I am writing to voice my utmost disgust at the actions of; I hope a small minority of people who call themselves Bushcrafters who took it upon themselves to email the young lady who was selling the Knife that I auctioned for charity.
I hasten to add that this post is aimed solely at those individuals responsible who will be aware of their actions and no one else. I sincerely hope that they are not members of this forum but also hope that if not, then one day they do read this and realise the misery and hurt they have caused some one and are rightly ashamed. Probably wishful thinking!
This Knife was paid for by her as a birthday gift for her partner, a keen bushcrafter himself, (whom she is still with for the interest of those that publicly maligned her perceived situation) and is therefore hers to do with as she pleased, regardless of the fact that it was for charity or otherwise. Due to certain circumstances they unfortunately find themselves in a position where they need to sell some of their investments.
Firstly, I would like to know what gives these so called Bushcrafters the right to intrude on some one with slanderous emails full of comments such as Greed and Bushcraft dont go together ...Rip off and other denigrative remarks, having no idea of the facts, situation or reasons behind the sell and secondly even if they did, what business is it of theirs any way??
As was rightly pointed out on this forum she does not stand to gain significantly from the sale after paying the various EBay and Paypal costs but is purely trying to recoup what she paid out.
Personalities such as Ray Mears, Tony from this forum and many more work very hard championing the cause of the subject we all hold so dearly only to have it given a bad name in the public eye by the spineless actions of individuals such as these.
In reply to my email I was told how her heart sank when she saw that there was yet another email about the sell of the knife, having been bombarded with Nasty emails from so called Bushcrafters since putting it on EBay.
I would be very surprised if she or her boyfriend will ever associate themselves with so called Bushcrafters again after this and I dont blame them. I wonder myself some times!
Well done those responsible!!!
Woody
I hasten to add that this post is aimed solely at those individuals responsible who will be aware of their actions and no one else. I sincerely hope that they are not members of this forum but also hope that if not, then one day they do read this and realise the misery and hurt they have caused some one and are rightly ashamed. Probably wishful thinking!
This Knife was paid for by her as a birthday gift for her partner, a keen bushcrafter himself, (whom she is still with for the interest of those that publicly maligned her perceived situation) and is therefore hers to do with as she pleased, regardless of the fact that it was for charity or otherwise. Due to certain circumstances they unfortunately find themselves in a position where they need to sell some of their investments.
Firstly, I would like to know what gives these so called Bushcrafters the right to intrude on some one with slanderous emails full of comments such as Greed and Bushcraft dont go together ...Rip off and other denigrative remarks, having no idea of the facts, situation or reasons behind the sell and secondly even if they did, what business is it of theirs any way??
As was rightly pointed out on this forum she does not stand to gain significantly from the sale after paying the various EBay and Paypal costs but is purely trying to recoup what she paid out.
Personalities such as Ray Mears, Tony from this forum and many more work very hard championing the cause of the subject we all hold so dearly only to have it given a bad name in the public eye by the spineless actions of individuals such as these.
In reply to my email I was told how her heart sank when she saw that there was yet another email about the sell of the knife, having been bombarded with Nasty emails from so called Bushcrafters since putting it on EBay.
I would be very surprised if she or her boyfriend will ever associate themselves with so called Bushcrafters again after this and I dont blame them. I wonder myself some times!
Well done those responsible!!!
Woody