOTE(dustin15brown @ Jan 11, 2006 - 7:08 PM)
QUOTE(defgeph @ Jan 11, 2006 - 10:40 PM)
Jeff:Dustin is one hell of a guy. Willing to do whatever he can to help.
Enjoy those fogs
ME: including bash your threads if he thinks you screwed someone
Manny: at least dustin(batman722) never tried to rip members off from this site for $2ea. for the keychains, 30$ ea for the failed GB on the skirts,
and who knows how much on doggys duckbill spoiler.




The truth about things is here if u wanna read them, and if not, I dont mind either
Keychain:
As to Manny's comment is Lissa's thread I tried ripping people off $2 per keychain in the group buy. This was NOT the case and if it is said other wise, I regret to inform you that you are wrong. Randy contacted me about the group buy asking questions. He mentioned he was VERY busy and didn't have time to head it up. I said it was NOT a problem because I need more experience in successfully running a group buy. At one point a profit for me was mentioned, but it wasn't expected. I knew I was getting a free keychain out of it and that was enough for me.

Side Skirts: Manny posted that I was making $30 off of each side skirts that were in the gb that I attempted to run. This is true. I was looking at $200 in additional expenses to ship the side skirts to Lithuanina and then back to me and it wasn't fair that I lost that money. So I set the gb at 6 people and added $30 per set. That is still me losing $20 in something totally unrelated to me which is fine. I had very good intentions with that gb and getting it started. They are such a rare item I wanted others to have a chance to get them. I specifically stated to Randy while we were "bidding" on the skirts that it would be around $300 pending some expenses. I stand by my decision to add on $30 to each set to COVER costs, and not a profit.

Ducktail:
I will make NOTHING off of it, simply ask Romas. He gave me the exact price and that is what I posted. If there were mosre than 10 people I would receive a discount for EVERYONE, and they would have gotten it.

Conclusion:
Regardless of what everyone thinks my intentions were not bad. and if they were, this is America and everyone has the right to be profitable. Please stop with the bashing of my name. It is pointless. If you're going to bring my name into trying to make a profit, turn to everyone who has ever ran a gb on here minus the JDM side skirts that is going on and see who is making a profit. Exactly, every person is. Post your feelings if you like. I'm actually eager to see if this mattered to anyone.

This post has been edited by dustin15brown: Jan 16, 2006 - 4:24 PM

[presure2]

the whole point of what i wrote has to do with the idea of making $$ off of people without them even knowing. i never said it was wrong to charge for shipping or whatever.
the idea behind GB's is to SAVE money, not for the person whos running it to make a profit. if the guy running it gets an extra discount, or whatever for running it from the manufacurer, thats fine, but for instance charging 30$ for somthing in a GB when it actually only costs 26$ is not right IMO. if you need to add to the end price to cover shipping, thats fine, just make sure you STATE it, so that there is NO confusion or question about it.
i just found out about player making $$ off the CF panel GB. he says he ended up not making anything in the end, but thats besides the point.
its not right.
if ANYONE should be making $$ off this site(besides the people who are producing the product), it should be CHRISTIAN. not anyone else.
this is supossed to be a COMMUNITY, where we help each other out, not make money off selling someone elses work.
if running a GB is too much hassle for you to do for FREE, you shouldnt be running it at all.
Ill also say, just so everyone knows, these are MY thoughts, and mine only. i havent disscused it with christian, and for all i know, he could feel totally the opposite of what i do, and thats fine.
imma call em like i see em, and if you (dustin) or anyone else for that matter dont like that, well, thats just how it is.