Hooray! The forums are back! (please keep them this way!)

Well said.

If the trading vets lead by example, the newer folks will learn and ultimately become vets themselves. Hopefully adults will act like adults.

 

Alewatcher.... You get sea watchman to stop being an ass and we've got a deal :-)

 

ROFL. A serious warning to not flag and a gentle reminder to be helpful.

The focus should be solely on:

Off to find some posts to mark. But only because I've been given an extra hour today.

 

Leave responses like that to a BM please.
Seriously, stuff like that need to be said in private format, not in public.

 

Why do we have to be so sensitive?! We should all be able to take collective criticism and move on. Let's not forget the age old adage...."It's just beer!"

 

Alewatcher..... you get Cam to stop being an ass and we've got a deal

 

It's not "being sensitive." It's personal attacks for one thing, and then the blatant "pimp" designed to protect ones hoard. The old, "I wouldn't trade one *the beer I have* for one of those." This happens all the time when replies are allowed and end up bombing a perfecty acceptable trade offer.

In the end, definitely add facts, useful info about the beer, or serious questions to the threads, but leave your opinions and "personal trade values" out of it. Nobody is asking for you to dip into your personal stash. It's this kind of junk that annoys peole and will eventually get replies scorched again.

Jeff

 

Todd,

When someone says "I wouldn't trade x amount of beer y for beer z", is that constructive criticism or feedback? Maybe it is just me, but when I read those statements they always seem to have a negative tone to them so I see it as threadshitting. Just curious where you and most of BA stands I guess.

 

So how is FT: Wooden Hell ISO: $350 of gopicksomeupformebro any different than eBay? I thought the response was pretty much in line with the offer, but I see Todd's point about how there's no place for it on BA. Wish replies would have stayed turned off honestly.

 

Just because people don't trade rarity for quantity that often these days, doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't happen. Most people gradually "trade up" brewery only release stuff for rare wales; it's just one way to go about it. When you factor in all the up trading and invested value in a beer like Wooden Hell, it may not be that far off from a similar value to a quantity of brewery release stuff. As to whether said beer is "obviously falling off", I wouldn't know such things.

 

I agree. I just see this as the same thing as monetizing your cellar. I really have no clue why I even have an opinion on such silly things. It's just beer, it really doesn't matter.

 

Sadly the example in question appears to be good evidence of why we can't have replies and also why so many users are frustrated with the current state of the trading environment around here...

 

I can see a lot of people considering that trade post to be dickish, but a lot of whale trades for new beers seem that way. I'm glad to see replies come back.

 

I don't see the problem with Cam's request either. If you don't agree, then don't do the trade. Nobody asked you to comment about your personal trade values.

Jeff