I want my user name changed

Originally Posted by Lucille

So you have it, you just choose not to use it for this.

And that is perfectly OK. If he can't spend the money, then he can't. If he won't spend the money, then he won't. That is certainly his decision to make, and I respect a young person recognizing the importance of living within their means.

The only issue here is that he apparently wants his cake and eat it too. Sorry but you just can't get the perks and privileges of the club unless you join the club.

Stavros--your name looks good next to those coins!

Kernel--we all started somewhere. In this business particularly, reputation is everything. You have to earn it from the ground up, and people are watching. Just between you and me, over 600 people (aka: future possible customers) have read this thread already. Your goal is to NOT be on their ever-growing list of folks they won't deal with. Pay or don't pay, no big deal. But handling yourself professionally and playing by the same rules as others is a very good start.

Noelle

You're missing some points, Caleb...
If the $25 really isn't there, then you are already overextended. What are you going to do if an animal gets sick and needs veterinary care? If a thermostat malfunctions, or powerstrip shorts?
I could care less whether you, or any other individual, decides to upgrade - I just get tired of hearing the money blues when it's obviously being spent on other things. (You, for example, have acquired - or are planning on acquiring - enough snakes to require you to build "racks"...$25 is a fraction of what you would spend to get to that point.) Just say that you don't care enough about the perks to spend money for them. It's that simple, and it would have ended this before it got started.

Personally - my feeling is that, when you create and build a presence on the internet, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to change your name unless you are trying to get away from the image you've built of yourself. I was hhmoore on forums before I started doing business as KBI Herpetoculture...and I am known by that name. Sure, I could have changed to kbiherp, and many people would have figured it out; but I've also had people that returned to find me again after a period of years that might not have if I'd changed my name (not everybody does inquiries). There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the screen name you started with, and changing to a so called business name doesn't really impact anybody's impression of you. You are what you post; and the quality of the animals you sell will steer your reputation, regardless of whether your name sounds like a business or not (of course, ultimately, it is YOU that will make or break your reputation, as has been shown many times on the BOI).

Originally Posted by Skanakis

Ok Helen...you got me. lol. Ill have the coins by tonight. Let me not be a hypocrite and a cheap ass. Leaning more towards the cheap ass. When theres something good...support it. And I doubt Fauna is easy to run.

Originally Posted by kernel

You just made my point. I have allot of expenses and I'm losing money. I have money, but I have to buy materials for snake racks, I have to buy care supplies (rodent bill is killing me). I'm getting along, but I can't spend money on this kind of stuff until I'm making some money. If you decide to change and if not, fine. I'm not continuing this discussion.

I had my User name before I started selling the offspring from my snakes and dragons, while I am a contributing member, I just added my business name to my status under my name and a link to my website in my signature. It is that easy to display your business name without haviing your User name changed.

I'm guessing I have to be a contributer to add my business name under my username as well?

User CP> click on Edit Your Details> Scroll down to the Optional Information section > Edit your Current User Title.

Thanks Amanda!

See, easy peasey.

Oh and thanks to you to Melissa!