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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....

Right or Wrong? Good or Bad?

Jason, I do remember that post, but I was referring to the post where San Diego Viv. came out themselves and had a LONG post telling what they new etc.  I had responded to it and the thread was deleted.
Brian
 
Sorry, but I only now got around to reading this thread.

Bill Cagle has not been banned from this site.  Nor has he contacted me to tell me he has been having problems registering with the system. Apparently he does not know how to complete the registration process, as he has not clicked on the completion link sent to his email address when he registered.  I can't help that.

So Bill, please explain to me how it is you came to the conclusion that you were banned from this site?  Any evidence other than you do not know how to register here?

When you register, the steps are explained clearly.  I have posted at least one message up in the administrative section about this.  If someone STILL cannot figure out how to register with this system so they can post, then that is not my problem.

So, Bill, simply find that email that was sent to the email you provided during the registration process, and READ it.  Then follow the instructions provided.  It's really just that simple.

If more than 10 days have elapsed since you attempted the registration process, you will have to re-register as your record will have automatically been deleted from the system.

Addendum added:

I just went and read this entire thread.  Amazing the number of people whom will jump to a conclusion just because my attention has been elsewhere lately.  Just to make the point clear here:  THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING I DO IN MY LIFE.  IT IS ALSO NOT THE NUMBER 1 THING I DO OR CARE ABOUT.

Bill, to be honest I don't even REMEMBER you, much less any conversation we might have had in the past.  NO ONE is banned from this site at all.  Only those people whom have not been able to follow the steps to properly register cannot post in the BOI.

Tony Basica,  no, nothing is selectively enforced.  As best I can, I try to be completely objective about what is said and do not care WHOM is saying it. What you may not understand is that I don't spend every waking moment reading every message in every thread here.  We're getting into my busy season with my own animals, and I have to give that priority.  Not to mention that in the VERY recent past, I have had to recover from James Thornton having the plug pulled on the server my system resided on, lease another server, build my site from scratch, lease yet another server when I found the first one to be inadequate, and all of the attendent minor brain-numbing details that all entailed.  And I should drop everything to smack someone on the wrist for making a duplicate thread?  Yeah, that sure should be tops on my priority list!  Not....

Moderation of this forum will be 'as time and interest allows'. If I hand you the tools to build your business and you instead chop your feet off, then that's the way it has to be.  I'm seen more than one person come in here and shoot themselves in the foot with their words.  In many cases, this has been well deserved, and I am not about to step in and pull their own feet out that are shoved down their throats.

I expect people to act like grownups.  And, like it or not, I am going to assume that everyone here acts like that.  I will step in on occasion to prune off some messages that are blatant violations or blatant slaps at any reasonable person's sensibilities, but for the most part I am just handing you all the tools to use however you deem best.

Yes, I can and will ban people that prove to be a complete disruption of this site, but so far I have not seen the need to do that.  Let me repeat this:  NO ONE IS BANNED FROM POSTING ON THIS SITE.
 
I have just gone into the ADMIN control panel and found Bill Cagle's registration record.  It list it as still awaiting authorisation (wish Ikonboard would spell that word correctly&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>.  I have manually approved his registration, as he never clicked on the link provided in the verification email sent to him.

He now has full rights to post messages on the BOI, if he chooses to do so.
 
Well said, Webslave. I'm glad everyone has an opportunity to be involved with the BOI. Thanks.

