• Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

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    Posted 08/15/2025
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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

golden gecko

Neil, I'm not sure what you mean by "see what I mean???..."

Although it does state in the header section of this forum that all posts must have a FULL NAME attached to it, if you will read the RULES you will note the following:

ALL messages that are posted either for or against someone else, MUST have a full name to the post and a valid email address. ANY message that does not have both will be considered an anonymous posting and be subject to being deleted with NO warning. Identification is NOT required for someone making an inquiry or posting innocent INFO.
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Let me repeat this: If someone is simply posting an inquiry about someone and the post is not slanted for or against this person or business, it is NOT required to have a full name in the posting. The purpose of the full name is so someone making a FOR or AGAINST statement about someone MUST show ownership of their statement. Anything that is an inquiry, or perhaps a neutral piece of information neither pro nor con, is perfectly acceptable if the name is not provided along with the statement.

Yes, I know it would make enforcement of the rule MUCH easier if I just required ALL postings to have a name attached, but I really don't have a problem with someone just skating in on here to inquire about someone anonymously. There really is no harm in doing that.

Examples:

OK No name required.

Has anyone dealt with Neil Gubitz?

I am interesting in doing business with Neil Gubitz. Any opinions?

Does anyone know if Neil is a good guy to deal with?

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NOT OK Name required.

I think Neil Gubitz is a real great guy, but I want to make sure here on the BOI.

I've heard some bad things about Neil, can anyone confirm or deny them?

My mom says Neil Gubitz is a real sweet guy. My dad frowns whenever she says this. Anyone got any opinions?


I hope this clarifies it a bit.
 
Golden Gecko Renovations

Mark the owner of Golden Gecko is having his website redone and he moved his base of operations down to South Florida. He's still selling Leos, like there's no tomorrow but at local shows mostly...
For anyone interested in buying some of his leos, I will be posting pics / ads up in about a week or so.
Golden Gecko will be present at all major Florida shows for sure, the next one being the one at Tampa, FL.
If you have any more questions please email me at:
[email protected]
Thanks for your time and
effort MEL
 
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