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This is pretty clear cut:-

You are selling slicks at a profit (I am assuming you sell them often). Therefore you are trading ‘goods’! quote -
“but do sell cheap slicks for hardly any profit at all”

The fact you make very little / no profit is irrelevant, this just proves your not very good at business ;( . No one else cares how much profit you are making and it’s no ones business. At the end of the day you are trading, therefore you should have to pay traders fees.

Would you rent a shop and say to the estate agent, ‘Oh mate, I hardly make any profit, therefore I should pay a lower rent’??????

Also why should we take YOUR word you are making no profit. This could apply to every trader saying ‘ oh oh I’m not making any profit !!! so I don’t / won’t to pay fees’!!!

Sorry to sound harsh but it’s your problem if you’re a charity (PS im not a trader by the way !!)

 

so whats he meant to do? he doesnt advertise here anymore. it seems people go to him through word of mouth so whats he got to pay the site a cut for?

 

LOL @ all the replies from people who dont know the score.

Does a topic like this help? https://passionford.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15972
(Moved back into circulation to help explain our position)

Marco, if your doing it for the love of it, why all the adverts? Why not wait until your asked to help out? I help folk out for free all the time, but i damn sure dont make an advert up advertising the fact. ROFLOL

 

Also, please note how long that topic spans and how long he has got away with it before anyone noticed, due to him being in track day room.

Yes, thats right, FOUR Years of doing it for sod all. Well maybe all these people should club together and BUY YOU a trade membership Marco. lets see if what goes around comes around. LOL

 

i suppose that puts a different light on things. clearly trading for a while.

 

Why single out marco there are many others that are trading selling parts but not paying trader fees garage 19 and jacko for a start.I think its a shame when genuine guys like marco carnt help his mates out.

 

How come this was a really busy topic until i posted on it?

Where have all the opinionated people gone? I want to hear more opinions from you all now you have more idea what the state of play is...

 

You call him getting away for it for 4 years being singled out? Or didnt you bother to read the whole topic before posting that laughable comment?

As for any others, help us to find them by clicking the report button so we can deal with it and support our traders.

 

i did already, 5 posts above. im just back from the shops so ill stick my nose in someone elses business a bit more now
so what can you do about it now? if hes well enough known for selling slicks then people will continue to pm him when they need to? he just cant advertise the fact.

 

so why the problem with it now ?
and you cant say a mod hasnt been it that room for 4years !!

jim

 

and at what point does a gold member bedroom seller have to become a trader?

 

Marco,

I know you are a mate but...

If you are making zero profit then why ruin it for other traders like myself who do pay their fee's and only make a very small profit on Bara's stuff anyway, I have almost given up trying to sell gearkits as people back door me and go through you now!

Martin..

 

read teh rules pal, its always been a problem.

As for mods, it obviously needs looking at doesnt it. Unless your accusing them of turning a blind eye?

 

he said he makes very little profit . . .
and you would obviously pay to advertise on here as you sell alot if brake kits, wheels and tyres so its worth it for you
marco sells second hand tyres for small profit (of which would go to feul for collection) so why spend near Ł700 iirc on a few quid on tyres ?

i do see the other side of the story but marco helps people out more than making money

jim

 

And yet you are STILL claiming MikeR is innocent?

 

i do need to

i just cant see how it can go on for 4 years and with a thread title like that its pretty obvious its a selling post ?!!!

i am not accusing them of turning a blind eye im just pointing out 4 years is sooo long

jim

 

best ask these guys then as theyre the mods for that room.
NEO™ŽŠ, Greg Shepherd, Jay., The Diva

 

Mods dont look very hard then thats all i can say ! Theres been posts this weekend of jacko and his super duper workshop and also doug making plenums and flywheels for peeps on here.I dont know any these people and dont have a problem with it myself.But i guess each new trader lines your back pocket so i can see why you want to force them to be traders.This site is nothing like the local rs meets and classic car meets i travel to as everybody seems to want to help each other out for free.You have your company as i have bought many items over the years from you. I must say your phone manor is alot more freindly than your typing on here,i am new to this site no need to bite my head off !!!

