Scarab wrote:

Mr T:

Think Scarab has become somewhat of a wise Elder in the Newbie Tarantula community

Careful careful there mate. That's all I'm good for, helping newcomers is something I love to do, but I tell you, no matter how "elder" I get, the more some people disgust me. But like my wise wife said, it's not a tarantula issue, it's a human issue...

ROFL... Somewhat true, though I would have said - "elderly wise@ss"

Sry, couldn’t help it, I just had to

Just an idea, putting it out there...
Why not create a "name and shame" area? We do that on my Gaming Forum...

Yes, it might be bad and people might take offense, but see it as this:

If you don't do anything wrong, why take offense? And if you feel that you have a valid excuse for what ever you did wrong, defend yourself. But as that might turn into a fight, dedicate a ref or mod to the fight.
If it gets heated, close the topic for a few days until everyone has calmed down. And then continue.

Fact of the matter is that this would help new guys (like myself) from not dealing with known "black hands" (as we call them) and thus contribute more towards the good, growing community.

I for one would not mind being named and shamed if I either stole, cheated or did something to offend someone. I feel it's right. If you don't like it, try to fix it or get out of here...

Anyway, my 2c...

@creator. Im always willing to help. Just not publically on the site, but rather via email. Dont like what it stands for. The only reason im still on here (and hate me for it if you like, but its the truth) is because its quite useful for selling stock that im breeding.
I agree fully with scarab that i have made some great friends from the site (some of which are long gone off here) and that is the only real advantage i have gotten out of the hobby.
As for the breeding loans, i only deal with a handful of people if i have males. Just sad that some of my boys have to die without mating just because i cant trust the people im sending them to. Will cause lots of trouble considering the current difficulty to import tarantulas. There are a few people with some nice spiders that feel the same as me and wont send males out anymore, causing the hobby to go backwards really when it comes to local breeding projects.
Ive been in the hobby and this site for over 3 years now, and in all honesty it has gone seriously backwards when it comes to honesty and morals.
Hope the "new generation" can handle themselves with the great migration of the "experienced" keepers out of the public hobby. Good luck to you all.

Ceratogyrus wrote:

@creator. Im always willing to help. Just not publically on the site, but rather via email. Dont like what it stands for. The only reason im still on here (and hate me for it if you like, but its the truth) is because its quite useful for selling stock that im breeding.
I agree fully with scarab that i have made some great friends from the site (some of which are long gone off here) and that is the only real advantage i have gotten out of the hobby.
As for the breeding loans, i only deal with a handful of people if i have males. Just sad that some of my boys have to die without mating just because i cant trust the people im sending them to. Will cause lots of trouble considering the current difficulty to import tarantulas. There are a few people with some nice spiders that feel the same as me and wont send males out anymore, causing the hobby to go backwards really when it comes to local breeding projects.
Ive been in the hobby and this site for over 3 years now, and in all honesty it has gone seriously backwards when it comes to honesty and morals.
Hope the "new generation" can handle themselves with the great migration of the "experienced" keepers out of the public hobby. Good luck to you all.

Its wise to not get too cought up in the politics! hence my position! lol

Hope the "new generation" can handle themselves with the great migration of the "experienced" keepers out of the public hobby.

AMEN...

Sorry to hear about this. People like this should be exposed! Is the person from this site?