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Kinda like the photo contest that is up right now a fun way to get people involved. The prize is something i donated which im losing money on but its fun. Like when i give away coral to help someone out it makes me happy....

 

First paragraph, restated the gambling "its fun".

The BST is not dead. Other than this discussion post it bears 80% of the forums postings during summer months.

No one is threatening to do postings boycotting a live auction. Let's not get ahead of ourselves with the fear of intrusive postings.

So, other than the gamble of it, what is the benefit of a hobbiest auctioning their coral over barrter?

 

I'm not starting a fight. I just think more needs built on justifying expanding the clubs BST to BSTA. Than we want some entertainment. Many of the justifications I've heard are as bad as political campaigns. False facts (The BST is not dead) and justifications that sway from the actual subject (would raise membership numbers with the club).
I don't think expanding the BST to boost membership is the goal.

 

I dont agree with the gambling statement and know that you were quoting and didnt state it. When gamblng you rias losing your money without anything to show for it. Auctions, you control your own odds. If you are a responsible audult then auctions are a great way to get items far below retail. On two separate occassions i have purchased 10 or more frags off of ebay from the same sellers to save on shipping and got frags for 10 to 12 bucks a piece when averaging them out with the shipping costs. The only gambling i did was buying it sight unseen which sometimes the pics are photoshopped. My thoughts at this point are to let the board review at this point. Maybe the board will leave it up to the members via a vote? Either way i dont see why this is a big deal. It wont turn this website into ebay, the BST forumn didnt turn this site into craigslist. The misc forum didnt turn into a site where people are trying to hookup for "companionship" if it becomes a part of the GIRS site then if people dont want to participate then people dont have to. Only my opinion, but i do think there is merrit in removing the BST posta from the home page and keeping that to info relating to the hobby. The new site allows me to customize all the notifications i want and eliminate or not subscribe to things i dont want to read or participate in. This is a great group of people and i am grateful for all the help people have shown me the past year and a half. I wouldnt be successful without a huge trial and error rate without this forum. Thank you all who have been great to me. I dont see how an auction can ruin that piece of thisbin anyway.

 

Sorry for the typos. I am on my phone and that was incredibly long winded.

 

At what point does this "club" start to trade quantity over quality. All i have heard for years is how many members we NEED, how much traffic the site NEEDS, honestly its done nothing good for this club. I went to springfest this year, first event i could make it to in probably 3 years, it was like watching wolves on a slaughter. Whiever can buy whatever first, no knowledge on half of what was being purchased, half the people didnt even know what they were selling. I got into an arguement with a vendor selling "named corals" because he was yipping about another vendor who was selling "named corals" and that wasnt right, thats the pot calling the kettle black. Honestly this looks like a great business opportunity to those set up to sell frags, beings the biggest promoter has the tag "the frag man" seems abit obvious the motive, but what do i know. On a last note its sad to see some of the long time members leaving this "club" but i do understand their positions. We were here when the club only had 30 memebers, 600 dollars to our name, we built it from the ground up, each laying our bricks in the foundation, now it seems we built a corner frag market rather than a family friendly reef community

 

Very well said glaspie69

 

Me personally I get wrapped up in buying selling trading myself but with that said I would hate too see it become a marketplace with no substance at all about saltwater enthusiasts. I have been a member for years and seen lots of long time members fade away without really knowing why they left. Maybe some of the people who still have numbers of these folks should poll them and see what they would like to see since a lot of them were founding members with the insight to bring the club to the level it is now. Just a thought.

 

Eh i have a lot of frags from my overgrowth in my tanks saw i could change it so i did. No motive behind it. Truthfully i could care less if it goes through but it was just a new idea for the club. I started a thread where I DONATED so LRS food which i basically give corals away as it is now but its ok.

Im upset of the lack of activities in this club we used to do a bunch in the areas but with the lack of leadership we rarely do anything.. which i also took charge of in our area so we are actually doing stuff now.

So as for the name i typed in i most likely wouldnt be posting the auctions but you can assume what you want.

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There is that better

 

Are you thinking of CMAS @Kungpaoshizi ?

I heard they had an issue with that

 

The idea of sponsors only doing auctions is an interesting one but it would cut back on the number of auctions. On the other hand, I can see the "average joe" using it as a way to get rid of corals that grow too fast. For example: I have an SPS coral that grows fairly quickly, but i don't have a lot of room. I could use an auction to sell of the pieces I'd otherwise have to throw away. That way it's more fun then a B/S/T post that sells something for only $2. #reeftankproblems?

 

Could give away to new reefers
That's what I try to do, when possible

 

reading threw these posts, the club was never designed to be "profitable" and it would be just as easy to link girs in your forsale/auction posts on other forms/groups/ebay/clist to advertise and promote the club.. from what i read the potential sellers are concerned about the bottom line( money/profit) ( were not asking for it but wouldnt want to give a % dont want a cap, dont want a post limitation, requirement for participation that you must contribute positively to the club.

you could utilize tank tours to hold live auctions which would involve members new and old and promote the forum in a way that wouldnt clutter up the forums and be 100% BST&A

if your sole reason for being in the hobby is to try to frag, attempt to make money, i think your a bussiness not a hobbyist but thats just my personal oppinion. other than the money exchange where is the personal relationship/friendship/knowledge exchange? it turns it into a fight for the almighty dollar

i think it would be a bad idea for the club to seriously consider this let alone go ahead with this, im not shure if to many of you were part of the freshwater local clubs, but the buy sell trade and arguments within killed us and then the facebook groups came out and we all dropped like flies