naga keris with pamor miring

[Jean]

Hello Donny,
This kris is for sale on EBay (Item N° 142069169654) which constitutes a violation of the rules of this forum!
Regards

[mariusgmioc]

Why do I have the feeling that this forum is being used for personal gain?!

[Jean]

May be Donny was not aware of this rule, I did not notice it myself on EBay but a friend did and communicated the ad to me. Let us wait what Donny and the moderators have to say.
Regards

[Rick]

Aware or not; Donny has bought himself a 10 day suspension starting now....

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Jean

May be Donny was not aware of this rule, I did not notice it myself on EBay but a friend did and communicated the ad to me. Let us wait what Donny and the moderators have to say.
Regards

Thank you Jean; you did the proper thing in sharing that information with us.

[David]

Sorry guys, i've been on vacation and missed this thread for a few days. Rick and i are certainly in agreement. Using this forum to flog your wares, old or new, for sale on eBay or other venues will not be tolerated. Continued abuse of this forum for such purposes will lead to a permanent banning from these forums. Period!

[Rick]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Why do I have the feeling that this forum is being used for personal gain?!

Thank you for the edit Marius.
Yes, people flogging new keris are sometimes a problem here.

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Rick

Thank you for the edit Marius.
Yes, people flogging new keris are sometimes a problem here.

Thank you Rick!

Sometimes I get too paranoid...

[satsujinken]

sorry

I never used this forum for personal gain

and to be honest, I only listed the keris on ebay because I wanted to show folks in Indonesian blades forum, how keris is being underrated as part of my discussion last week, on how a poor quality wakizashi can be sold for 1000 USD

whereas a decent keris with intricate pamors, with a very difficult forging technique will fetch only 100 - 200 USD

basically I wanted keris to be appreciated more as it is a very beautiful work of art

and err ... what should I do now ? put down the listing ??


Donny

[David]

Originally Posted by satsujinken

sorry

I never used this forum for personal gain

and to be honest, I only listed the keris on ebay because I wanted to show folks in Indonesian blades forum, how keris is being underrated as part of my discussion last week, on how a poor quality wakizashi can be sold for 1000 USD

whereas a decent keris with intricate pamors, with a very difficult forging technique will fetch only 100 - 200 USD

basically I wanted keris to be appreciated more as it is a very beautiful work of art

and err ... what should I do now ? put down the listing ??


Donny

Whatever you thought your intention was in listing this keris while carrying on a discussion about it on the forum the end result is that indeed it does create a situation where you do personally gain. It is also very clearly a violation of forum rules. It is not an arbitrary rule, it is in place for various reasons, and it is absolutely the obligation of all our members to read and understand the rules before participating.
This thread has been closed so really you don't need to do anything other than not do it again.