For Sale Convict colony ...$385 shipped

I've been in the club for 8 years. It's the guys who have been in the club for years speaking out. And we all feel this way. I didn't pay the last couple of years because of people like this trying to beat the system. It needs to get fixed and I think we can move it in the right direction. Being down in Florida your never gonna be at the events. Your selling a 400 dollar coral I wouldn't pay 50 for. And to top it off you said your a dealer. It's the club rules. Too many guys abused it. And it's not far for business owners who sponsor and pay their dues to have to compete with someone who won't pay their membership fees. It protects club members too. Too many people are out to make a buck and sell something bad. Your in florida. We are up here in iowa. Nothing is known about you. Pay the fee and your welcomed to sell whatever. I'm not on the board. I'm a regular member.

 

Don't make another account to shade this one. This isn't exactly a dump group of corn shucking rednecks. Every time someone joins just to BST they get hazed out the door. Just like the the guy flipping equipment off Craigslist.

 

This thread is funny.. I was one of the original founders of this club a LONG time ago.. This started as a group of hobbyist to sit in Dan Hinch's garage and BS... Pretty amazed and proud how big this has become.. Although I left the hobby for awhile, I have come back and this club is stronger then ever.. Insults to some of the long time contributors is completely uncalled for.. Especially people like xroads who is always helping everyone out.. So you sir, have the wrong attitude for this hobby.

 

Wow, cmon guys lol.. Though the guy might be in Florida, who cares? So he posted a coral for sale, that's a contribution right? I think so.. Though I still enjoy being part of the club, I don't think he's completely in the wrong. I definitely don't agree with the 'you can't sell on here if you're not a member'. I can see how it might be a good idea, but with all the new ways of selling stuff online, who cares. I myself think that coral is definitely awesome, not sure I would pay that much though.

I've never been a social person, so the BST is the best part of the site to me. It's like-minded individuals in the hobby, who are here for a common goal. True, there is multiple aspects of the hobby, fragging, buying/selling, education, conservation, progressing a very in-depth field that is not widely studied... But we should be WELCOMING everyone, because only together will we keep the hobby a hobby, versus some small group of people that can't get along with the rest of the world, then it goes stale, then people find other avenues for their 'main fix' for local saltwater stuff. I've already met a few people who have started new sites/groups on fb that don't like GIRS. That's pretty depressing to me.

But again, not my rules, but I know people will leave if those 3 things are pushed because there is other places, and they're growing, that people can do the same-- for free.
Implement a rules that prevent that, or you have to be a member to post sales, or require a sponsor fee and you sacrifice the networking between people.(which I think 100$ is pretty high too, 10 sponsors is enough at that rate to host the website for a few years easily) If it's not we should look into better hosting lol.. (I do IT, and you can host a website for like 10-20$ a year now) Though there is events, etc, that have to be paid for, I would bet the table fee's pay for the building. (someone said it's like 500$ to even host a table?!)

I myself would love it if someone would post corals on here that is friends with an importer. Dunno if that guy is, but being in Florida, I bet he's "closer to the action".

I think the trash talking on both sides is worse than some guy out of state posting a sale.