Paul Snyder
 
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Tony Basica,  no, nothing is selectively enforced.  As best I can, I try to be completely objective about what is said and do not care WHOM is saying it. What you may not understand is that I don't spend every waking moment reading every message in every thread here.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
The above is the webslave response to me about this subject.  All I have to say is that the webslave has be made aware MANY MANY times that, Chris Red ? Or who knows what his actual name is has repeatedly posted more and more NEW posts about the exact same situation, violating the BOI rules and guidelines also that he continues to post using a ficticious I guess "stage" name eventhough he admits that it is NOT his actual name again in violation of rules and guidelines set forth by the webslave.  Some people have their posts deleted immediately for not having their proper or full name but for some reason Chris whatever seems to be able to do whatever he wants on this board <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>  
Unfortunately I am glad that he has gotten the information out in public as the public deserves to know what going on but on the same hand if the rules of this board are not held to the utmost highest standards than it will become a useless tool <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>
 
Tony - quite frankly, if you don't like how I run things on the *free* board provided to you and everyone else, then you are welcome to leave.  I cannot and WILL NOT take my valuable time to track down the names people post to make sure they are legitimate.  How do you propose someone would do that?  For instance, how do I know YOUR name is really yours?  Require you to send me a copy of your driver's license?  There are over 800 registered members here now.  Do you think I should require that from ALL of them as well?

I've put in as many safeguards as I can to try to keep legitimate posters ONLY posting messages in here, but there isn't anything on this earth that someone can't circumvent.  So I am giving it my best effort, and that will have to be that.

As for those highest standards you mentioned, well aren't you looking a gift horse in the mouth over this?  Yes, I likely could more strictly control people whom access this site, but in order to do so, I would have to incorporate paid registration and have the payment method be the verification of someone's identity.  That will be a lot of time and work on my part to do that.  Are you willing to pay for it?  My time is valuable to me, so it won't be cheap.

I'm working on getting advertising working on this site so it can remain free to everyone, with the advertisers footing the bill.  Do you want me to drop that and go with paid subscriptions instead to try to uphold those highest standards you mention?  Or do you have another plan that would work instead?  How about paying me by the hour to do the work you want me to do?  Like I said, it won't be cheap, but I'm willing to listen to reasonable offers.

So far I have LOST money by providing this free site to everyone and gotten mostly grief from people whining because it's not perfect enough for them.  And I'm not even counting a dollar figure per hour that I have put in, to date, with maintaining this site.

So let me put this bluntly and to the point:  You either take this board AS IS, whether you like it or not, or you are welcome to leave at any time.  I believe the time and effort I am putting into it already is not worth the pay I receive, and I can see absolutely NO reason at all to expend any more of my time, energy, efforts, and money to do it any better than it already is.  If you want a PERFECT system, then by all means do it yourself.  I'm sure you will have a grand time at it, and it will be an effortless exercise for you.

So in closing, I have absolutely no incentive whatsoever to try to please everyone here.  You got one to offer?  WHY should I put more into this than I already have?
 
wow,,BITTERNESS,geez rich z. you have done an awsome job w/this site especially w/the whole james&prog. ideas  feiasco,i will not comment  further as i am bitter about this fellow texan doing this s$%t, to you & the herp comunity,but hey life goes on,this is an invaluable srv. for the ENTIRE herp comunity please keep up the good work and dont let ''people'' get at you,like you said if you dont like it LEAVE,,peace amigo thomas davis T&Sreptile farm
 
Dear Mr. Webslave, thank you for your email. I appreciate your explanation, but I attempted to register for days, doing the steps exactly the way you described. I have copied and pasted below the error message I received:

Sorry, you do not have permission to reply to that topic

You are currently logged in as BILL CAGLE



< <Go Back

When I tried to email you for help, this is the email I received. I have copied and pasted it below:

You are not allowed to use the messenger feature on this board

You are currently logged in as BILL CAGLE



< <Go Back

Here is the email you sent me this morning. I have copied and pasted it as well:
Bill,

There appears to be some sort of misunderstanding you are under concerning the
Board of Inquiry.  You are not banned from the site.  Never have been.  What
has happened is that when you registered with the Ikonboard message board
system, it sends an email to the email address you provided during the
registration process.  The purpose of this email is to verify that the email
address you provided is legitimate.  In order to complete the process, you
needed to click on a link within this email to send notification to the system
that the email actually reached you.  This then allows me to approve the final
step in the registration process and allow you to post messages.

