I feel that i have to reply here and that there are always two sides to a story. Ill try to make this brief as it a long story!
I was here happily at RWG and was a member of the community here like everyone else. At that particular time I was a student, a mature one i might add im not 19 years old. I was selling watch movements, ETA 7750, Asian 7750, Asian DG4813's. I was approached by the admin about having dealer status. I simply declined as i couldn't afford dealer status as it was a monthly payment and the profits i was getting from the sale of movements were not tat great.
I was then told that i had to either become a dealer or stop selling stuff on the forum. Of course i wasn't happy. RWG admin had no clue as to what profits i was making and the actual volume of sales were very, very low. This is a hobby for me too you know not a full time job. Im happy to support RWG via the supporter donation but not via monthly payments for reasons stated above.
Back dorr dealing? you might want to explain this. I then listed my own personal watch for sale in the trade section and it was removed. I PMed admin to ask why they reiterated that to sell i must have dealer status. Bu ti have supporter status and its my own personal watch which I am allowed to sell. Admin replied that to sell i must have dealer status.
As you can imagine i was very unhappy. I again asked why? same answer, so i said ok, if i cant sell on the forum like any other supporter then i would like a refund of my supporter fee.
Around this time i was approached, yes approached i didnt ask for it, the repgeek admin about becoming a dealer on repgeek. I was very surprised and honored but how much did it cost i replied. their reply was FREE! So of course i accepted. THIS IS WHY I HAVE DEALER STATUS ON REPGEEK! Its FREE not because i sell in large volumes etc, i dont have any monthly payments to pay.
As for Mike's (TT) 4 chapters of what happened, well he likes to paint a very bad picture and chose his words wisely to explain all the chapters.
As for having no clue about AR coating, what are you talking about? Think for yourself why am i starting AR coating? It certainly not for the profit, ask Chief. In fact he has warned me that its actually more hassle than worth! But no i persevere. Jakob has done a runner, he was trusted pfff..Chief has other things to do. I need AR and so do others lets see what we can do for the community, not for myself!. I hunted AR Labs in Australia, some were crap and they had no idea what questions i was asking! I found one and you can see it in the video, id post it here but this forum only accepts youtube video and not other embedded videos. In the meantime i contacted anther lab and they def. know what they are doing! They understood all my questions and can do exactly what we want. So before you say i have no idea what im doing get all the facts.
I have re read your words in the 4 chapters and they are not nice, and you are admin of this forum. Have i been that disrespectful to you? I don't think so.
Anyway, enough said, if Admin choose to close this then so be it.
I have no hard feelings at all for anyone but it seems that Admin have for me, i dont know