• 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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    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....

would like to know....

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How do you people on the BOI find all the dirt on someone?

I know some of it comes from different members of different forms, But how else do you get it?

to the mods, admin. sorry if this is in the wrong spot.
 
Well, most of the information posted is firsthand experience that is had with the person or company in questions during a business transaction. There are some that always have to throw their personal opinions about the person in the mix, even though they have never had any dealings with the person that is the subject of a BOI thread. As a reader here, one soon learns to distinguish fact from someone's personal opinion.
 
If they're a dealer, you can try the search function in the "boi" area. Try searching for various things, like their last name, name of company, or whatever you have. If nothing comes up, you can post an "inquiry" (read the rules of the form)

I'll second what KelliH said about personal opinions, but it can work both ways. I've decided to do business with someone who has a bad rep on the BOI (er, or I would if I could figure how to not induce heart attack levels of stress importing snakes from the US) because the bad rep they got were obviously from one guy and bis buddies grinding the grudge axe, and he also had some good feedback. So, make sure you have proof if you plan on posting something, and try not to let the drama spiral out of control.

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Google is a handy tool, as is IP addresses and Emails.

There are lots of ways to "get dirt" on people here.


What people seem to forget, is, the internet isnt private, and that can really catch someone who's let their guard down thinking theyre safe behind a name change or other such things.
 
ya, sometimes I worry I post too much personal information online. It's one of the reasons I wasn't thrilled at having to list my real name here, but what the heck. I have nothing to hide, and I don't think you're at anymore at risk of some stranger stalking you via the internet than, say, the grocery store. *shrug*.

I have had fun googling e-mails in the past though, someone has posted their age on an unrelated form and couldn't figure out how I knew their birthday.
 
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