Yeah, I know this sounds like a pain in the butt, but it is fairly effective at
keeping people from posting anonymously.  There are ways around it, of course,
but so far it seems to be working reasonably well.

I have manually gone into the system and found your registration record, which
indicated that the system was in limbo waiting for you to click on that link in
the email.  I bypassed that step and approved your registration.  You now have
full rights to post messages on the BOI or anywhere else on the
FaunaClassifieds site if you choose to do so.

To be honest, I did not remember any past discussions we had, so when you
claimed I had banned you from the site, I didn't have a clue what you were
talking about.  All you would have needed to do was to send me an email and
this would have all been straightened up right away.

The thread where I first became aware of your problem posting is at:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/cgi-bin....64;st=0

Take care.

--
Rich Zuchowski
SerpenCo
[email protected]
http://www.SerpenCo.com
http://www.CornSnakes.com
http://www.HerpShows.com
http://www.HerpWantAds.com
http://www.BoardOfInquiry.com

I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, but I definately followed all the steps, including the last step you spoke about above. It's funny that all of a sudden, this morning you fixed everything. Regardless of your reasoning behind this, thanks for giving me the ability to post again. I've had three different people call and tell me that they have had similar problems when dealing with you. Oh yea, and about you not remembering me, I can't give you the benefit of the doubt for that one. I don't believe that BS for one minute. As you boys say, "Just my .02". Thanks again for your explanation and your prompt attention to this matter.
 
Wow, I wrote an enormous message on here and have decided there really is no point in doing so.  Webslave keep on doing what you are doing, it is NOT your responsibility to keep all the posters that apparently CAN'T read and follow the very simple rules to post on this board that would make it an extremely useful tool to people searching for information.  I apologize for even bringing you into this, I've dealt with the same situation and it takes a massive amount of time and you are doing what you can.  

For everyone else, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you must make a new post simply go back and re-read how to PROPERLY post something, this is not simply a discussion forum, it is here to post positive and negative experiences in regards to specific breeders so that people looking to deal with them has more information before getting involved with that specific dealer.

Tony Basica's Weirdsnakes
BTW Yes my name is Tony Basica
 
Hey Rich....I didn't know you were from New York?? I just LOVE that attitude...it's PERFECT!
Tony...this is NOT a slam on you, because, as you already know...I like, and respect you and your business eithics....BUT, if you don't like the way some of these "mental midgets" post two or three times with different threads and different names...E-mail them directly, or slam them on here (like I just did with the "IBD - The Facts" thread below)!! It's NOT FAIR to Rich to expect him to police this board every second of the day! If these "folks" don't understand the RULES of this board, what can you do??? MAYBE, if you blast them on the bottom of THEIR OWN THREAD....MAYBE NOBODY ELSE WILL POST UNDER THEIR THREAD and they will just waste away! Well, we can HOPE, anyway! ....Neil
 
The messages you got trying to post on the message board and send emails within the ikonboard system are consistent with someone whom has not properly registered with the system.  Other people have had the same thing happen, so I am fairly familiar with this situation.  The record I saw when I manually checked the log also supports this conclusion.  Perhaps you hit a glitch by trying to register right when the old server got the plug pulled.  There is no way now to determine that.

But in any event, that's what I saw, and I manually intervened to correct the problem.  I couldn't do a thing about it until I was made aware of it even being a problem.  And this didn't happen until I just happened to stumble on that thread where this was mentioned.  Hate to admit it, but I'm not psychic and know every post that is made here and the issues involved.  If you had attempted to email me OUTSIDE of the message board system, this would have been resolved much sooner.

