Cud some kind person get me a number on preloved

cptrayes said:
They will say that investigating a theft of a product worth five pounds by an unnamed individual on the internet would take so much resources that it is not in the public interest.

Which is one reason why it's worth discussing here.

Oh hot dang Juststabob, I just posted from my hotel bed again, sorry!
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I am quite certain that it will be one of many posts from you today, good to start them nice and early.
 
cptrayes said:
They will say that investigating a theft of a product worth five pounds by an unnamed individual on the internet would take so much resources that it is not in the public interest.

Which is one reason why it's worth discussing here.

That's exactly what they would say and I think we've all got the message about how you feel about it :)
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cptrayes said:
Did you use the site ever again for yourself? If so, you stole a fiver. If not, you still probably broke the terms and conditions that you signed up for when you paid over your fiver.

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How is offering to join to help a friend stealing?? So if you're out with a friend and you offer to buy them something because they've forgotten their purse....would that be the same as shop lifting??
 
DipseyDeb said:
How is offering to join to help a friend stealing?? So if you're out with a friend and you offer to buy them something because they've forgotten their purse....would that be the same as shop lifting??
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No, because only that friend can enjoy that item. It can't be replicated over and over again, for numerous people to enjoy free of charge.
 
shannonandtay said:
Report it to the police then if u think it's theft, see what they say.
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That's a very quaint view of the police. Perhaps you've never had an ipad, a car, bicycle or a horse stolen because you'd be a little more realistic about what happens when you have something stolen.
Even though the police don't send out detectives to investigate and rush to prosecute, most people would still know its wrong.
 
DipseyDeb said:
How is offering to join to help a friend stealing?? So if you're out with a friend and you offer to buy them something because they've forgotten their purse....would that be the same as shop lifting??
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It's not the same though. If you offered to pay for them to join Preloved because they didn't have the money that would be the same. If you're just passing them a number you're copying it from your account, not buying an account for them.. Personally I don't have much of a problem with friends and family sharing, it's the asking random strangers on the internet that irritates me.
 
DipseyDeb said:
How is offering to join to help a friend stealing??
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As my answer made clear, it's not, as long as you never use the site for stuff that requires a subscription yourself. If you both use it, one of you is using a product that should have been paid for.
 
cptrayes said:
As my answer made clear, it's not, as long as you never use the site for stuff that requires a subscription yourself. If you both use it, one of you is using a product that should have been paid for.
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I'm bowing out...this thread's just a little bit......anal!!!
 
DipseyDeb said:
I'm bowing out...this thread's just a little bit......anal!!!
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If people keep asking questions is it not polite to answer, rather than anal to answer?

I'm astonished about how plain rude and personal people have felt free to be on this thread, it really is highlighting the worst of hho these days :(
 
MerrySherryRider said:
That's a very quaint view of the police. Perhaps you've never had an ipad, a car, bicycle or a horse stolen because you'd be a little more realistic about what happens when you have something stolen.
Even though the police don't send out detectives to investigate and rush to prosecute, most people would still know its wrong.[/

Yes I'm quite aware of that and yes we know some people find it wrong, how can we not know that by the length of this thread and some of the bore that's come out of it. As I said before its probably morally wrong but it's hardly crime of the century, in fact it's probably not a crime at all hence my sarcastic quote about reporting it. Now you can bore on.
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Talking about integrity is probably boring to people who don't have it, while the people who do have it, don't find it boring.

How about the bored people go and find a thread about choosing the right colour numnah instead.
 
cptrayes said:
If people keep asking questions is it not polite to answer, rather than anal to answer?

I'm astonished about how plain rude and personal people have felt free to be on this thread, it really is highlighting the worst of hho these days :(
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Personally, I think that the majority of the replies have discussed the subject, or other things, in a quite civilised manner, and to me, that matters more than the replies that doesn't.


In my opinion, I think that if people want the contact info, they should either pay the price Preloved asks for, for providing this service, or keep their fingers crossed for that nobody else buys whatever they're interested in, while they wait until they can get the info for free.

Trying to get the info for free, without waiting until the info is provided for free, is to cheat the system. Even though the person who chooses to give away the contact info, maybe feels that they've paid for the service and can do what they want with it, it is understandable, if such cheating makes some of the others who follow the rules upset.

There is worse things people can do, than cheat a company on £5, but it is still wrong. Besides, if too many people uses this loophole to avoid paying the fee, surely that must be financially negative for the company.

I can understand if people in odd occasions use their account to get info, which a close family member or friend wants. I'm not saying that I think that it is entirely right to do so, but I can understand it.



To try and cheer people up, I will end my reply with a completely random cat smiley:
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I love cats :-)

Have read all this thread, and I do agree with CPTrayes and Moomin. Hadn't really thought about it before, but they have made me think. I am a paid member of preloved. It's not a site I use very often, but am currently looking for a saddle for my youngster, so looking on eBay, gumtree, etc. Saw one on PL last weekend, needed to know if it was adjustable. Was a new ad, so to message seller, I had to pay a membership. It was "just a fiver", so I paid it.

I won't lie, I think now I'm a member, if a close friend or family member asked me for a favour, I'd possibly do it, but I certainly wouldn't for a stranger on a forum. I also know for certain, I would never have asked on here, or anywhere, for someone to do it for me. After all, it's only a fiver!
 
MerrySherryRider said:
Talking about integrity is probably boring to people who don't have it, while the people who do have it, don't find it boring.

How about the bored people go and find a thread about choosing the right colour numnah instead.
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Will do, hey why don't we all do that and then we can attack them for days on end about choosing the wrong one :)
 
cptrayes said:
I don't think it's really relevant Nancy. They are entitled to charge what they want for what they want to supply. If someone doesn't want to pay it then surely, they shouldn't use it?
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It doesn't alter the right or wrong of it, but it does away with the argument that if no-one paid to see the ads early then the site would fold. If the revenue was coming from sellers placing ads then they will no doubt get enough revenue to run the site.
I hadn't thought about it before but I don't think I'd use Preloved if I was selling something as I'd want my ad to be seen by the maximum number of people possible from day 1.

Just another thought...
Suppose the OP asked the subscriber to look up the number, make contact with the seller and then buy the saddle.
Then they sold it on to the OP.
How would that be viewed? Acceptable or not?
 
Nancykitt said:
Just another thought...
Suppose the OP asked the subscriber to look up the number, make contact with the seller and then buy the saddle.
Then they sold it on to the OP.
How would that be viewed? Acceptable or not?
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Viewed as the subscriber being incredibly trusting of the OP!!
 
Nancykitt said:
It doesn't alter the right or wrong of it, but it does away with the argument that if no-one paid to see the ads early then the site would fold. If the revenue was coming from sellers placing ads then they will no doubt get enough revenue to run the site.
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That like saying if Marks and Spencer gave away its food for free it could still survive on the revenue it makes from its clothes. Preloved has a business plan that depends on revenue from both streams.

I'm fascinated by people's creativity on this thread :)
 
FinnishLapphund said:
Personally, I think that the majority of the replies have discussed the subject, or other things, in a quite civilised manner, and to me, that matters more than the replies that doesn't.

To try and cheer people up, I will end my reply with a completely random cat smiley:
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You weren't the target, I was! I think I was entitled to comment, FL

Love the cat :)
 
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