PC is retarded. Pretty much the first few posts on any board will set the "tone" of the rest of the board- so like you said, if your first response is some butthurt person with the same pet essentially bitching you out for your offers pretty much every post after that will agree with them.
It creates this feedback loop of shit where people with the pet you are seeking might see that post and think "oh, I guess my pet A is worth a lot more than B, I'm not going to accept any Bs cause I'll get ripped off!" Then everyone with B pets start believing their pets aren't worth A (even if they might be) because all the A owners are rejecting their offers.
I have so many feelings about this you don't even know lool.
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I converted an UC plush (a low value one though) when I quit and I made a board lol. A couple people called me out like "there's no way you will do it you just want offers bloo bloo bloo" and when I converted for some reason they got pissed off and were like "wow that was stupid". You can never win with boards like that.
Someone adopted the converted buzz and was calling it a "converted UC" or something, as if that gave it value. xD typical pc mentality.