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The problem is in this community, is that people consider others thier friends simpley because they spend time on ICQ chating and have a cool message board personality. I learned a long time ago that ICQ chats, and message board fun does not make someone your friend.
This is a business based mostly on greed. Everyone is in it to make some easy cash. This makes almost everyone in this community not your friend but a business associate. They want the same thing you do, money. This desire can often lead so called "friends" to do things you don't appreciate. That is business.
My rules are as follows:
Enjoy the company of your business associates but don't expect them to have your back.
Show respect to your business associates and ask the same in return.
Never do a deal for anything over $1,000 with someone you have not met in person and spent some time face to face talking too. (plane tickets are not that much)
Keep your friends in your personal life and leave business associates in your business.
Never commit to a business related deal based on message board posts or ICQ messages alone.
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