JohnYep, in all due respect, most members with really significant knowledge of jackets are gone from here. Agreed that there are people here currently with excellent knowledge but not like before.
The fact that quality repro jackets have priced most of us out of the market doesn't help.
For many, only ONE nice jacket is all that is affordable so there is limited long term interest.
Forums can have odd dynamics especially since we can hide behind our forum names!
Overall, I have found the jacket enthusiasts to be guys with big egos. Many nice people but just enough to be annoyed enough to now stay away.
Back to the hight priced repros, as a result, cheap mostly crappy to "OK" repros get discussed here.......with the crazy high end prices, it makes sense.
Feel like the forum name should be changed to "Cheap Vintage Leather Jacket Repros" but I get it, we CANT afford the good stuff anymore.
The list goes on. I think a number of people including myself have just lost interest and when we do check in, the number of posts that go south care of inflated egos just make it un-interesting.
VERY knowledgeable forum members have been slapped around enough by people with no clue that they, the knowledgable just say to hell with it.
For me, if this forum did not have the buy and sell posts, I would never even check in. I think I have been a member for at least 12 years.
There are cool posts as well and good things.
God, have they all buggered off since I rejoined
I told you to change your socks!
VERY knowledgeable forum members have been slapped around enough by people with no clue that they, the knowledgable just say to hell with it.
You still here !!!God, have they all buggered off since I rejoined
You still here !!!
Thought there was a wiff of sweaty feet !!Socks n all Carl, socks an all
CarlCare to expand upon that statement ?
I feel as though since my arrival and altercation with a so called VERY knowledgable member , that alot of this is directed my way ( but i dont know if i should or not ?)
If it is then please feel free to say so
Thanks
Carl
Care to expand upon that statement ?
I feel as though since my arrival and altercation with a so called VERY knowledgable member , that alot of this is directed my way ( but i dont know if i should or not ?)
Sorry , just got a bit paranoid !Carl
I can assure you this was not directed at you or any other member if this forum. This is an observation on my part and has nothing to do with any prior events or altercations.
Yeah , my mind was running away with me , apologies to allCarl, I honestly don't have the foggiest who you've had a ding-dong with on here but perhaps it's a tad paranoid to automatically think that that pretty general comment by CBI specifically relates to you. There's a lot of members on here and you might be doing the age old thing on the internet of thinking that everybody's comments are directed specifically at you when he's actually referring to somebody else entirely.
Hi StanierI’m not sure who we’ve lost?
I know weve gained some great guys and knowledge over the last year or so, and a real friendly atmosphere.
So for me, I’m not sure what this is about?