 

Jeez. There is alot of people on here with nothing else better to do isn't there.

I'm glad I don't run passionford I'd find myself with a bloody forehead after banging it against a wall all day long.

 

not taking sides just stating facts if you buy anything with the intention to make profit no matter how much your making its still trading im affraid.i went through it years ago on here when i purchased a bulk of new cosworth badges and was selling them on for a profit so i was told to stop or pay fees so i stopped as it wasnt worth the money to me at the end of the day traders get raped for fees so i can see why they complain if others do it for a measly Ł20 a year

 

its sunday . theres never anything better to do on a sunday.

 

forgot to add pm me for best prices on cossie badges

 

Read it again Jim!! He said he makes NO profit on Bara's stuff and a small profit on the tyres.

Thing is I make a very small profit on Compomotive rims & 888's but I do sell shit loads of them, loads of small profits soon add up to a decent amount. As I'm selling my stuff for very little mark up does that mean I shouldn't have to pay traders?

 

Sorry Marco , but i agree 100% with Martin and thats exactly the reason why im not a trader on here anymore , If your doing it for free or next to nothing then all you are doing is spoiling it for real traders who need to make a proffit to stay in business

If everyone started selling stuff for no proffit then every business in the country would go bust .

Why should i pay traders fees then be undercut by people selling stuff for no proffit ( or very little ) to help people out etc ,

If you sell the odd item then fine but when your doing it day in day out then sorry but thats not on

And before people have a pop at me im not a treder on here anymore so can say it as i see it

Paul

 

sorry i meant the tyres shoulda made that clearer !
when marco says makes a small amount thats prob a few quid here and there i think you make a bit more than a few quid here and the on ap,toyo,compomotive
also does marco sell "shit loads" of them compared to you i would probably say no ? !

 

Sadly, a profit is a profit. I have met Marco and spoke to him for a while and he is a genuinely nice man. However, if he is making 50p a week it's a profit. Regardless if I agree with the trader fees, if I was a trader I would be annoyed.

Not only is he making minimal profit, genuine traders could be taking in less profit so, one way or another it effects the forums trading.

Benni.

 

so again. where is the cross over point when gold members have to become traders? how much do you have to sell before that happens?

 

Ok, let's make this simpler... If I declare that I make little profit and don't sell many Comps would that mean I'm not a trader?

This is nothing about bashing Marco, I'm just making my side known.

 

okii okii i see ya point

 

well thats not really all youre doing as youre also helping out punters... lol you've just taken one aspect of it and said that its the only aspect

 

i dont know marco but can i just ask why people are using him instead of the traders when there advertising etc?

dont pay it marco just let it be word of mouth from now on

 

just my 2 pence worth,i dont know whats what really etc but aint this a kind of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted kind of scenrio?if as it has been stated marco has been helping/trading for 4 years surely he now has his base of customers/friends that will always use him!so what would be the point of making him paying traders fee?as people know what service he can provide?!surely if the mods thought there was a problem it should all have been sorted 4 years ago?

not saying there is a right or wrong as i have said i do not know the in and outs!

 

i agree its been going 4 years un noticed

 

people generally want parts as cheap as they can. marcos prices are obviously cheaper than the traders who complained.

 

As for the mods turning a blind eye, don't make me laugh. The moderators on here do so if and when it suits them. Always have. Certain members on here could have a life size picture of there car in their signature for years. They are forever turning a blind eye.

Benni.

 

I dont know you and have never bought from you but you definitely talk and are spoken of on here like a trader. You sell boxes, diffs, slicks which arent you're own personal parts so its definitely trading.

 

Peter Sutcliffe was "doing his thing" for 6 years before he got done for it, doesnt mean that when spotted it should be considered ok as its been going on for so long.

 

i wasnt saying it should be considered ok due to the legnth of time the thread had been going was i ?!!
my point was if it was such a problem why was it not dealt with in the correct manner 4 years ago ?

ps who is peter sutcliffe !! lol

 

Your point would be valid if he had been doing it on the sly, via email and PM's. However, as he was doing it on the forum openly, I feel it is flawed.

Benni.