Post #45296 by martiki on Wed, Jul 30, 2003 3:06 PM

Hey there Zen-

Here's the thing: You didn't technically do anything wrong- It just rubs people the wrong way when someone joins and their first post is selling something. We buy things from each other all the time. But we've all come to know each other here.

We say: Join. Stay a while. Have a Mai Tai. Tell us about yourself. Comment on a tiki thing or two. Tell us about your carvings. Then sell them to us. I GUARANTEE your reception would have been much different. You might have found some willing buyers. And all the people who didn't like your stuff would have either stayed quiet, or just said something nice anyway. I don't think members of this board should apologize for being wary or feeling like victims of spam from a stranger.

Plus, if you thought we were all hipsters, then you didn't have to sell us with "retro tiki type mod wood carvings" ...we don't require the eBay buzzwords around here. You can just call them "signs".

This isn't at all to say that you have to "gain favor" or kiss ass with us fancy tiki types. It's just an invitation to join a like minded group of people.