This should be against the rules and bannable

[Charlie]

I haven't figured out what type of solution would work better than "bringing a friend along"? I always have a friend when I meet someone I haven't met before to sell or buy a firearm. No big deal.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

I haven't figured out what type of solution would work better than "bringing a friend along"? I always have a friend when I meet someone I haven't met before to sell or buy a firearm. No big deal.

What would work better is dropping that idea of a face to face condition as a requisite. Many people like being at arms’ length online for a reason and don’t choose to participate IRL. They shouldn’t have to. Period.

 

[Vaquero]

Didn't we just have a couple of gals join up, sell a bunch of guns, meet people face to face, quit posting?

Where's the outrage? Were they uncomfortable meeting members here?

 

[Wildcat Diva]

Didn't we just have a couple of gals join up, sell a bunch of guns, meet people face to face, quit posting?

Where's the outrage? Were they uncomfortable meeting members here?

Maybe they weren’t. I wouldn’t be.

but I’m telling you, as one who studies human behavior that a lot of people would be uncomfortable doing so.

I ask you what is the benefit of pushing a face to face as a requirement?

 

[Charlie]

What would work better is dropping that idea of a face to face condition as a requisite. Many people like being at arms’ length online for a reason and don’t choose to participate IRL. They shouldn’t have to. Period.

Well, all this is only conversation. 'Don't think anyone is requiring anything, just trying to help make it easier.

 

[Charlie]

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Maybe they weren’t. I wouldn’t be.

but I’m telling you, as one who studies human behavior that a lot of people would be uncomfortable doing so.

I ask you what is the benefit of pushing a face to face as a requirement?

One benefit meeting face-to-face is to help determine the buyer is of age and a Texas resident.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

Well, all this is only conversation. 'Don't think anyone is requiring anything, just trying to help make it easier.

The idea I was responding to was about an idea making a face to face meet required before participating in posting classifieds.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

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One benefit meeting face-to-face is to help determine the buyer is of age and a Texas resident.

I think the idea thread I was responding to was more about the seller who was posting an ad.

Using an FFL is a perfectly good way of doing a transaction if one chooses. The person I bought from here shipped my purchased guns to an FFL.

 

[Charlie]

I missed that, sorry. I think a forum making that a requirement when posting would not be a good idea.

 

[Charlie]

If one is nervous about meeting for a transaction, meeting with an FFL present is a very good idea.

 

[Charlie]

If I'm not mistaken, the seller does not (legally) have to have proof the buyer is an American citizen or even a Texas resident. If the seller has no knowledge that the buyer is not a Texas resident, the seller has broken no law in that regard.

 

[Younggun]

There will be no requirement for face to face meetings in order to have access to the classified section. It’s not really feasible anyways. How a deal is conducted is up to the buyer and seller.

Don’t think we need to beat that horse anymore.


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[Hoji]

Didn't we just have a couple of gals join up, sell a bunch of guns, meet people face to face, quit posting?

Where's the outrage? Were they uncomfortable meeting members here?

Fairly unusual circumstances. Both did make legit posts and the crowd volunteered to help

 

[TheDan]

as one who studies human behavior

This is what I find perplexing... Isn't meeting someone for lunch a common and socially acceptable way of getting to know others? Wouldn't you advise someone who is having a problem with social interaction like that how to mitigate their risks and raise their comfort level?

Forget about the classifieds thing... I mean in general.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

If one is nervous about meeting for a transaction, meeting with an FFL present is a very good idea.

And sometimes it’s just more convenient.

Fairly unusual circumstances. Both did make legit posts and the crowd volunteered to help

I guess we are still talking about it, hmmm.

well, consider that those ladies were invited to meet up face to face after some introductory postings and it was their choice to do so or NOT do so. If they were “required” to meet up face to face to post an ad, and that might have been a turnoff that sent them packing elsewhere.

Honestly, as a new person to a site, that would just ring as sketchy, the REQUIREMENT vs the INVITATION.

You can’t really compare the two potential instances as if they are the same thing.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

This is what I find perplexing... Isn't meeting someone for lunch a common and socially acceptable way of getting to know others? Wouldn't you advise someone who is having a problem with social interaction like that how to mitigate their risks and raise their comfort level?

Forget about the classifieds thing... I mean in general.

I don’t assume that someone who has no interest in taking an online forum to the face to face level has a problem with social interaction. It’s a perfectly valid choice to not want that.

 

[Whistler]

I don’t assume that someone who has no interest in taking an online forum to the face to face level has a problem with social interaction. It’s a perfectly valid choice to not want that.

I'm sort speaking out of turn and I'm not really a part of that conversation but had to mention the dichotomy of "social interaction" and "not face to face". Maybe it's a sign of the times but that just boggles my brain a little.

Carry on.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

I'm sort speaking out of turn and I'm not really a part of that conversation but had to mention the dichotomy of "social interaction" and "not face to face". Maybe it's a sign of the times but that just boggles my brain a little.

Carry on.

I shall.
Those two things are not a dichotomy as I’ve mentioned them in my post.

Someone can use an online forum for what they want to use an online forum for (I.e. perhaps NOT face to face interactions) and still have perfectly healthy face to face social interactions in other avenues.

Just because someone may not care to mix the two doesn’t imply dysfunction in the social realm.

Emotions are not necessarily indicated either. Anxiety, for example was oft assumed here. Just because one considers something to be safe or not safe doesn’t imply that one has anxiety about it.


I lock my doors every night because I feel that to be a wise and safe decision. I have no anxiety about such a decision. Such a decision is valid.

I carry a loaded pistol about the house with me. I don’t have “anxiety” related to this decision. It’s a decision I’ve made, to do so, and there is not a lot of emotion involved. Such a decision is valid, and no dysfunction is indicated.

 

[Whistler]

I don't lock my doors or remove the keys from my vehicles because I carry a loaded pistol about the house with me. See how points of view can be different? To me 'social interaction' includes face to face.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm expressing I don't comprehend your point of view.

 

[Wildcat Diva]

I don't lock my doors or remove the keys from my vehicles because I carry a loaded pistol about the house with me. See how points of view can be different? To me 'social interaction' includes face to face.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm expressing I don't comprehend your point of view.

I don’t think you and I are on the same page at all. You are mashing together two concepts i mentioned that don’t deserve to be mashed together.

I’m saying that just because someone chooses to keep their level of participation in an online forum limited to online only, this may have nothing to do with their social skills in a face to face interaction. They may be totally unrelated. i don’t see what’s so hard to understand about that.