| Author | Subject: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy |
| Mare | Posted At 13:33:50 04/12/2001
I am very happy with the snake and the service that I got from Jerry. He is very honest and concerned. I got a baby ball python from Jerry after waiting for quite a while. After checking references and asking lots of questions of Jerry, I finally decided to go for it. Jerry was always very happy to answer questions and made very sure that I knew what I was doing before selling me the snake. It arrived on time and in great condition. The snake is very far above what I expected and I am very pleased. To those of you who have posted about the numerous comments left for Jerry (I read through old posts) I can only say that I am leaving a seperate post 1)because when I was checking references, I did not bother with weeding through tons of old messages-I wanted something fresh and 2)in checking references, who wants to weed through old discussions about shipping practices, etc. Thanks, Mare |
| Webmaster |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2534.html Posted At 14:07:03 04/12/2001 Well, your last paragraph is certainly a catch-22! You would rather add yet another message about an identical topic and make yet another post someone will have to wade through rather than keep some continuity here by keeping all related posts in a single thread (or very few threads). This is not the way I had intended it, and unfortunately it's getting way out of hand. And considering the topics, I don't believe just deleting the older messages will be the way to handle this. There are a LOT of good informational threads that took place a while back, that certainly are no longer valid just because a certain amount of time has passed since they were posted. Besides, the reason I put a keyword search program on this forum was to allow people to seek out specific messages on the topic they were interested in, yet very few people seem to want to use it. I may have to consider some way to keep this a bit more stuctured so someone can more easily find a single location to read ALL posts about a particular topic, person, or business. This won't happen anytime real soon, but I can definitely see the need for it. So in the meantime, PLEASE use the keyword search program and try to find existing threads about what you are posting about and post there instead of creating a whole new thread. All you are doing is compounding the problem and making it more difficult for everyone else just because it is easier for YOU to do it this way. Oh, and by the way, the requirements here are for FULL NAMES. I don't know how many times I have to say this or how I can make the text any plainer right above the area where you are typing in the post. Flashing large red letters certainly gets on my nerves, but it may be needed if people keep claiming they didn't see the notices. |
| Sal Thomas |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2535.html Posted At 15:11:14 04/12/2001 When does use of the Board become abuse?....you wanted something fresh?...Jerry has a post only 7 posts below yours...that wasn't fresh enough?....being too lazy to use the tools/rules supplied by the webmaster is no excuse.....Jerry, you and your customers are going a bit overboard, don'tcha think?....your point has been made...why continue to try and hammer it home? Take it easy, Sal |
| Sal Thomas |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2536.html Posted At 15:22:40 04/12/2001 Here's my e-mail address...don't yell at me, Webmater...OK? |
| jerry tubbs |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2537.html Posted At 16:48:10 04/12/2001 sal, what is the part that bothers everybody(or you) bout putting me as a good guy ? i sell snakes and ask my customers if they are happy with the purchase after receiving the snakes whether it be the same day the next day or a couple weeks later to put up a comment or advertise me by word of mouth...... so they are is that a crime? some people post with out every being asked ...nowadays people say how can we check a seller out especially if its not like ralph davis or the barkers or real well known people ..well this is one way to do that .wouldnt you agree? so if it waste everybodys time and bothers so much then why not just skip over the post or a new post that says my name ?....its that simple ...... and to all of you that have purchased from me i appreciate your business and there will be more post added day in and day out about me so thanks for listening thanks www.jtsreps.com |
| Webmaster |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2538.html Posted At 17:12:25 04/12/2001 Jerry - Well, since you asked, I'll give you my two cents. Having a nearly identical message in favor of you posted nearly every day, regardless of it's being by different people, is cluttering up the board. There is no reason why someone can't just tag their message in a previous thread with something, like 'I agree', or something in a similar vein. This forum is getting quite large and I don't see any reason for it to get unnecessarily cluttered by repetitious new threads that say the same thing as the one posted a day before. I can understand it if you had threads referring to you months ago and someone just didn't take the time to use the keyword search to find a thread, but come on, the one before this one was only EIGHT lines down! The one before that THIRTY lines down, and the one before that only TWO lines down. Now we all know a lot of other dealers and sellers that have very good relations with their customers, but I have NEVER seen another instance of what I am now seeing in reference to you. I am glad that you have a bunch of of happy and satisfied customers, but the frequency and manner in which they are posting only looks like propaganda to most folks. So if you are requesting that your customers put in a good word for you here, that's perfectly fine by me, but you need to persuade them to append their messages to one of the MANY previously created threads here about you. I'm hearing more and more people complaining about the difficulty in finding what they want to read simply because of the volume of messages and those duplicate messages are only making things much worse. I really would appreciate your cooperation in this matter. |
| Sal Thomas |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2539.html Posted At 17:34:09 04/12/2001 Well said, Mr. Webmaster....and Jerry?...I don't mind people posting good things about you, why can't they do it correctly?...I do think you are starting to abuse the forum for your own good....people should want to post about you....not be lead to...and whatever point you're trying to prove, should have been proven by now....so can't you give it a rest?.....you've got a "fresh" thread now....can't you have all of your satisfied customers post here?...c'mon Jerry....nine posts in less than a month?....isn't that overkill?....keep up the good business tactics, Jerry...'cause that's what you're supposed to do...whether people post about it or not...remember? Sal Thomas |
