Inquiry: BOI

That's correct an Inquiry of The Board of Inquiry.

I was encouraged to post a positive report regarding a recent purchase of a herpetological related product and the outstanding customer service I received.

However, after reading the BOI even a positive thread can quickly become a nonsensical, antagonistic debate between people.

I've come to realize the following rules with regards to internet forums:

Rule #1...Everyone is ALWAYS an expert.
Rule #2...Longevity and number of posts on a forum DOES NOT make one an expert.
Rule #3...Rule #1 ALWAYS overrides Rule #2.

When I see people who have absolutely no vested interest in the topic at hand reply with an or "Pay up you thief, liar, cheat, steal..." or "Yeah...make it right Bob…" I can't help but wonder if it comes from the juvenile interpretation of ones self worth on this forum or if it's just your typical mob mentality at work.

The bickering, the fighting and name calling really have detracted from what the BOI was meant to provide. The need to get the last put down or the last insult in is amazing. To wade through all of the chest thumping garbage to get to the substance isn't worth the time and energy that is required anymore.

It's amazing that the "esteemed" members of this forum act like a bunch of kindergarteners fighting over a swing on the playground. To know they cover the entire spectrum of age is incredulous. People's interpretation of their own self importance on this forum transcends anything I've seen on the internet...and for what, the hobby of breeding, selling and keeping reptiles?

On the flip side of that, the praise that is showered on people for well stated posts serves what purpose? A private message would accomplish the same goal without cluttering up the thread with content that adds absolutely no value. Maybe the BOI has become a clique where particular members are expected stroke each others egos. I understand that EVERY internet forum has its core group of members with the majority of its membership not participating in most threads. However, what one sees on the BOI is nothing short of a strange love fest amongst some members, while most outsiders are treated as pariah.

Naming names is pointless...the megalomaniacs with the insatiable appetite for notoriety would never admit to such behavior and pointing it out to them would well...be pointless. I simply refer back to my rules of the internet.

Michael P. Hughes

Michael: people have lost a lot of money in this biz on account of being scammed by lowdown no good slime balls. The BOI was originated to help save innocent people from getting ripped off.

When I see criticisms like yours, it makes me mindful of those who criticize other groups, family, country. Sure, nothing is perfect, but there's a purpose behind this group and if you would ask 'who here has saved money on account of the BOI?' you would get a long, long thread.

To people like you who come forth with criticism, I always ask 'what is your alternative?'

Surely you did not come here to try to tear down a bridge that has helped many, and then leave?

I hardly think that one man is going to tear this bridge down.

Name one point in my post that was inaccurate and not exhibited on the BOI.

Sincerely,
Michael

Originally Posted by M_Hughes

Naming names is pointless...the megalomaniacs with the insatiable appetite for notoriety would never admit to such behavior and pointing it out to them would well...be pointless. I simply refer back to my rules of the internet.

Michael P. Hughes

buk buk buckawww

It's only pointless if YOU are unwilling or unable to do so yourself.

Nothing you said is new. Nothing you said is original. Your lack of willingness to follow through with what started out as something with a shred of merit is also not new.

There are many members who have no desire to mix it up with anyone at all, happy to sit on the sidelines and watch. There is no problem with that.

Then there are those members who come on here, make wild inflated statements about how a certain few act a certain way and those few bring down the site as a whole and yet, almost without exception, those who mention "the few" NEVER can, for whatever lack one can only imagine, name the particular members.

I suppose if you just want to complain annonymously then you've done an admirable job. Complete success.

I suppose if you were trying to prove some obscure point, you've failed.

Miserably.

How come I knew you would chime in Wes?

Thanks Seamus. I've done that one before. Getting old sucks. Yeah, I'll blame it on old age instead of my own stupidity.

I think you might want to reevaluate where you're placing the blame.

Since you brought it up, you were one of the first "names" I thought of when I formulated my post.

Sincerely,
Michael

Originally Posted by M_Hughes

How come I knew you would chime in Wes?



I think you might want to reevaluate where you're placing the blame.

Since you brought it up, you were one of the first "names" I thought of when I formulated my post.

Sincerely,
Michael

Ack, wounded to the core am I.

You've done exactly what I expected you to do, the earthworm squiggle.

New member are ya? Yet you know of me and my proclivities? Interesting.

Oh well, when something, such as your post, is of no real value, no real reaction is merrited.

So, see ya.

I may not be very smart, but I can lift heavy things.

Just don't drop them on your head Wes.

Sincerely,
Michael

I've come to realize the following rules with regards to internet forums:

Rule #1...Everyone is ALWAYS an expert.

Starting with yours truly I suppose.

Hardly Kevin.

But I ask you, what in my original post was inaccurate?

Sincerely,
Michael

Originally Posted by M_Hughes

Hardly Kevin.

But I ask you, what in my original post was inaccurate?

Sincerely,
Michael

You are out of focus, like the man who looks at the Constitution and notices it is frayed around the edges. That might be accurate, but what's the point?
You bring to us the fleas, rather than admiring the dog.