Re: My VENT ...
[Re: dOOc]
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04/25/21 11:35 PM
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SattyNoCar
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Yeah, so? Aside from being very busy running a business, they probably don't visit because of clowns like you.
John
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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04/26/21 12:04 AM
04/26/21 12:04 AM
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dOOc
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Yeah, so? Aside from being very busy running a business, they probably don't visit because of clowns like you.
This RIGHT HERE is a VERY MILD example of what has happened to people who are/had been paying sponsors of moparts. Two famous examples of businesses getting smeared and attacked- that are not secrets ... are 440s and Hughes... The way they were treated was absolutely shameful
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: Kern Dog]
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04/26/21 05:04 AM
04/26/21 05:04 AM
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That AMC Guy
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Trends, man.
Forums like this are not the only platform any more. The younger generations are not interested in what we are.
Dare I even say, that a Mopar cars' day in the sun has passed. Most are priced so high that the average person doesn't give two flying figs about them anymore. They've become so expensive, they're not on the average Joe's radar. They've become investment grade playthings.
But don't take it personal, I see it happening all over. The Turbo Dodge forum is barely holding on. The AMC forum rarely has anything posted about the big-money cars. Most posts are in regards to Gremlins, Hornets, Eagles and the lesser-valued cars.
I'm trying to think of websites or webforums that have folded in my time. Once upon a time, there were TWO AMC forums. I think the other forum has gone away. The 8-track Collectors society moved to Facebook and splintered up. Don't know if many people use the C.E.D. Forum since it too is on Facebook.
Young folks don't collect things anymore. Many are struggling to just survive. It's quickly becoming a very different world.
Bloody Mary, Full of Vodka, Blessed art thou among cocktails....
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: Kern Dog]
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04/26/21 09:29 AM
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dOOc
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Can you be more specific? You want Ted Stephens to comment? The Laysons guy? Resto Rick? Lenny from Ultimate Converter Concepts? What if the vendors have cryptic screen names to hide their identities? Thx Fberri.... canât be more specific because they donât want to potentially suffer the hate of the seagull MOB ? The peeps you list ? They have bailed on posting?
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: rick@laysons]
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04/26/21 01:53 PM
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It's a combination of things really: - Social media
- User hostile elements to the site like Infolinks
- Aging demographics and younger people were effectively priced out of the classic car market
- Some of the userbase here
Don't take this as a personal attack Doc, but a lot of your antics play into my fourth point. I've seen you and others engaging in name calling that spans multiple threads and even into ones that weren't started by anyone engaging in this behavior. It's very off-putting to those that are still here. You're just begging for confrontation in some of these threads and unfortunately there are those here that are obliged to give it to you.
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: rick@laysons]
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04/26/21 02:51 PM
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I read posts when I get a chance just to see who's saying what....sometimes you just can't find comedy like this on TV anymore....
But I have a real job, so I spend most of my time out in the warehouse playing with guns and knives so that I can keep as many customers as I can smiling.... Well Rick .... youâve never had any attacks ... because of jealous haters that are envious of your successes?
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: dOOc]
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04/26/21 03:18 PM
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MarkZ
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Reasonable observations mđ€...but user base ?
And itâs not all about me .... look at whatâs happened to others that have never partaked in any type of food fight ? I'm not trying to single you out. I only pointed at you as this is your thread and you can see it right now with not just you, but others in threads in both General and Q&A. Members poking one another with sticks and carrying it into other threads certainly doesn't help the survivability of the board. For the ones that are put off by it it just makes the jump from here to Facebook Groups that much easier. Not the only reason for this place turning into a ghost town, but it certainly contributes.
1987 Fifth Avenue - 512/518/D60
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: dOOc]
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04/26/21 03:52 PM
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đ€.... I hear you but again ... the businesses I mentioned were VICIOUSLY attacked and smeared.
Yeah, I can remember a lot of the posts about 440 Source. I haven't seen Brandon post here in a while. I've got one of his rotating kits in my car and have been very happy with it. That said though, a lot more came out in support for 440 Source than those that dogged them. But here: https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/2913595/all/new-product-coming-soon.htmlDon't know if this guy is a sponsored vendor, or associated with one, but that post went to hell. The business doesn't need to be directly smeared - just caught in the cross fire.
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Re: My VENT ...
[Re: dOOc]
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04/26/21 04:12 PM
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Yeah, so? Aside from being very busy running a business, they probably don't visit because of clowns like you.
Two famous examples of businesses getting smeared and attacked- that are not secrets ... are 440s and Hughes... Both deservedly so. I used to be a big proponent of 440Source and run a lot of their parts with, what I would consider, great success. After emailing them about a failed balancer and getting no response and then the way Brandon played the blame game afterwards, I can say I'm not thrilled with them. As far as Hughes, the catty and demeaning comments they made when Moparts members were doing a build to compete in Enginemasters told me all I needed to know about that place.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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