Do's and Don'ts off the pit?

riffrandall wrote:

Is it really a shame, though? I'm sorry, but you have to be pretty f'ing stupid to not know the rules about DVDs.

Lizardking wrote:

So if I traded someone my Showbox DVD for there Single Video Theory DVD I will be banned? I Know I Know, they mean the one's they didn't make money on!!

Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:

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Thank you to everyone for your cooperation.

Love,
Kat and Sea

AnnaMelinda wrote:

That's harsh.

People make mistakes.

They get very excited about having cool stuff to trade with other fans.

Obviously this isn't the place to do it...but sometimes we all have momentary lapses of reason especially about stuff as cool as what we are all *not* talking about.

That said... these were sad mistakes... :(

These two cool guys will be missed. :(

cutback wrote:

the mods know the rules
but the rules don't know us
guaranteed

cutback wrote:

the mods know the rules
but the rules don't know us
guaranteed

riffrandall wrote:

It's really not that harsh. Do you know how many times you have to make the same "mistake" in order to be permanently banned from this site? It's more than once and it comes with a warning.

Deliberately trading DVDs after you've been warned not to is not exactly a "mistake."