It's about the principle of privacy for me here. OK the post was "innocent", however as some people have eluded to already, those in the know could have a fair idea where the stuff is headed. Now with all the loose lips around, this fellow's hope of any sought of privacy is shot to hell. If you've ever had anything nicked, you'll know how sickening it is, not that this is the point but must be considered. NR's post was probably in his interest of VMX, but IMO it's the new owner who should get the say of what, when & where. I had a phone call the other day from someone I didn't know in another state, who proceeded to tell me some of the things I had in my shed, in some detail! The world is small.
K
I don't get the privacy thing - at least not to this extent. It mostly seems to be an adult male version of an eight year old girl saying to her friend "I know something that you don't"...
If people have been able to figure out who the new owner is by the word "Australia" then they'd have been able to figure it out anyhow. If it really mattered, then the owner's mouth would have been kept so tightly shut that nobody would have even been able to guess.
Hell, if it really mattered, then they'd have asked their pommy friend to keep his mouth shut - and the pommy friend would have obliged because he understood.
I sometimes wonder if people like to carry on as though they own the Mona Lisa because it makes them feel important? Like when people grossly inflate the supposed value of something they own because it makes them feel good about themselves - and they don't realise how ridiculous they sound when they say that their ratty old trail bike "is worth $7k easy"...
