CMP shuts forsale down

[LEAD POISON]

Announcement for the deletion of the buy/sell trade forum:

CMP has decided we will no longer moderate the transactions of public sales. It has become a burden on staff members to be the medium to handle quarrels with users transactions within the forum. Yes, there are successful buy/sell trades. This is not a “one bad egg ruins it for everyone” situation. It has been happening more and more and we are taking action to stop this snowball before it gets out of hand.

You have until Monday the 27th of July to finalize any transactions you have started on the forum.:confused:

[Orlando]

Great, just when I was going to start thinning down some of my rifle collection.There is no other site that gets the kind of traffic as theirs. Of course once they close the Market Place I bet traffic will really reduce

[checkmate19]

I agree the timing is bad for me also . I figured this was soon to happen with all the changes. I had just started helping Dad reduce his collection and had good results. A close friend recently passed and I may be helping with his estate. I was going to start posting lots of bayonets tonight ,

Tim, do you want traffic pointed this way ?

[Prince Humperdink]

The for sale section is the main reason I even go there.

[Shug]

Same here.

[flying2275]

Link to announcement?

[Eli]

I guess it'll be more gunchoker!

Eli

[Orlando]

The thread with around 100 posts has now been completely deleted. Now a announcement was made that the MarketPalce will not be closed. I'm confused??

[Punch The Clown]

I am banned for life. I just told it like it is.

[Prince Humperdink]

new announcement

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=171062

[Shug]

Hmm, they're going to give 8 more weeks and then reconsider. Wanna bet a lot of folks who might have been fence sitting about selling stuff will be in a mad rush to post the next few days/weeks? Could be a good buying opportunity.

[Roadkingtrax]

Things were near fire sale prices already (save for the crazy expensive)...flooding the WTS will make it worse. Punch is right, the CMP has grown beyond the need for the forum.

[Punch The Clown]

Things were near fire sale prices already (save for the crazy expensive)...flooding the WTS will make it worse. Punch is right, the CMP has grown beyond the need for the forum.

They banned me for life for that post. They can't handle the truth.

[Roadkingtrax]

For the life of the forum? So like 6 months. Rumor mill says its done soon anyway.

I saved your post...

[Punch The Clown]

Thanks Tim I was holding back but I tried to be civil.

[Punch The Clown]

And how do you think the moderators ferret out he people that must be banned for the good of the cmp propaganda machine? Do you really think the moderators read every post? They enlist free labor in what amounts to the modern day equivalent of the sonderkommando. That's right lapriester, I'm talking about you and your ilk. Keep up the good work and you may get to be the head kapo someday.

[Roadkingtrax]

I truly believe the GCA would suffer the most at this point, no influence at the forum level, no nit-noid detail parts selling. The host is no longer feeding the child. I actually think M1 values would take a hit for a while if the CMP forum dissolved. No central character to drive demand and tickle the senses.

What you say is true, the CMP has gotten what it needs going forward...just in time to stop heating the spoon. This family atmosphere was a calculated move.

[timshufflin]

I agree the timing is bad for me also . I figured this was soon to happen with all the changes. I had just started helping Dad reduce his collection and had good results. A close friend recently passed and I may be helping with his estate. I was going to start posting lots of bayonets tonight ,

Tim, do you want traffic pointed this way ?

Of course. I think this is a mistake on the CMP. Of course, when you get free stuff you don't have to work quite as hard.

[timshufflin]

new announcement

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=171062


Damn it! They almost did something really stupid!

