Completely agree with this. You will find iShopStaples selling on other forums as well including Reddit. He's a business user or acting like one especially when most of iShopStaples activity is buying/selling on this subforum. In my opinion this subforum should be for users who don't really seek to buy/sell commercially and to resell. That's something that you find happens with computer hardware those who buy/sell looking to flip hardware for profit.
Just wanted to clear up a few points:
When this topic was brought up several weeks ago, I stopped creating new posts. I reached out to Patrick to see how he would like to handle the situation, and am still waiting to hear back. That said, I have responded to a few posts here where people are looking for specific components that I do have. If this is unacceptable I would be happy to stop that as well.
I don't buy from other forum members to "flip" to others here or elsewhere. I have access to an inventory source that most others do not. This allows me to offer components to other members here at a discount, typically below market value. Whenever I post here, I list at 5-15% below my eBay prices (which are also on the lower end of the market) to pass along the savings in eBay fees to the forum members.
I have sold to several members here at this point and as far as I can tell everyone has been very happy with the transactions. In the event Patrick deems it allowable to continue selling here, I can definitely do a better job of making it clearer that I am a business* if that would deter some potential buyers.
*To be 100% clear, I am a one man show; I don't work for a large corporation and don't have any employees. I have a full-time job outside of this, and I personally view this more as a hobby that allows me to tinker with some of the newest technology and help fund my own lab. That said, given that my volume has ramped up and there is a profit motive in mind I think it is fair to call this a business at this point.