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Here is something i want to share! I have been collecting for 14 years and been on this site about 13-14 years now. I from time to time will sell some stuff. I will ask a fair price for what i am selling as i will to pay a fair price. I don't always buy just because it's cheap. When i put something on this site for sale... it is a fair price.
So the "wannabe pickers" do not need to reply as i will not sell stuff for low offers so you can "have a little meat on the bone" for you to flip. I am a collector and i know what stuff is worth so don't waste my time or yours!
This site used to be about collectors and sharing knowledge and a place for collectors can sell or buy. It seems it's full of wannabe pickers or flippers.
I used to post a lot... over the last year my interest in oldgas and went down hill and it continues to to diminish.

I may only be 18, but I feel like all of the dang shows on TV have really brought about the "picker" in a lot of people. Personally I think it sucks because I collect Gas and Oil because I love it and it is my passion. Its not about what you buy things for if you are going to enjoy them forever. I hate when people buy and sell and buy and sell to make money, what is the enjoyment in that??

And here you talk as if pickers just all of the sudden popped up on the scene to make a profit and ski-daddle on their merry way.

All I look up to all you older guys on here and you all have really helped me with Gas and Oil knowledge, collecting, and history.

I can see JJs point and agree with some but not all comments in this thread. The site has changed. Parts for the better, parts not so much so. A lot of people used Old Gas to network with friends and joke around. A lot of people probably don't know what happens when something gets "Jarvised" or a lot of other stuff that went on here before their time. I also think Jim is running the site the way it should be ran. Everyone gets a chance to contribute and if they abuse their privilege they can have their post removed or their use of the site restricted. Change happens with everything in life. Some of the old timers no longer post because they are no longer with us. Some sold off their collection and moved on to other interest. Some get tired of the bickering and avoid the site. People will always be coming into and leaving the hobby. I think Jim has bent over backwards to try to make the site good for everyone but we all know you can not please everyone all of the time. Perhaps the reply to Johns original post would be, if you don't like it, make your own site. Not trying to be negative but you/ we can very easily set up an "Old Petro" site on facebook. Its free and the program is already there and a lot of Old Gassers are already on FB. That would be your site, your rules and members allowed on your site by you giving them permission only. If you don't like their actions, delete them! There is some stuff on Old Gas I skip right over as I do not want to waste my time on it or get my BP up over something that is gone with the click of a mouse. I enjoy OG, I check on it a couple times a day, at home and on my phone. It is still a good place to network, pass on info and keep your fingers on pulse on the hobby. I also check the Cheese site but maybe only once a month or so. I was on OG first and it just seems more familiar. Some of the "Pickers" everyone is always talking about are in it only for the money. A lot of the true collectors buy stuff for their collection with their disposable income. When I look at the excel sheet with my inventory and prices paid on it, I think of what all else I could have done with the money instead. I could buy a small starter house in some areas with what I have invested. Others could buy a mansion. And maybe the pickers that everyone wants to knock are doing it as their only source of income or are doing it just to put food on the table. Maybe bad for the hobby but maybe their way to feed their kids. Some do dig stuff up and get it in the collector circle that other wise would be sitting in a forgotten shed someplace. Others just want to be flippers and make a buck. Maybe the ultimate picker, Mr B, buys stuff for the Barrette Jackson auctions. From what I have seen, he is willing to pay a fair price for nice stuff and a lot of it sells for crazy big money at the auctions. I myself see him as an asset to the hobby. While he does remove some stuff from the affordable collectibles market, he is getting more people with ca$h money interested. When it is time to sell my collection, I hope those same big money people are at the sale. The hobby takes all kinds of people and a lot of hobbies have the same issues. I try to keep my Old Gas experience positive, try to post some positive and helpful stuff and try to skip over the negatives. The site to me is what I let it be. So John, if you do set up your own facebook page for petro people, let me know as I would like to join it as well as stay on OG. Hope to see you at the shows.
Thanks Jim for keeping the lights on

I treat everyone with respect on this site. Members who know me or have bought from me over the years should know that. Sorry I do not put up with people bashing what I do. If it makes me lose buyers. I'm sorry. Am I going to call someone out when they say/do something that disrespects me? Yes.

I think Oldgas is large enough and diverse enough to accommodate both sides of this issue.

At times the zealousness of the new pickers around here is evenly matched by the elitism of veteran collectors.

I think the mods do a great job here and the site is worth reading every day.

Very well said!!!,,, and in only 3 short sentences!

For your membership fee we'll get Jim to make you a custom Avatar that says you're "special".