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Re: hippiechick [Re: fresh313]
    #5394700 - 03/13/06 10:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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we do it for the love and not for the $.




Exactly my point.


All I'm saying is that I'm probably not going to donate money to the shroomery now. I think instead I will donate it all to the torrent sites I frequent. I know, its not like my 50 or 100 dollars matters that much, but now I just feel differently. This isn't the community I thought it was, obviously. And knowing they take money from people and aren't looking out for the shroomerites, disappointing.


Doesn't mean I will delete all my posts, or stop answering the few questions I can for people. I also didn't spend a crap load of my time putting together awesome teks and giving things away to people.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: mycogirl]
    #5394703 - 03/13/06 10:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

look u gotta understand , Shroomery supports itself with banners, advertising, thats what makes the world go 'round on the internet. they cant say Oh your prices suck so we wont take your money to support our site. whos gonna pay for the servers the bandwidth then, the Users definately cant support the whole thing, i think u underestimate the costs involved in keeping this community alive.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: mycogirl]
    #5394760 - 03/13/06 10:38 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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A bunch of people were praising this new sponsor - she notices they are charging twice as much as other sponsors for the same products, and charging 50% more for hygros than they retail. Anyway, she basically said peace to the shroomery and deleted all her posts. I'm glad I've already read most of them.




more like welcoming a new sponsor. a little early to praise him.

mycoshack made a post with this:
Also we're still offering the Taylor 1459 Remote Wireless Temp/Humidity Gauge but we've found a better supplier, so they are now $45. Anyone who has already ordered will receive a partial refund and a free culture syringe. We apologize for the inconvenience!

-- see, but hippiechicl jumped the gun and went ahead and deleted her posts, this whole issue is just tragic and this new sponsor seem to be no worse than others here anyways and I for one welcome him here as new sponsor

this whole drama thing -- just sad


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Re: hippiechick [Re: fresh313]
    #5394770 - 03/13/06 10:42 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

"You'll be assured timely service at a reasonable price, and by supporting our sponsors you'll be helping to support The Shroomery as well."

http://www.shroomery.org/sponsors.php

I know the shroomery needs money to run. I understand that. I understand we need sponsors. So maybe this line on the sponsor's page should be slightly amended to say something else.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: mycogirl]
    #5394906 - 03/13/06 11:31 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

it's such a non issue...
HC was indeed standing up for all of us and i think made her point rather well... and that's that!
roadkill was also doing his job and suggested she should calm down since she made her point... he wasn't backing the sponser which is also pretty darn good... just keeping the order!

she just kinda over reacted that's all
i'm sure we're all behind her on this one (including shroomery staff!)
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Re: hippiechick [Re: fresh313]
    #5394931 - 03/13/06 11:35 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

fresh, alot has changed here... alot for the better, so you're right, it does cost alot to keep this maintained and to subsidize the time and effort and energy that our administrators devote to this site.  I do remember a day before there were any banners here though.

Although I agree hippiechick is overreacting by deleting her posts, I think I can understand a reason she might do it.  If I felt that the shroomery began advertising businesses that take advantage of the community that I had spent alot of time helping, I might not want to be part of the shroomery, or have any part of what goes on here.  And thogh it is obvious we do advertise rip-off companies here, I choose not to care because the shroomery has become a monstrous hodgepodge now, not a simple community...

SOoo theres no reason to reduce what little actual content is left on this site. :frown:


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Re: hippiechick [Re: mycogirl]
    #5395060 - 03/13/06 12:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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fresh313 said:
we do it for the love and not for the $.




Exactly my point.


All I'm saying is that I'm probably not going to donate money to the shroomery now. I think instead I will donate it all to the torrent sites I frequent. I know, its not like my 50 or 100 dollars matters that much, but now I just feel differently. This isn't the community I thought it was, obviously. And knowing they take money from people and aren't looking out for the shroomerites, disappointing.



We do take money, because the site requires money to maintain and grow. However, it is quite disheartening to hear that you believe we aren't looking out for shroomerites in so doing. I can only offer you my words of assurance that all of the admins and sponsors' forum moderators make a strong honest effort to ensure that vendors are operating in an ethical fashion and treating their customers professionally and respectfully. We take all complaints seriously and have dismissed sponsors in the past due to inappropriate business practice and will continue to investigate any concerns regarding our current group of sponsors.