[ordmm]

Most probably the man in charge had a long week in the heat at Perry. Dehydrated, tired, too many premium dinners on the CMP plastic, and got sick and tired of all the "if it was me" from the CMP "community". So he lashed out and probably text messaged someone in Anniston and vented. Then later, after re-hydrating, cooling down, and maybe getting a piece of..., AND most probably a contact from the boss emeritus who although retired still sits on the board I believe, that began with..."Whoa cowboy...we need to rethink any decision that might constrict the goody pipeline". So in do course there will be a sit down I'm sure with a more reasoned look at the balance sheet and adjustments will me made to pay and benefits and then changes will be made. THAT is how it's really done in a quasi government organization. Moving on it's no big deal. The Garand market is glutted with rifles and parts that have been way overvalued by their owners for a long time now. There will be fire sales in the near future on the net, and some owners will throw the towel in and walk the accumulation into a gun show and get what they can. The final shoe will drop when president big ears wields his executive decision powers and eliminates the firearm owners ability to do a "off the book" transfer. What the heck the ACA needs more taxes anyway.

[timshufflin]

Most probably the man in charge had a long week in the heat at Perry. Dehydrated, tired, too many premium dinners on the CMP plastic, and got sick and tired of all the "if it was me" from the CMP "community". So he lashed out and probably text messaged someone in Anniston and vented. Then later, after re-hydrating, cooling down, and maybe getting a piece of..., AND most probably a contact from the boss emeritus who although retired still sits on the board I believe, that began with..."Whoa cowboy...we need to rethink any decision that might constrict the goody pipeline". So in do course there will be a sit down I'm sure with a more reasoned look at the balance sheet and adjustments will me made to pay and benefits and then changes will be made. THAT is how it's really done in a quasi government organization. Moving on it's no big deal. The Garand market is glutted with rifles and parts that have been way overvalued by their owners for a long time now. There will be fire sales in the near future on the net, and some owners will throw the towel in and walk the accumulation into a gun show and get what they can. The final shoe will drop when president big ears wields his executive decision powers and eliminates the firearm owners ability to do a "off the book" transfer. What the heck the ACA needs more taxes anyway.

Priceless, this could be the "thoughts from the editor" piece in some gun magazine. Damn funny :)

[ordmm]

Priceless, this could be the "thoughts from the editor" piece in some gun magazine. Damn funny :)

Thank you for the good words...am trying to sell the idea as a mini series for HBO or Netflex but need a new title as "House Of Cards" is already taken. Looking for suggestions if anyone wants to chime in.

[musketjon]

Punch,
You and I need to start the '' Banned From CMP For Life'' club. I too, told it like it is. The CMP doesn't want anyone figuring them out.
Jon

[MrTwistedFock]

I always got the impression a lot of the people in charge of the CMP are pro-gun control. Believe that or not. Its what I think and what I believe. I am not talking about your average CMP Games shooter, but the actual people in charge of the CMP. The board members, people like that. Also, a lot of ex LEO and active LEO who are pro-gun control are CMPers, I observed that.

When I first became involved in the CMP in 2009, I knew nothing about the organization nor about the reasons why the NRA and CMP historically have butted heads. I now know why, being the NRA is basically anti-gun control and an anti-gun control political lobby group.

Im glad I never got heavily involved in the CMP, although I am glad I finally drove up to Perry one summer to attend SAFS-Rifle..that was fun. But overall, the CMP is just too much of a military type organization for me to want to be involved with very much. Maybe once in a while, but thats all. The Distinguished Rifleman program is not what it used to be and I will never attempt to bother with it BECAUSE OF the kinds of people who RUN the CMP turn me off. With the one exception of Gary Anderson...who I got the impression is a throwback to the olden days and he is serious about marksmanship. But the rest of those guys, with a few exceptions here and there...I have little to no respect for as individuals.

Overall, I cant stand military stuff, saluting, rank system, military bureaucratic bullshit, being talked to like you are some POS, being "written up." Hell, thats one of the reasons why I went to college, so I'd be above all that kind of BS. There is no way in hell I want to "follow orders" from men who have less formal education than I have. The only part about the military I like is the guns and some of the actual real military training they get. The rest of it, the uptight militaryBS, you can have it.

I'd actually like to get rid of most of the U.S. military, to be honest. Cut the taxpayer plug for most of them and make them get real jobs. I dont much care for most of them.

[MrTwistedFock]

They banned me for life and I'm actually glad about it.