Just an observation here, but it seems like the poster(s) who have problems with HOyard sale have a bit of trouble will spelling and grammar, moreso than most. This isn't a spelling nazi thing, or a condescending thing, but any time you send money over the internet in order to receive merchandise in return, you want to know EXACTLY, what you're buying.
Not accusing anyone of misrepresentation, but I would avoid buying something if the description is confusing to me. If there are just isolated spelling are grammar issues, who cares, but if the description is written in a way that I am not EXACTLY sure of what the item is, or if it too broad of a description, I would not buy it, or would be upset if it was something other than what I thought the description said it was.
In some of the posts to this thread, I'm not sure what the writer is trying to say, EXACTLY. That's okay for a discussion forum, but its not okay for me when it comes to spending my money on something.
Perhaps the host of the website is just trying to avoid such complications before they happen. Probably through past experiences with buyers and sellers.
Not accusing anyone of misrepresentation, but I would avoid buying something if the description is confusing to me. If there are just isolated spelling are grammar issues, who cares, but if the description is written in a way that I am not EXACTLY sure of what the item is, or if it too broad of a description, I would not buy it, or would be upset if it was something other than what I thought the description said it was.
In some of the posts to this thread, I'm not sure what the writer is trying to say, EXACTLY. That's okay for a discussion forum, but its not okay for me when it comes to spending my money on something.
Perhaps the host of the website is just trying to avoid such complications before they happen. Probably through past experiences with buyers and sellers.
is used by modeler's who tend to know differences between the manufacturers, and the moderator was likely assuming you had some minimum quality standards you were trying to maintain, and wanted to know what they were. Combine that assumption with any spelling or grammar errors that impeded the readability of your posts, and the fact that the original post was about N scale, and the moderator may have thought you were not effectively communicating what you were looking for. I would assume someone in his position is trying to head-off as many conflicts between buyers and sellers as possible and poor communication between buyers and sellers is probably where conflicts first start. Combine those assumptions with any surly attitude you may have projected in any future communication you had with him and I can kind of see his point. "Future Troublemaker" -delete.