| jerry tubbs |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2540.html Posted At 18:09:12 04/12/2001 thank both of you because i was beginning to belieave your was condemning me on having happy customers .but asfar as the under the same thred goes i have mentioned it to a few people but not others i figured they would know so i guess ya can say thats my fault .....but thanks for your help thanks www.jtsreps.com |
| Mare NEWLANDER |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2551.html Posted At 00:34:56 04/13/2001 Mr. Webmaster; first, let me apologize for not comprehensivly reading your lengthy rules and regulations for posting on your board of inquiry. (no sarcasm intended - I am a business woman and made a rather hasty decision to post quickly and only glanced at the rules). I erred in not posting my full name, which I have corrected above. I also realize now that you would have preferred that I post a message as a tag to a previous message and for not doing that, I apologize also. With that said, I must point out that you and Mr. Thomas have so graciously proven the point that I was trying to make; that a person who is looking for information on a seller encounters a mile long pile of Off Topic posts before they can truly get any information about the seller. In that and with this current message, I am contributing, but as you, Mr. Webmaster have set the precedent in this, I am only following suit. Might I suggest that if you, Mr. Webmaster, intend for this board to be a method of posting information about the validity of sellers and perhaps buyers, leave the posting to just that. My intention was to support a person who did very honest business with me. I wanted that information to be available to anyone who wanted to find it, not just the steadfast who was willing to weed through all the OT posts pasted to one persons comment. Jerry Tubbs is not my friend. He is not a relative. Prior to the purchase of this snake, I have not had any dealings with him. I have been talking with him via long distance for over a month and have found him to be the most reliable dealer I have encountered to date. That is not to negate those I have not dealt with and, rest assured, if I encounter another that I am happy with, I will voluntarily(underlined and italics) submit my comment. Did Jerry ask me to post a comment about him? As a matter of fact, after I asked if it was OK to post a comment at herpauctions.com and after asking if he knew of anyone with Hognose snakes (my species), he referred me to your sight. Now, Mr. Webmaster, I presume that you are a business owner. I am a business owner as well. In fact, I own a successful business in Southern California. I have learned that the very best type of advertising that I have available to me is a personal recommendation from a happy customer. Your sight was referred to me by Mr. Tubbs. In turn, I saw an oportunity to exercise my right to give my recommendation for the services that Mr. Tubbs offers. I did not follow the rules implicitly, but broke them inocently. I am sorry for the oversight but cannot believe that such an enormous can of worms has been opened over this. If you have any further comments on this or any other subjects, have mercy on those who were hoping to find this board full of information about sellers and email me privately; address provided above. Sincerely, Mary J. Newlander |
| Tom Chambers |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2692.html Posted At 11:54:16 04/18/2001 Funny how a "successful businesswoman" would misspell her own name! C'mon Jerry, is that you? No, wait....it can't be you....there is punctuation and some coherence. I don't believe for a minute someone would post an unsolicited "good guy" message when they can't spell their own first name correctly 3 times in the same thread! TC |
| Mary AKA Mare Newlander |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
2772.html Posted At 18:08:13 04/20/2001 Tom, I am so sorry to burst your self inflated little bubble, but there are those of us who often use our first names and nick names interchangebly. This is usually the case with people who have enough friends to warrant having a "nick name". My online name is usually Mare. That is the name that shows up when I email people. Most of my friends call me Mare. Just so that you are not confused anymore, on my birth certificate, my name is spelled M-A-R-Y. Mary. That is my legal first name. They are pronounced differently. Unfortunately, this board does not have a function whereby I can type the pronunciations phonetically, otherwise I would do so. This should not be hard for you to understand. Although I could be wrong, I would presume that your given name is really Thomas, not Tom. Forgive me that my nick name is so close in spelling to my given name that it has confused you. Please rest assurred that my previous post is honest and valid. If you are interested in checking references, email me offlist for information on my very SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. Sincerely, Mary AKA Mare J. Newlander |
| BrianB |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
4145.html Posted At 11:50:18 06/06/2001 email: bblalock[at]pacbell.net Personally, I think that it's OK if someone starts a new "good guy" thread if there is an existing "bad guy" thread about the same business/person. It makes a bit of sense to start a fresh thread. It's much nicer to read a new good guy post than to read a defense of a business in a 'bad guy' thread, as such responses are hard pressed to remain neutral and friendly. However, in this case, let me say that I'm pretty much tired of seeing new Jerry Tubbs threads. One "Good" and one "Bad" thread should suffice. If Mare/Mary is too stupid to a) read the rules of a moderated forum, b) interpret those rules in an inoffensive manner and c) to understand why people are irritated by the EXCESSIVE number of threads about Mr. Tubbs, then she's NOT HELPING HIM. See, you don't win people over by being a pain in the ass. Sorry about my unsolicited two cents, but this stuff is really a waste of space, and to be fair to Jerry, I think it's necessary to let him know that this kind of "help," attitude and all, isn't really making a strong case for him or his business. The best way to convince people to do business with you is to PERFORM. If you have problems, and you are unable to deliver, then you reset your customers' expectations, you deliver when you can, and you don't make any further commitments until you are in a position to do so. Anything less is unacceptable. Nowhere in there is there room for excuses. Frankly, if you have someone's animal or their money, they don't CARE about your problems, they care about their investment, and you need to make sure that they believe YOU care about it as much as they do. Get back to basics, Jerry, and you'll do OK. Best of luck. |
| Brian Blalock |
Re: Jerry Tubbs Great Guy
4180.html Posted At 19:09:31 06/06/2001 Just posting my full name for the above. email still bblalock@pacbell.net |