billy_idle
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I'm seeing both sides of this debate. Having not seen the Original "What do I stock" post - then yes the responses seem very harsh. Knowing that there WAS an original "What do I stock" post goes someway to explaining the tone of further posts, but a disturbing trend is emerging. A number of posters who could best be described as "Fairly New" to POTV jumped on the OP with both feet and a big stick. That's NOT the spirit of this forum, A better course of action would have been to find out if it was just a badly worded post, Not everyone who comes on the Forum is used to the need to be quite precise in what they ask - they don't realise that text misses out the non-auditory cues such as inflection and facial expression.
I'm going to make Two versions of the OP below - just as a thought experiment. The question being asked in both will be identical, consider what your immediate response to each version would be...
Number 1.
What should I stock, from Mods to Juices...
Number 2.
Hi Folks, I'm planning to open a vape shop, I've got an Idea of the basics to stock, but are there any particular Mod's, Juices, or accessories you'd like to see available in your local vape shop?
How did you respond? - No there's no need to post your responses. Just consider that the purpose of this forum is to Help others - Just the way others helped you when you first joined...
Nope, not trying to start another debate, in fact I specifically siad there was no need to post responses. It was just a "Think Piece" post intended to remind one and all of the Spirit behind POTV...
I agree too, and apologise to the op and others if my post caused offence.
I have a tendency to be a grump sometimes and a bit protective of our community.
Alienation of new members probably isn't the best way to go.
Hi there [emoji16]maybe everyone should just edit their posts to say "hi"