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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Travis G, Mar 15, 2013.

  1. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    How do I get a refund for my membership?
     
  2. Kungpaoshizi Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Obama has to approve the request...
     
  3. jstngates Experienced Reefkeeper

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    There is no refund
     
  4. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Thats stupid, pay a fee to be a "member" get treated just the same and no benefits out of it and no refund for not being satisfied with what uve paid for....
     
  5. nickbuol Here fishy, fishy, fishy...

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    Travis, no denying that you've rubbed some people a little wrong here, and probably have been treated a little harshly for your actions/comments.


    However, the recent thread that got closed even raised an eyebrow with me, and I am pretty mild-mannered. I am fairly sure that it was in jest, so I didn't respond to it, but please understand that this society (G.I.R.S.) needs to look at all discussions and comments and make judgements as to how to proceed with those comments and the people that made them.


    Taking a friendly discussion on firearms and then commenting on going to a frag fest and nowing who to shoot first? Not cool.


    As someone with almost 1000 posts, you've gotten value out of the society, and I wouldn't expect the board to give a refund, even if someone decided to leave on good terms. Maybe talk to your tax advisor and see if your "donation" to GIRS is tax deductable, not that will mean much if anything on your tax refund, but that is about all you have should you choose to leave.


    Now, with all of that said, I hope that you sitck around... I really do. You obviously interact with a lot of people here, and that dynamic would be missing if you left.


    Now, as for the no benefits thing. I got into Fall Fest for free for being a member, and can do the same at the Spring Fest. I also just went on a tank tour that was open to members. That was pretty fun too. Being a member also allowed me to do a successful group purchase through Live Aquaria to same on shipping. So being a paying member does have its benefits. It is up to each of us to utilize them.
     
  6. blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

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    The benefits were there, sorry you didn't take advantage of them.

    But you can't blame the club for your mistakes in making a very immature post about a serious topic and getting your thread closed. Get over it and move on. Anyone making that kind of post would have gotten the same treatment. You are not being singled out for anything, I assure you of that.
     
  7. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Im not the one who started it... I was called out for having questionable motives. WTF is that??? I was just asking aome damn questions. People feel they need to jump in and say "I won't tell people where I live, what I kwn or what I carry", or "someone asking what people carry or own makes me thing they have questionable motives" acting like im a damn terrorist or something. If you didnt wanna say what you have, carry, own, live, drive, read, listen to, watch atay the HELL outa the conversation. People have a bug up their *** to $hit on my threads cause they dont like me... thats fine but stay away from my threads. Dont like me? Dont read what I put. I simpky was sparking conversation about the most common thing in AMERICA. guns. 99% of people like em and 1% are hippies.... I was making a pojnt that there are too many people that are scared of their own shadow and think the worlds out to get them.
     
  8. Tickyty

    Tickyty Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Dude I don't know you but from what I see you are always in the middle of some "ISH".
     
  9. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Story of my fuggin life
     
  10. xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

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    You wont find anyone more pro gun then myself.

    But when you start making stupid comments, what do you expect?

    You need to realize the society we live in and realize this is not a gun forum, it is a reef forum. Many many people are offended by talk like that, and I can realistically see a handful of people not attending the fest now because they think some crazy guy just might show up and shoot the place up.

    Maybe you should start thinking before you post. No one is out to get you, take the tin foil hat off. You bring it all on yourself.
     
  11. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    if people dojt show up because of a comment that was made out of SARCASM and not directed in any way shape or form that I was gonna go to the fest and shoot
     
  12. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    It up are a bunch of over paranoid cry babies. I never said I felt like the world was out to get me. I KNOW people hate me. Oh well. I just dont understand why people **** on my threads.... I wouldn't EVER have a problem if people left me alone and only commented of it was RELAVENT to the topic...
     
  13. xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

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    How do they know it was sarcasm?


    How about the colorado movie theatre people, or workplace shootings?





    The point is, in this day and age, you cannot say anything like that. Someone that is such a gun lover should realize that. Again, realize the society that you live in now.



     
  14. nickbuol Here fishy, fishy, fishy...

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    Hey Travis, I am not even sure that someone was "calling you out" about open carry. However, I get what they are saying too. You can easily find a lot of videos on YouTube about someone being confronted by police because they are legally open carrying. They may have the legal right, but it is scaring the crap out of people, and with the camera rolling, you know darn well that they are doing it to stir things up and to get into a legal dispute with the cops. I think that was the intent of those comments, maybe not.


    Like I said, I am not against you. I certainly don't have a whole lot in common with your discussions, but I'm cool with you staying around here. I just wanted that said (about you staying arond) before this thread gets closed down too (Probably my fault for bring up the gun thread. Sorry).
     
  15. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    I realize the world I live in. People are over paranoid. Did I freak out and cry because tickyty said he was gonna shoot me?


     
  16. jstngates Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Even the slightest threat of talking about shooting someone will get you arrested. I love guns too but it wasn't right.
     
  17. blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

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    Totally different contexts between Ty's post and yours man.

    Tickyty was setting up a scenario to give you his opinions on open carry, and why he felt it was a negative thing. Maybe give you some more insight to the topic that you had not thought about. Open carry had come up in the thread, so it wasn't really an off topic post. Nothing demeaning to you at all. Nothing that I would call "****ting on your thread"


    You strait up said



    Very poor choice in words whether they were serious or not. Its the times we live in, and you just have to realize that you can't say those types of things. Nobody here really knows you man. You're just another guy with a screen name sitting behind a computer. You tend to take comments a little too personal and end up "****ting" on your own threads just as much as everyone else.
     
  18. Travis G

    Travis G Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Ok. Well delete what was said. I apologize for saying something that sounded threatening. It wasnt meant for that. Revoke my membership to ensure I wont go to any fests. I will no longer be posting anything this forum as I cant seem to word things correctly. Once again I apologize for being an asshat and not thinking my typing out. I hope you all peace and love. And no hard feelings.

    Have a great weekend
     

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