I may have that feeling in some cases too. But in the end, one position looks as suspicious as the opposite.
I mean, real life tends to be grey. When someone says it's all white / it's all black, always, all the time... you can bet he'll probably be wrong, or maybe even worse, is trying to deceive you who knows why.
What I can't understand is why someone saying it's all white complains about people who says it's all black. Because honestly, to me they're both sides of the same coin.
That complaint sounds a bit hypocritical.
I agree with your general premise. There is always improvement in something which means there are always gray areas. If you look at my past posts I am personally very emphatic about liking some things and disliking some things in BB. A major point of this thread, IMHO, is to find ways that BB can improve - or we can improve our usage of BB.
That being said, consider the following two scenarios:
- Person A: Says everything this is awesome with BB because he is selling at a 8% rate of his portfolio. Doesn't see anything wrong with BB since he is making a good return off of them.
- Person B: Says everything is awful with BB because they are only selling at a 1% rate of his portfolio.
Sees everything wrong with BB since he is losing $$ on them and assumes person A must have an advantage.
I am far more suspicious of Person B.
- I totally get Person A - they have rose colored glasses which is as to be expected. They are doing well and thus its hard to see the negatives. Understanding this, I take it into consideration and don't assume everything is as rosy as they think.
- I also understand Person B, but they appear to have a bad attitude because they are losing money. I know what its like to lose money and to be stressed about it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be a good sport about it. Why do we (humans in general) always tend to be blame shifters? Why do we automatically assume its BB or underhanded favors toward Person A that is making them do better than us? Why can't we examine the domains we have listed? Why don't we find out what those other people are doing (like emailing potential customers and directing them?). Please understand that I am not saying there is no blame on BB - but if there is, you should have some hard facts/reasons for it. I WANT to hear from people who are not selling on BB, but keep it to that unless you have evidence to why you are not selling and how it is BB's fault.
Again, I am in agreement on you that I am suspicious of both (or maybe it would be better to put it that I take their opinion with a sort of grain of salt knowing where they are coming from). However, when someone goes beyond simply being 100% negative about BB and making accusations, that is where I become
more suspicious of them.
Hope that explains my position and thoughts better! No hard feelings are meant by any of it (not thinking of any specific individual in writing this), just very bluntly how I feel.
