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Robert5988
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Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Status: offline |  Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 22:18:28  
| Could we have a sticky at the top of this section that states:
Orlando Villas speak for everyone and are:
1. Sorry to see you are going.
2. It is in a lovely location.
3. Good luck with your sale.
4. I am sure it will go quickly
Save lots of posts |
Edited by - Robert5988 on 07 Jul 2006 22:19:08 | | Report this post to a moderator |
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Carla
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Ruth
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Status: offline | Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 22:46:18
| Nice idea Robert Only problem is a lot of the owners who are now selling have been on OV for years so we do all mean what we post and will want to say it still |
Ruth
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Kazzie
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florida4sun
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SunLover
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 11:13:16
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Originally posted by Ruth
Nice idea RobertOnly problem is a lot of the owners who are now selling have been on OV for years so we do all mean what we post and will want to say it still
I fully agree with Ruth.
There are some topics that just require duplication.
I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on being able to pass on a personal message to owners I have met through these forums. |
Chris & Peter
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Robert5988
United Kingdom
1439 Posts
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 11:38:19
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I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on being able to pass on a personal message to owners I have met through these forums.
Which is exactly the purpose of the Direct Message(DM) facility is it not? Personal, private and only you and the recipient can see it.
I never want any 'personal message' I send to be viewed by anyone in cyberspace who logs on to OV.
My original post was meant to be TIC. However surely anyone looking at a Villa for sale wants to view posts with information pertinent to that sale; e.g. when was it built? what are HOA fees? How will that freeway being built at the bottom of your garden affect you?
As it is you wade thro' 'good luck' type messages the serve little point except to add another post to your 'score' and give exposure(for some) to your villa link. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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florida4sun
United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 12:49:59
| Robert it does no harm whatsoever. This is community and I do know someone who sold through OV and the purchaser was taken by the kind remarks left by other owners, this actaullly gave tehm confidence in the owner. So it is a positive thing (obvouis I know!)
If the post is meant ton TIG in cheek why post it in the first place, what is the point in that., other than to create a reaction. But then again....
The DM facility is there to be used if so desired (some have it turned off), it is not designed as filter for posts that one person feels are clogging up the forum.
The first post in the thread gives all the details, for more info the interested party would contact the owner directly.
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Originally posted by Robert5988
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I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on being able to pass on a personal message to owners I have met through these forums.
Which is exactly the purpose of the Direct Message(DM) facility is it not? Personal, private and only you and the recipient can see it.
I never want any 'personal message' I send to be viewed by anyone in cyberspace who logs on to OV.
My original post was meant to be TIC. However surely anyone looking at a Villa for sale wants to view posts with information pertinent to that sale; e.g. when was it built? what are HOA fees? How will that freeway being built at the bottom of your garden affect you?
As it is you wade thro' 'good luck' type messages the serve little point except to add another post to your 'score' and give exposure(for some) to your villa link.
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shenon
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 12:50:26
| quote:
Originally posted by Robert5988
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I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on being able to pass on a personal message to owners I have met through these forums.
Which is exactly the purpose of the Direct Message(DM) facility is it not? Personal, private and only you and the recipient can see it.
I never want any 'personal message' I send to be viewed by anyone in cyberspace who logs on to OV.
My original post was meant to be TIC. However surely anyone looking at a Villa for sale wants to view posts with information pertinent to that sale; e.g. when was it built? what are HOA fees? How will that freeway being built at the bottom of your garden affect you?
As it is you wade thro' 'good luck' type messages the serve little point except to add another post to your 'score' and give exposure(for some) to your villa link.
Isn't that what D'M'S are for |
http://www.orlandovillas.com/florida-vacation-rental-1497.aspx
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SunLover
United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 13:53:33
| There is a destinction between a "personal" message and a "private" one.
My post referred to the former, and I agree with Martin that often receiving such messages on an open forum can be a huge support to members of our online community. I know when my father passed away that the numerous messages of sympathy and support I received were greatly appreciated.
All active OV members have the facility to use DM's if they wish... it's a matter of personal choice. My choice, along with many others, is to post those opinions on an open forum, as I am doing now ! |
Chris & Peter
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 14:44:07
| Robert
I do agree that saving the need to post is a good idea and would allow a lot of us to spend more time doing more useful things.
In the spirit of that, I have resolved that I won't:
1. When 20 people before me on a particular thread have answered the original question in full, post exactly the same answer as well.
2. Ignore the fact that I don't have a clue about the issue contained in the thread but post to say that "I might try that next trip".
3. Spell the word 'so' with 25 letter o's.
4. Waste everybody's time by asking questions that have been asked many times before because I can't be bothered to use the search tool.
5. Misconstrue your humourous intentions and overreact by biting on your bait.
Grumpy old man? Me????
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Cruella DeVilla
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Robert5988
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 18:21:05
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So Robert, Do you want to by a villa then?
If the price is right - lots of themAre you selling so soon?
I do own, but don't rent.
I have had an interest in the STR market for a long while and like to keep abreast of the market situation.
Katys Grandad
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Misconstrue your humourous intentions and overreact by biting on your bait.
As a keen Florida angler I wish the fish in the Atlantic rose to the bait sooooooooooooooooo readily!