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Oh yea, and about you not remembering me, I can't give you the benefit of the doubt for that one. I don't believe that BS for one minute.
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Bill - Now just why would you think you would be so memorable to me?  You clearly have no idea how many people I talk to, and I'm sure each and every one of them believes their conversation was as important and memorable as you believe your's was.  Sorry, I just don't recall you.  I have a few past emails from you in my file, but beyond that, you didn't make any more impression on me.  Sorry if this hurts your ego, but that's the way it is.  There are far too many things I NEED to remember to even attempt at remembering every conversation I had with everyone.

To give you an example, I have over 9,000 email messages that I have archived since June, 2000. This does not include spam mail or ones I have deleted for one reason or another.  And this is in only one mail program.  I use three of them.  This also does not include phone calls nor conversations I have had with people at shows.  How many of those messages and conversations do you think I can remember?

As I said, this is not meant to belittle you, it's just that I just can't bother to even attempt to remember everything everyone says to me.  And apparently nothing you said was extraordinary enough to make a lasting impression on me.

As for it being BS, I can assure you that I do not deal in that substance.  And your belief is not necessary for this fact to be true.  I make it a point to try to make every statement I state as being the truth as I believe it.  Ask anyone whom knows me.

Take care.

p.s.  Please have those three nameless people you referred to contact me about those supposed problems they had with me.  I'm curious to hear about those issues.
 
First off .... THANK YOU !!!! very much Mr. Webslave .  I say this in the most sincere way I can think of for all your work and dedication to the site as I believe it to be extremely valuable to me and I am sure others feel the same way.  Second .... Bill Cagle .... Thank you for your post helping to clear up some of the confusion on all this mess, I was very glad to read your post in your own defense.  It does sound to me that Dale was quite possibly up to something the way he sold his animals to you and I am sure you know that old saying " if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is " but I know when I am dealing with another breeder I may give him a break because I know he will return the favor to me, but the way Dale just eagerly accepted offers of half or even more off his asking price ( which was already a discount already ) sounds like somethings either fishy or he wants to get into your pants ( I dont know his or your sexual preference ,nor do I care, I am using it as humor ..... dont take offense ).  If he knew the animals were sick and he had alot tied up in them, it would be a possibility that he decided to try and save himself by dumping the boas.  Maybe he knew they were sick but at the same time did not know it was IBD, Still not a good way of doing business, totally bypassing something known as proffesional ethics.  Now I think we need to get Dale on here to state his position.  Looking for ultimate responsibility in this is almost as bad as looking for a needle in a hay stack.


Gary Walsch
Sunshine State Reptiles
 
Hey Neil, I agree totally and have written directly to Rich apologizing also apoligizing on the end of the 3rd page of this post.  LOL, thanks for the compliment and I may try doing just what you've suggested LOL who knows LOL.
Tony
 
I am posting the report of Matts Boa that was purchased from ( DALE PECOLA ) of San Diego Vivarium. I personally delivered the snake to Bruce Bogoslavsky, the company's personal  Vet for necropsy. With IBD having a gestation period of 28 days, you can see that the snake had been exposed at a minimum of 18 days before Matt received the snake. I am not here to bash but just to clarify the fact that the source was not Matt nor Bill . This could happen to anyone who buys and sells Boas. But the disturbing thing is the denial and shifting of blame instead of the concern of the species,  customers,  and collections that may have received exposed animals. If you are not concerned with the animals or the hobby why be involved, there are plenty of ways to make a dollar.
Charles Barker
2052VETREPORT-med.jpg
 
THE FIRST THING I NEED TO DO IS APOLOGIZE FOR THE DEROGATORY STATEMENTS I MADE AT BILL CAGLE IN MY STATEMENT POST. REFERENCES LIKE STROKING THE SNAKE AND BEND ME OVER A CHAIR IS NOT THE WAY I SHOULD APPROACH THIS. I APOLOGIZE BILL. BUT, YOUR STATEMENT REGARDING THE BUYING OF THESE ANIMALS AT THE ATLANTA SHOW ARE FALSE.I HAVE WITNESSES WHO ARE TRYING TO POST, BUT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAD YESTERDAY.YOU, BILL IN A POST EVEN COMMENTED ON HOW
SUPER THE ANIMALS LOOKED.NOTE:THESE ANIMALS WERE
LOOKED OVER BY DR.JEFF DRAECEL IN MIAMI UPON BEFORE GOING ON TO ATLANTA,AND A FEW OTHERS.
 
