rgghhh.... As much as I hate to say it, it's true. You can give your shit away to whomever you want, but ultimately, if you're gonna stick around, I see it as more of a short term trade. Don't get me wrong, I've given away more than I've got, and I don't expect to see it back - hell, the stuff I raffle is pretty low value eBay wise.
However, even given the hate I get on here, I'd rather see shit go to the community - even people that I dislike and hate on me - than some random guy that joins up for free shit. Law of entropy or whatever, this is a closed system. I consider it my way of contributing back to people like Beamer, Chops, Ghost Samurai, Bernie, Esteban, Nando - people, who in their own different way, contribute in a way that I can't.
I think if you can't (and no disrespect meant to most) enter yourself only in raffles you're genuinely interested in, and avoid winning something you're not gonna play*, but take it from someone who potentially will, there needs to be a groundrule imposed on you. And unfortunately, for some (not all) newbies, and a few less scrupulous older members that seems to be the case.
For all that I disagree with a few on here... not morally, not quite ettiquette... Some guys can be rude as f*ck, but they'll always behave appropriately when it comes to transactions. If you see what I mean? Anyway, I'm wasted, so whatever.
* there will be an addendum to that.
