Strayvector
Like what you smoke, smoke what you like
Hi all:
In light of the Katarina auctions, there seems to be a lot of interest from anonymous and guest users lately. I'm not too sure that this is a good thing because of the legality on trading Cuban origin products. I know that the Katarina auctions are for a good cause and that publicity is good for it, but I think some restraint should be shown here (restraint on telling people, not on the amount you bid). Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but I can imagine that in our interest to spread the word, this gets to a journalist and in turn grabs the attention of US Customs. Normally, I'm not too concerned about the many trades and buys that happens, but with some of the AMAZING sticks and the amount that the bids have escalated to, I'm getting worried. I certainly don't want to see the good intentions of many of the folks in this board turn into a nightmare, not to mention, for the board itself.
What do you all think? Should I be concerned? I'm not trying to discourage the auctions, but my mind keeps going back to the first rule of Fight Club and the long standing policy of discussing vendors out in the open. This seems to fall into the same category especially because of value of these lots. Perhaps we need to come up with aliases for these sticks or find a better way to keep the details out of the public view. Maybe Rod can lock the thread down to registered members only and also lock the profiles from anonymous and guest users.
In light of the Katarina auctions, there seems to be a lot of interest from anonymous and guest users lately. I'm not too sure that this is a good thing because of the legality on trading Cuban origin products. I know that the Katarina auctions are for a good cause and that publicity is good for it, but I think some restraint should be shown here (restraint on telling people, not on the amount you bid). Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but I can imagine that in our interest to spread the word, this gets to a journalist and in turn grabs the attention of US Customs. Normally, I'm not too concerned about the many trades and buys that happens, but with some of the AMAZING sticks and the amount that the bids have escalated to, I'm getting worried. I certainly don't want to see the good intentions of many of the folks in this board turn into a nightmare, not to mention, for the board itself.
What do you all think? Should I be concerned? I'm not trying to discourage the auctions, but my mind keeps going back to the first rule of Fight Club and the long standing policy of discussing vendors out in the open. This seems to fall into the same category especially because of value of these lots. Perhaps we need to come up with aliases for these sticks or find a better way to keep the details out of the public view. Maybe Rod can lock the thread down to registered members only and also lock the profiles from anonymous and guest users.
