Just to make things a little more clearer for you all on the aspect of a DICtator the moderators are, here is a responce to a simple question that was asked what was wrong with Bens deleted posts. spam_My simple little question kept getting deleted by the cherubic finger of Joe because he had no balls to face the issue. spam_So again Mike his cohort in crime defended him as ussual. Here's his responce.
"Not to mention there are 2 of you who moderate this forum. Why doesnt the second moderator respond to my questions??? After all it was directed to BOTH of you.."
"Tim,
I've been out most of the day and haven't thoroughly read all the posts (I don't plan to either, that's one of the reasons for having more than one moderator). I did take the time to read Ben's original (deleted) post. My first impression was that it was sarcastic and an attempt to re-open the old GHI vs. Joe controversy. I didn't see it as being informative as was the case with my survey that I posted here about Emerald guarantees. Ben and everyone else had their chance to give their input to that survey, but surprisingly, not many people did. I did recieve many private emails, most people seemed to be VERY dis-satisfied with the compensation they've been offered when their new ETBs started puking. Most were offered nothing, partial refunds, or discounts on their next purchases. No one told me (in the emails) of any full refunds. Why didn't they post this publicly? because they didn't want to make their true feelings publicly known for fear of pissing off these vendors whom they still plan to buy from again in the future.
About Ben's post:
Considering Ben is not an active regular contributor to this forum, his post had trouble written all over it. It seemed to invite others to jump in and re-open the old GHI issues. I probably wouldn't have deleted it, but that's only because I don't invest myself into moderation as much much as I should. In my opinion, that thread was heading in the wrong direction and should have been removed. If Ben leaves the forum or get's himself banned, it's no big loss. Ben seems to be a great dealer with great animals, but that's all beside the point. I'm not one to give any great weight to names, I don't care who people are, Ben Seigel, Barker, Kahl, Henderson, Sharp, it doesn't matter to me, they're no different than the kids that show up here with their 1st ATB and a ton of questions. I'm a "low profile little guy" in the herp world, I don't go out of my way to "get in good with the big boys" or kiss anyone's ass, as a matter of fact, it's just the opposite...when I say I don't care what your name/title/credentials are...I really don't!
Here's the bottom line........Some people might look only at the typed words and say the post wasn't inappropriate, but if one of us moderators feels/knows there are motives behind the post, the other moderator will not second guess the other one."
Seems Joe had to hide his big butt behind Mike yet again. spam_At least Mike had the guts to answer the question and not delete it.
So as you can see by all this Joe sells PUKERS, Mike always backs him up, and Joe lies and has no B@!!s to face his problems like a man. spam_He just cowards behind his delete key dodging all the puked up rodents flying threw his snake room from his pukers.
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