Originally Posted by Pickles
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by Tink's Mom
sometimes rules are put into place to limit the people who sign up just to use this site as free advertising or to unload something or just ask for fabric to make a quilt. We have had people, in the past, try to scam...by selling a high end machine at way lower than you could get it anywhere.
Please bear with it... :D
I'm personally glad they did it. Plus, they limit how much you can sell. That is also good because it seems like a lot of people have a nice little business on the side, buying at sale prices on places like the 2.50-2.98-3.98/yard for quilt shop fabric (as mentioned in today's posts) and sell at $4-6/yard-- "Quilt shop quality" fabric. Hmmm. It seemed like a lot more like businesses doing 'unofficial' business than people selling their own personal stash as in a yard sale. The gov't limits people to 3-4 yard sales a year (I think) before you get tagged as having a business and needing to report/pay taxes, etc. So, when people here are constantly destashing...(and then buying more), it seems like it is more or less an unofficial business and not just a crafter needing to unload her personal stash.
So, I do like the fact that they limited how much people could sell. I know it wasn't popular, but I think it made it a better site. There were some people who it seemed, only came to QB in order to sell something--not really interact. Ebay, Etsy, etc. are great for that...
well said.
I agree well said.
I understand the problem and agree with all of this. It just seems to me that there might be another way of working it all out rather than penalizing those of us who can't keep on posting at lightening speed. Maybe we could put our heads together and come up with a good solution to this problem.
I too have been trying to get up to enough posts to sell a few things, and each time I feel I'm almost there something like my recent move, or my DH's emergency heart surgery comes along to knock me back down. Even a short vacation can do it. Or friends paying a long visit as so often is the case here in Florida. :D