Members' Location

[Ben721]

I think there should be like a rule that states either you put your location or you leave it blank. It's just really annoying when you want to try to calculate shipping in the classifieds when someone who has a location as "In Front Of My PC."

[Cjwinnit]

Nah.

Keeping it like this sorts the astute people from the not-so..

[skip]

I usually won't even think of buying from someone that doesn't have a location listed. Only way I will is if I know them very well.

[Ben721]

Like I understand if it's blank and all, but saying something stupid is just absurd.

[skip]

Originally posted by Ben721
Like I understand if it's blank and all, but saying something stupid is just absurd.

Agreed but that's a field the Forum Software does not allow us to limit.

[sandman001]

I have mine filled out. I'm not saying a town because I'm about the only person in this little town. I find it kind of dumb, but whatever floats your boat.

[Ben721]

I don't want to know your exact location or something, but half the time I don't know if people are overseas, while I am in the classifieds.

Even if someone said a skyscraper in NY, that would be better then infront of my computer.

[modenaf1]

every now and then i put stupid stuff in there. but i still had the location.

anyone remember the waterblock one? stupid factor of 15.0 out of 10.0

[Ben721]

That's not a problem, but it's just annoying when there is something totally stupid, almost when members use it for a custom rank.

[Maxvla]

Originally posted by skip
I usually won't even think of buying from someone that doesn't have a location listed. Only way I will is if I know them very well.
you must know me very well then :D

oh and sorry for not having my location. its just a traditional thing i put there. its there on all my boards. :)

[Ben721]

No need to be sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine.

[Maxvla]

Originally posted by Ben721
No need to be sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine.
however i'm not hiding my location. i'll tell ya anytime if you ask.

oklahoma city, btw. :)

[JDXNC]

Originally posted by Maxvla

you must know me very well then :D

oh and sorry for not having my location. its just a traditional thing i put there. its there on all my boards. :)

Ah, its ok Max... I know where u live :D

But I to agree.. at least if you plan on dealing in the classified to make sure poeple can know where you are, if not by the locations thingy.. then at least post it somewhere in your sale or whatever.

[Maxvla]

my xp2100 is so slow in your rig JD :-/

crank it up :D 2ghz is nothing for that chip.

[JDXNC]

Originally posted by Maxvla
my xp2100 is so slow in your rig JD :-/

crank it up :D 2ghz is nothing for that chip.

I will once I can afford a decent Nforce2 mobo.. and not this K7S5A. BTW.. what voltage did you do 2.4 at?

[Maxvla]

stable with 1.95v

2.5ghz required 2.1 if memory serves.

the epox 8rda+ is like 89 bucks at newegg too bad you are in USA Jr. :(

[diggingforgold]

"Location" is the poor persons rank area :D.

[Ben721]

Originally posted by diggingforgold
"Location" is the poor persons rank area :D.

Yeah I know. :(

[1Time]

The funniest location I recall seeing here is "In a van down by the river" from a SNL skit... cracks me up every time I see it. Can't remember who has it off hand, but I doubt it would carry too much weight with me deciding whether to do business with him. I'd be more inclined to consider a person's heatware or character as shown over time in the Forums.

[Ben721]

Yeah that was a funny skit.

I'm not saying that I go just by their location, I am just saying that you should either have a real location, or you shouldn't have anything. It's almost if you put your rank if your joined field.

[Robin Hood]

I didn't think anyone reads the location section - I forget the amount of times I see someone from outside the US being advised to buy from Newegg because they have it for $24.99. ;)

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by Ben721
I don't want to know your exact location or something, but half the time I don't know if people are overseas, while I am in the classifieds.

Even if someone said a skyscraper in NY, that would be better then infront of my computer.

so you DON'T want my GPS coordinates?:D

[Paradoxmaker]

Well if you want to calculate shipping charges you could always ask the person where they are(or is this to hard). It seems that if you want somthing bad enough that you would not have a problem asking the person where they are on the planet.

I myself don't see the need for the big deal that is made by some people over the classifieds. I keep seeing posts from people who say "It won't let me in the classifieds, what's wrong" and the answer is always "Your post count isn't high enough" Are there really that many people who don't feel complete unless they can see everything on the net with no restriction. I've had sufficiant post numbers for classified viewing for quite while now and I still don't think I have been to the classified pages more than a half dozen times.

I had a location listed when I first joined the forum, I don't now. The reason is not because i'm paranoid or to cheap for a rank. The reason is I just don't care, I don't care if anyone knows/doesn't know where I am. I could always put the suburb i live in in my location, but what good would that do. No one would know where it is. I could put Dallas Tx or Ft worth Tx(really I live inbetween the 2), people know where they are. But that still doesent solve anything as it's more than 60 miles from one side of the metroplex to the other.