SHAM, HUH?  IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL THIS? I DO NOT ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY, AS I KNOW IT IS NOT SINCERE. YOU ASKED TO HEAR FROM ME SOME MORE, SO HERE YOU GO.....

TODAY MY LAWYER SPOKE WITH MR. CHRISTOPHER ROWAN, OWNER OF PET CRAZY, A PET STORE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. THIS WAS A FRIEND OF DALES BEFORE HE ALSO GOT SCAMMED BY MR. PICOLLA AS WELL. MY LAWYER AND MYSELF HAVE BOTH SPOKEN TO MR. ROWAN, AND HE HAS GIVEN US QUITE A BIT MORE EVIDENCE. DALE SOLD ONE OF HIS BOAS THROUGH CHRIS' PET STORE, USING CHRIS' CREDIT CARD MACHINE, TO RECEIVE PAYMENT. DALE SOLD A BOA TO LINDA CAMERON FOR $1200 AND IT DIED TWO DAYS LATER. SHE HAS NOW REFUSED PAYMENT ON THE CREDIT CARD, AND CHRISTOPHER ROWAN IS NOW STUCK WITH THE BILL. DALE ALSO OWES MR. ROWAN $1000 AND HAS FAILED TO PAY THIS AS WELL. YOU ASKED FOR ME TO SPEAK DALE AND NOW I HAVE.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HERE IS MR. ROWAN'S PHONE NUMBER. YOU GUYS CAN CALL AND TALK WITH HIM YOURSELVES: (858)503-0037
I KNOW DALE, HE'S PROBABLY JUST ANOTHER "BAD GUY", RIGHT?!? IF YOU NEED ME TO SAY ANYMORE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK. I'VE GOT PLENTY MORE EVIDENCE WHERE THIS CAME FROM. WE CAN TALK ABOUT PET KINGDOM, ANOTHER PET STORE IN SAN DIEGO, IF YOU WANT ME TO GO ANY FURTHER. CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU, DALE.
 
I SOLD DWIGHT CAMERON 3 LARGE HEALTHY BOAS. THREE
WEEKS LATER HE CLAIMED THEY DIED. I HAVE YET TO RECIEVE A VET REPORT OR PICTURES. IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH AND A HALF. I DONT KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY DIED OT WHAT. I DO HAVE A FINANCIAL DISAGREEMENT WITH
CHRIS ROWAN. I WILL CONTACT HIM NOW THAT I NO WHERE
TO REACH HIM. PET KINGDOM SOLD A GUY I KNOW A BOA
THAT DIED FROM IBD. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED BY AVIAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL. THAT IS ALL I CAN DISCLOSE AT THIS
TIME
 
Dale and Bill....Haven't you children had enough?? Obviously, neither one of you have any interest in trying to fix this problem...all you two want to do is make sure everybody believes none of this started with either one of you! Great job, guys! You're really showing the rest of us how two "adults" handle a problem!! And then...duplicating it on the OTHER 10 or so posts on this subject! Very mature!! You guys can try and slam me all you want, but you're really looking foolish! Why don't you try another game, like....CONNECT THE DOTS!! I think we know where those "dots" will lead us!! IN CIRCLES!! ....Neil
 
I WONT SLAM YOU NIEL. YOU ARE RIGHT. I JUST HAD TO COMMENT ON THESE HARSH ALLEGATIONS. I APOLOGIZE.
ITS OVER HERE FOR ME. SORRY FOR THE HASTLE.

                      SINCERLY   DALE PICOLLA
 
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