Well I guess I won't be doing the shows you both promote, too bad one was one I was considering doing. You call it "dissing" I call it providing the public and other vendors information that they wouldn't know about otherwise (not everyone checks the BOI). And for the two you who would not allow said sign you would also be disallowing me my First Amendment rights. I am not being rude, disrespectful, malicious or libel with my sign.
Dan, please understand, I would not ask YOU to leave if a sign was displayed, but would ask you to remove the sign. I do not feel it is right to bring such drama into a show where most people do not even know which vendor is which (unless they have a banner). This would go for ANY vendor displaying ANY sign about another vendor.
It clearly states in my rules that all vendors are to be professional towards others (customers and to other vendors), and I personally do not feel that displaying a sign with no explanation is professional. For all anyone would know, you just do not LIKE Chaos Reptiles, and are just being malicious towards them. Most people are NOT going to stop and ask "why". I would not disallow you to SPEAK to other people about your experiences with other vendors, but, to me, a sign is just not the right way to go about things.
So you'd make a scene by removing a vendor (clearly violating his/her First Amendment rights) buy not allow a simple sign informing others of someone's shady dealings? No vocalization either? I'm sure you'd have quite a bit of trouble on your hands if you did indeed remove a vendor for either of the reasons of verbalization or the written word.
Although this was not directed at me since you quoted Randy, I would like to make a statement. Nowhere did I say that you could not vocalize your opinions at the show, just not post a sign. And again, I would not ask you to leave unless you would not remove the sign. (For the record, I do not recall seeing Randy saying he would automatically remove you for the sign, nor do I recall seeing him say you could not vocalize your issue).
I am sorry if this means you have decided against doing my show (assuming you meant my show since I am closer), but there are, in my opinion, better ways to go about things than displaying a sign to voice your opinion. Although I DO sympathize with your situation with Chaos, and am in no way condoning their actions towards you or others that have had issues with them, I could not allow any vendor to do something like this towards another.
Also, like Randy has a contract with a cricket vendor, I also have one with Turtle Xing, but you would always be allowed to come in with other animals for sale.
