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sh4d0ws
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Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed?
#23997774 - 01/10/17 10:23 AM (7 years, 20 days ago) |
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I'm a little confused because atleast 4 or 5 sponsors sell kratom. I understand that the rule that you cannot sell or buy spores in the shroomery marketplace sub forum is because it infringes on the sponsors who support the website, because they too offer spores.
In 2017 kratom is quite popular and atleast 4 or 5 sponsors sell kratom. Why is it OK for kratom to be bought and sold in the marketplace, but spores are against the rules?
Is there a different reason that spore sales are not allowed?
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: sh4d0ws]
#23997847 - 01/10/17 10:56 AM (7 years, 20 days ago) |
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Sshhhhhh, change is good but iam pretty sure it's possible to find spores for sale, just not so advertised.
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: ellomello]
#23997864 - 01/10/17 11:05 AM (7 years, 20 days ago) |
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The rules also say no dmt containing plants but people offer it all the time. I guess rules being enforced is a crap shoot.
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: Amanita86]
#23999796 - 01/10/17 10:49 PM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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The reason I'm posting this is because I put up an ad, offering trades or BTC for a penis envy swab and it got deleted and I received ban points. I had no idea that you couldn't do that, despite being here over 8 years.
I just can't figure out why spores aren't allowed to be sold or bought here, but kratom, which several vendors sell, is fair game in the shroomery marketplace.
I was told that the reason there is no spore sales allowed is to protect the shroomery sponsors and give them business. But why isn't kratom included then?
just curious
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: sh4d0ws]
#23999833 - 01/10/17 11:00 PM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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Yeah, I couldn't tell you why. It looks like if you left BTC out it would have been fine? I've learned a lot of things in the past month that I didn't know about in the marketplace.
Unfortunatly none of the market place mods seem to answer questions in here. I had to post my question in the market place and some of the people who are more familiar with the rules answered it for me so it may be a better idea to post questions there.
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: Amanita86] 1
#24000763 - 01/11/17 10:34 AM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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I'm sorry sh4d0ws! I know that inconsistent enforcement is incredibly frustrating to experience and it's definitely an area we could work on improving. To answer your question, this is really just a case of the rules/enforcement lagging behind the times. For a while, spore vendors were the only real sponsors we had and so we specifically addressed spores in the rules of the Marketplace. Now that kratom is quite popular (as you pointed out), we should really include that in the rules too. I'll work to make sure this is specified more clearly. Our intention is simple: we want to provide a good value to our sponsors, so we don't want them to feel like the Marketplace or the Shroomery is competing with their business. But you're absolutely right that we need to clarify our specific rules on that matter. Anyway, I removed your infraction because it seems like an honest mistake and it's our fault for not making the rules more clear. I apologize for the confusion, and thanks for bringing the inconsistency to our attention!
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Re: Marketplace - no spores for money but kratom is allowed? [Re: Ythan]
#24000781 - 01/11/17 10:40 AM (7 years, 19 days ago) |
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That is pretty much why I thought to bring it to the attention of administrators. I actually assumed it was simply due to times changing. I figured if the reason the spore rule was in place is to protect sponsors then it would make sense to have kratom (and possibly other items) in the same category as spores.
Thanks for the quick reply.
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