is this right

have been contacted by a few members about this matter ,this is to do with youngbird auction , we had a new member registered yesterday hours later has put a bid on youngbirds then disappeared, has he joined this forum just for tthe youngbird auction , and most of all will anybody else do the same ,i certain we wont see these members again after auction, in that case thisis wrong, this auction should be for existing members at the start of the auction, also going back to the member who has just joined and placed id if you look at his profile no information has been entered so hes clearly not stopping,this is very wrong whats your view please give comment,ian

I agree Ian, we must be on the lookout for people who might be jelous of this sucessful site, even maybe people conected with problems and reasons there is an auction If you know what I MEAN, THEY MIGHT WANT TO DISRUPT THE AUCTION. So I think just like bogus bids on ebay that just run you up and never pay they should be deleted.

HI Guys,
i think you are both right that we dont need any disruptors on site, but in this instance "Parky" is not one of them......he is a gentleman of the sport and maybe not as clued as some with the computers and how to navigate round site and input profile etc etc

I'm sure he will stick around, maybe not as vocal as some but thats just his mild mannered, chilled out way... :lol!

Also pressume this is just his way of supporting the auction and the club of which he is still a member of

Cheers

Mark

Hi All,
vader & myself can also vouch for parky, as lightning says he is a true gentleman, just taking part in the auction to help out Earlstown F/C, which he is a valued member, and to which both vader & friendsloft are working so hard to save!
May I also say on behalf of all Earlstown members, Thank You All, for your help and support in keeping a great club going, because it's things like this that make you all so special!
pat

i agree members only who were on forum at start of sale

i think you have to draw the line somewhere i thinkonly the members who were members when auction started can bid this will stop anybody joining just to bid on youngbirds

ian wrote:

i think you have to draw the line somewhere i thinkonly the members who were members when auction started can bid this will stop anybody joining just to bid on youngbirds

yes theres been more guests watching than members online, big guys could come and take all best lots unfair to members

thing is do we let this happen or not

noticed we had a new member yesterday and that he had bid, but when you consider the user name i think you are all talking about is parky, and the birds he has bid on belong to kieth parkinson its not rocket scence to realise this man is the person who has donated the birds and is doing his bit to help the cause.......

i for one congratulate him on his efforts in both donating to the auction and also for his involvement in the bidding........good man.


re our members being out bid on lots, we will only bid up to what we think the birds are worth and if they go for more then thats life...........if i get outbid so what ?

welcome to the site parky, and i hope you stay around after the auction and get involved with our topics......

yes we all hope he stays ,as with all new members david

DAVID wrote:

noticed we had a new member yesterday and that he had bid, but when you consider the user name i think you are all talking about is parky, and the birds he has bid on belong to kieth parkinson its not rocket scence to realise this man is the person who has donated the birds and is doing his bit to help the cause.......

i for one congratulate him on his efforts in both donating to the auction and also for his involvement in the bidding........good man.


re our members being out bid on lots, we will only bid up to what we think the birds are worth and if they go for more then thats life...........if i get outbid so what ?

welcome to the site parky, and i hope you stay around after the auction and get involved with our topics......

i put a opening bid on my y/bs just to start it off at £10, i wouldnt bid on my own after its been bid on like it has now, the more they go for the better but i wont push the price up by bidding on them, also they will only go to members who were here at start of auction

so what your saying david hes bidding on his own pigeons to up the bids

i think this has been taken out of context and no upset was intended

i know parky and he has built this family up over many years and i have never known him to buy "outside" birds, there is nothing nasty intended its just that he has his family and sticks to it.

You will find that he is basically wanting to buy his own birds back (i have seen him do this at presentation evenings, just an easy way of making a donation in a roundabout kind of way) from the onset of the idea behind this auction and Ken/Dad asking the few remaining members to donate youngsters and then getting the overwhelming support from you guys on here, knowing parky he would have rather given a donation than give away some of his birds (small team) hence why he is buying them back

rather an expensive way around, but such is the gentleman and the value he places on his birds.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

i think this has been taken out of context and no upset was intended

i know parky and he has built this family up over many years and i have never known him to buy "outside" birds, there is nothing nasty intended its just that he has his family and sticks to it.

You will find that he is basically wanting to buy his own birds back (i have seen him do this at presentation evenings, just an easy way of making a donation in a roundabout kind of way) from the onset of the idea behind this auction and Ken/Dad asking the few remaining members to donate youngsters and then getting the overwhelming support from you guys on here, knowing parky he would have rather given a donation than give away some of his birds (small team) hence why he is buying them back

rather an expensive way around, but such is the gentleman and the value he places on his birds.

i can see what you mean mate, he should have donated money instead of putting y/bs in auction i know at least 1 will be sick not being able to buy them, im sure parky will understand reason this has been said

so then he should have said people on here thought they had a chance of these birds but obviously not

ian wrote:

so what your saying david hes bidding on his own pigeons to up the bids

so ian, what is your thoughts on fred holbard opening his bid with £50 on his wn bird.....?


fred, not having a pop at you.....just using it as an example

I'm sure that if he see's that someone wants them he will let them go, can honestly say that it was done innocently and that in his eyes he was "just making a donation to the club"

if that was me, i'd be glad to let them go LOL cos thats some donation

LOL, i can see him now................he'll have a long drag on his pipe and say "ah well, not to worry"


certainly would not have meant any upset

yes thats fine but if anybody wants them iam sure he wouldnt bid again this was just a starting bid as he knows there worth

Lightning McQueen wrote:

I'm sure that if he see's that someone wants them he will let them go, can honestly say that it was done innocently and that in his eyes he was "just making a donation to the club"

if that was me, i'd be glad to let them go LOL cos thats some donation

LOL, i can see him now................he'll have a long drag on his pipe and say "ah well, not to worry"


certainly would not have meant any upset

yes i can see this but iam only looking at it from the members point of view iyou can see why some people would be upset

Fair comment Lightning McQueen about parky

The none thing i would say is if he wants to bye back then so be it the main thing is the site can get the most money for the birds and the cause for Ken

whats going on david, not been on for a few weeks and your site seems to be getting like all the others, bickering and backstabbing. thought this auction was for a good cause

nobody is backstabbing, you said you havent been on for weeks then 2nd post bickering, so you cant accuse anybody

just making fair comment of what i see, i was addressing david not you. as i said i havnt been on for a couple of weeks and have noticed a change in the site, and not for the better unfortuatly. if i have made an unfair comment im sure david will let me know

dont get your knickers in a twist fella, its only a pigeon site after all and by the way ill be coming on more often if thats ok with you

accusing members of backstabbing isnt a fair comment, like you im just commenting

littlehen wrote:

just making fair comment of what i see, i was addressing david not you. as i said i havnt been on for a couple of weeks and have noticed a change in the site, and not for the better unfortuatly. if i have made an unfair comment im sure david will let me know

dont get your knickers in a twist fella, its only a pigeon site after all and by the way ill be coming on more often if thats ok with you

littlehen nobody is backstabbing on here site is a very good site and is on the up comments like yours are not apreciated this could be damaging to the forum, you have not been on for a few weeks like you say so you dont know what is going on , like i say no backstabbing has been going on what people have to say has been brought out in the open on here and has been sorted and we are moving on ,keep up the good work everyone and make this site a top one, we all know we wont see eye to eye everytime this is what its all about,
IAN