# How do I get permission to post in the Marketplace?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 17, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522 "2013-10-17T20:48:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522/21 "2013-10-18T20:11:29Z")

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> [@arnesw](#):
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> To hell with the squid. You can have mine. I was told I could have my goat and eat it too!

Don’t do it! It’s a trap!

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**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522/22 "2013-10-18T20:12:57Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Oh my! You _really_ should have read the fine print on that contract.

I need new glasses. There are some squiggly bits under the final row of pentagrams, but I thought that was just an ornamental thing.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522/23 "2013-10-18T20:16:11Z")

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> [@arnesw](#):
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> I need new glasses. There are some squiggly bits under the final row of pentagrams, but I thought that was just an ornamental ting.

Never, _never_, _ **never** _ sign the contract while the squiggly bits are still moving.

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**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522/24 "2013-10-18T20:38:46Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Never, _never_, _ **never** _ sign the contract while the squiggly bits are still moving.

I live in a damp basement. If I had to wait for every squiggly bit to stop moving, I’d never get anything done.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522/25 "2013-10-18T23:56:58Z")

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> [@arnesw](#):
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> I wish to register a complaint. I’ve been a paying member for years and I have still not received my goat and squid benefits!

Just because you don’t remember it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

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