Park Slope Parents charging for a list serve? Give me a brea

This latest debacle as been added to my list of all time favorite posts from PSP....

- The posting looking for a couple seeking other couples for some hot swinging action.
- The boy's blue hat.
- and now PSP Money-Gate.

LOVE IT!!!

LongTimeSloper wrote: LOl! too funny! i recognize all of the posts in that email message as being from people I know. Too funny! the whole Easter egg hint thing was outrageous IMO, how hard is it to bring eggs to an Easter egg hunt?

Did kids whose parents didn't bring eggs really get turned away? That's would be so typically "Park Slope".

filmlover44 wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper]LOl! too funny! i recognize all of the posts in that email message as being from people I know. Too funny! the whole Easter egg hint thing was outrageous IMO, how hard is it to bring eggs to an Easter egg hunt?

Did kids whose parents didn't bring eggs really get turned away? That's would be so typically "Park Slope".

So typically "Park Slope"? Gee, I guess the rest of the world just lets people in for free when an entrance fee is required. Only silly old Park Slope people expect it to actually be done.

I think I will try this next time i go to bring my kids to a concert or a play or the circus, just say I don't have it but you should let my kid in anyway, i could save tons this way!

These people are an embarrassment.

eggcream wrote: These people are an embarrassment.

Which ones?

So typically "Park Slope"? Gee, I guess the rest of the world just lets people in for free when an entrance fee is required. Only silly old Park Slope people expect it to actually be done.

PART OF THE ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE. GET IN FOR FREE, AND BRING YOUR DOG TOO.

The Chipster wrote: So typically "Park Slope"? Gee, I guess the rest of the world just lets people in for free when an entrance fee is required. Only silly old Park Slope people expect it to actually be done.

PART OF THE ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE. GET IN FOR FREE, AND BRING YOUR DOG TOO.

I clearly misunderstood the nature of the event. I thought it was some parent organized event for the kids. Turning kids away who didn't have eggs sounded outright cruel to me.

I would certainly never expect to get into the circus for free, I would pay for my tickets in advance just like everything else and I would never be so rude as to bring my dog.

filmlover44 wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper][quote=filmlover44][quote=LongTimeSloper]LOl! too funny! i recognize all of the posts in that email message as being from people I know. Too funny! the whole Easter egg hint thing was outrageous IMO, how hard is it to bring eggs to an Easter egg hunt?

Did kids whose parents didn't bring eggs really get turned away? That's would be so typically "Park Slope".

So typically "Park Slope"? Gee, I guess the rest of the world just lets people in for free when an entrance fee is required. Only silly old Park Slope people expect it to actually be done.

I think I will try this next time i go to bring my kids to a concert or a play or the circus, just say I don't have it but you should let my kid in anyway, i could save tons this way!

Oh, I see. So, this was a formal for-profit event like a circus or a concert rather than a "community" event for parents and their kids. When my kids were small (not while I was in the slope, afterwards), we used to have community events and for those kind of events everyone would bring extra eggs for those kids who for whatever reason didn't bring anything, understanding that there were people of different economic backgrounds or family circumstances. It would have been enormously cruel to cut those kids out of the fun. I would imagine that a for fee event would provide the eggs or something!

So, what is the limit of people not bringing eggs? What do you do if you have 20 kids in one group for an egg hunt and only 3 of them brought eggs? is that fair? This was an event somewhat sponsored by the PSP group, but, nothing was provided by them except for the organization. So, no eggs were provided other than the ones parents and kids brought. How many people without eggs do you let in before saying, ok, this isn't going to work? All the previous years, people were let in to participate in the hunt, contribution or not, but, this year they changed it.

personally, I don't care how many eggs my kids get, as long as they get some, and we even gave eggs away that we found to little kids who couldn't find any on their own.

But, it was a simple request, bring eggs as an admittance fee to the hunt, so, yeah, people who didn't were turned away.

As for the different economic background comment, like someone else said about the $25 fee that PSP is about to impose, if people in this neighborhood can afford to pay the fee, they can afford to buy a bag of plastic eggs at Rite Aid for $3.99. We are blue collar people with a much much lower income than most in this area and we were able to do it.

witch-king wrote: Entitled people need a place to live and thrive. Park Slope is as good a place as any for them.

Maybe that's why I moved away..twice. Actually, I liked Park Slope when my kids were little. It was a great place to have little kids but I found the whole superior parent thing a bit wearing. Thank god not all parents in PS were like that! I still like Park Slope, it just turned out to be cheaper elsewhere.

All the previous years, people were let in to participate in the hunt, contribution or not, but, this year they changed it.

I see.

This thread sucks.... carry on.

Does anyone know if any of the free upstarts have picked up steam? We're among those who were members on the free version and are not paying for the new one.

Jamzer wrote: [quote=willregistersoon]Does anyone know if any of the free upstarts have picked up steam? We're among those who were members on the free version and are not paying for the new one.

I paid my $25. There are a lot less members, but the activity on the list is no different. Same number of posts and replies.

No idea how the free lists are doing, but it is not the first time that someone has started an alternative to the PSP list due to annoyance with the moderators or some other reason. I do not expect that they will build up much steam, but good luck to them.

Paid mine too and activity seems the same to me also.

that is pretty much how I felt too, I have saved so much money over the years by buying or trading stuff with other people on the classifieds, that it was worth it to me to pay. Not to mention the money I have made over the years selling my own stuff on there