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Re: Re: Mangaya (Sat Apr 17 03:54:25 1999
) ryochan ryochan@sirius.com |
In brief: A couple of months ago Mangaya took a cel that they had listed on their webpage for X price which was requested by many, many people and rather than sell it to the first one to have asked for it, they put the cel on auction so that it went to the highest bidder rather than the first to request it. This sat wrong with a lot of people, some of whom got very angry and said very mean and vulgar things, turning a discussion of this means of selling into a shouting match and delivering personal attacks rather than constructive criticism. Mangaya was hurt by these personal attacks and closed their webpage. One of the biggest complaints was that this auction-for-popular-cels policy was not stated up front, so people resented this bait-and-switch tactic. This resentment was justified, in my humble opinion. When Mangaya reopened, they made a clear statement of their policy and intent and in my mind that clears them of actual wrongdoing in the future and puts them with every other cel dealer in the "If you don't like this policy, you are free to shop elsewhere" category. I hope that helped. Ryochan (Who feels very sympathetic for people who go out of their way to do business across language and cultural barriers) |
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