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Arby
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Status: offline | Posted - 09 Jul 2006 : 22:38:14
| | I think the point Robert is trying to make is that this board has gone from being informative and full of advice to now being a lovey's club and people just posting good luck at every opportunity. I'm going away to Florida....good luck....I bought a tin of beans and saved 6c ....well done. It's not informative anymore, people are not telling things as they really are and quite honestly the board is bordering on being full of syrupy messages and quite often bad advice or just opinions thrown out there as 'advice'. If someone is advertising their house for sale, you usually see the first original post about the house in very little detail obviously waiting for someone to bite the bullet and ask for more and then you get 20 pages of good luck...hope it goes well...more good luck and no where else when you sell a house would you get this. It's looking very false and the base on which this board I'm assuming was built on is getting trashed. If you're all friends, great, lovely. Most of us aren't and we're here for the sole purpose of shooting ideas and hoping someone else knows what we need to find out, OR look to purchase or sell something. Please save your personal friendship for the DMs or the phone. If someone you know is selling their house and you're sorry to see them go...pick up the phone. Talk as long as you like. This is a board for information not a sympathy board, we don't want to read it. We just want to read information for the most part. You're turning what was a good discussion board into a cheesy chatroom. |
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chrizzy100
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Arby
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Status: offline | Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 07:37:38
| | I think some of you guys seem to have it the wrong way around. Shouldn't it be that you wish everyone good luck privately in a DM and then if people want to know information about the homes etc for sale the information is for everyone to see and then that person might have more opportunity to sell it, the further questions answered. There's really no need to wish anyone good luck on selling a house. Honestly some of the comments that are put on this board are mindless drivel. I'm sure they just do it to get the links to their villa advertised, because often they are embarassing to read, they're such nonsense. |
Edited by - Arby on 10 Jul 2006 07:39:42 | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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LiesaAnna
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Status: offline | Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 07:50:52
| mine is always mindless drivel and i am not a villa owner, i think its called being friendly?
and we are told this is a family friendly forum,
if you know its going to be "mindless drivel" why choose to read it? |
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floridadreamvilla.co.uk
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Arby
United Kingdom
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Joined: 17 Aug 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 08:30:47
| I think you're slightly missing the point John. Not only do these regulars/villa owners pounce on every opportunity to wish everyone who they know good luck but notice the way they all give out this seemingly expert advice when it's not so. I've read threads when they've told people that their houses are overpriced etc because they happen to own a villa in Florida too of similar size. How do they work that out? You can have a subdivision with houses of 2500 sq ft and going for $300,000 each and one next door same size going for a million each. That's just how it works in America. But it's false advice and it's not very helpful to the owners of property that they do that to is it? One look at OMG ITS OVERPRICED  --who do you think will buy that house from here? Also they misrepresent. To say that the new road which leads from 192 to Old Lake Wilson is not having an effect, I think they need to rethink that one. From what I hear it's had a very definite affect on prices and sales. I think stick to the lovey stuff on vacations but sometimes these regulars are killing this board and some people's chances to sell their properties.
And PS it's grown adults selling vacation homes. They don't need support of peers. It's not a death. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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luckylady
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Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 10 Jul 2006 : 08:35:35
| quote:
Originally posted by Arby
I think the point Robert is trying to make is that this board has gone from being informative and full of advice to now being a lovey's club and people just posting good luck at every opportunity. I'm going away to Florida....good luck....I bought a tin of beans and saved 6c ....well done. It's not informative anymore, people are not telling things as they really are and quite honestly the board is bordering on being full of syrupy messages and quite often bad advice or just opinions thrown out there as 'advice'. If someone is advertising their house for sale, you usually see the first original post about the house in very little detail obviously waiting for someone to bite the bullet and ask for more and then you get 20 pages of good luck...hope it goes well...more good luck and no where else when you sell a house would you get this. It's looking very false and the base on which this board I'm assuming was built on is
getting trashed. If you're all friends, great, lovely. Most of us aren't and we're here for the sole purpose of shooting ideas and hoping someone else knows what we need to find out, OR look to purchase or sell something. Please save your personal friendship for the DMs or the phone. If someone you know is selling their house and you're sorry to see them go...pick up the phone. Talk as long as you like. This is a board for information not a sympathy board, we don't want to read it. We just want to read information for the most part. You're turning what was a good discussion board into a cheesy chatroom.
Sorry not going to read the above rubbish, without having my say.
IMHO you haven't the experience or the knowledge to make such comments.What do you base your accusations on? 146 posting in nearly
a year!!!
Yes it is a forum for information,first and foremost always was always will be.
OV is the most successful forum of its kind.We have many guests and new member who will confirm this,time and time again
Yes we are friendly as well have informative,can we not do both?
I was a new member once,I remember very clearly how I was made to feel welcome right from the start.as I know you will have been welcomed in the same manner. ok the good luck posting maybe a bit cheesy at times, but for Gods sake look at the bigger picture.
What's a few over the top good luck message ,compared to everything else this forum offers.
You are way out of your depth,I know this forum very well, and many satisfied guests and members I have no doubt will pass judgement on your comments.
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