As for pricing, that is largely up to the vendor - and it is the responsibility of any good consumer to shop around. This is the internet afterall, so one can compare prices at any number of online outlets, Shroomery Sponsors or not, without even moving from their chair! While I do empathize with the desire to help propogate the mushroom culture and help others interested in cultivation by offering altruistic deals and advice, I do not hold pity for those who would jump to purchase the first item they see at any retailer, without learning for themselves what the general pricing trends are for the given item. Hell, I keep items in my Amazon shopping cart for MONTHS sometimes, so that I can keep a ready list of that which I'm interested in, yet still have time to compare the prices of those items elsewhere before deciding to hand over my money. Ultimately, it is always up to the consumer whether or not a vendor's price is "too high" - because if it in fact is, not many will pay it and the vendor will then have to either lower prices or go belly up!


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look u gotta understand , Shroomery supports itself with banners, advertising, thats what makes the world go 'round on the internet. they cant say Oh your prices suck so we wont take your money to support our site. whos gonna pay for the servers the bandwidth then, the Users definately cant support the whole thing, i think u underestimate the costs involved in keeping this community alive.


This is also very important to consider. Seven or eight years ago when we had little to no banners on the site, our hosting costs were equally as benign in comparison to the mammoth stack of circuitry and juice that needs to keep this site steamin' ahead today. As the person primarily responsible for managing our assets and costs, I can tell you that in 2005, the Shroomery expended over $33.3 thousand dollars to maintain this website as well as add new features and hardware. That's a pretty pack o' pennies, and it's only going to become a heavier burden as we gain in girth, users, and monthly traffic.

So please, keep the feedback coming, let us know when you feel that we are doing things wrong, but I also ask that you trust us enough so that we can make decisions with the best interests of the community at heart. This won't equate to preservation, as change is inevitable.. but I promise that I will do what I can, within my available time, to ensure that we put serious thought and consideration into the ongoing management of our growth. This place will never be exactly what it was or what it is, and what it will be is many different things over many different times. Sorry for gettin' a little tangental here, but it's just not very fun to see people saying things about us such as "knowing [we] take money from people and aren't looking out for the shroomerites."

We try.
We make mistakes.
We try again.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: geokills]
    #5395077 - 03/13/06 12:22 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Geo do you think that vedor was ethicaly and moarly right for doing the things he was called out on?


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Re: hippiechick [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
    #5395119 - 03/13/06 12:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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Geo do you think that vedor was ethicaly and moarly right for doing the things he was called out on?




and spesifically posting that 7th flush pictures thread (even i noticed how fishy THAT was...)
that kind of advertising should be banned (if it's not already) becouse it's too agressive and out of place! that's not what growlogs and pictures should contain...


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Re: hippiechick [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
    #5395123 - 03/13/06 12:37 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I'm not involved with their business and I have no idea what type of overhead costs they have to handle. Nor do I consider myself an expert on the prices of various supplies used for mushroom cultivation. Quite frankly, it is not my place to tell a third-party vendor what they can or can't charge.. I only expect them to treat their customers professionally and with respect, and for their products to do as advertised. If they can't do that, they'll be out of here pretty quick. People will pay what people will pay and businesses will have to adjust accordingly, that's just how capitalism works. Of course a monopoly brings forth greater concern, but I'd hardly consider MycoShack as having a monopoly on the grow medium market.. whenever people PM or email me asking questions about supplies I simply tell them they might find what they're looking for at www.shroomery.org/sponsors.php or if they have a large discount retailer nearby like a Wal-Mart, they should go there first. It's up to the consumer to make their choice, not the vendor and certainly not me.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: Burke Dennings]
    #5395130 - 03/13/06 12:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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PLUR, LOL said:
Nice comparison.  I was just thinking how MycoShack's selling of over-priced hygrometers is very much like the war in Iraq. 

To MycoShack:  DROP PRICES, NOT BOMBS.




:lol:

This is ridiculous. Hippiechick needs to unbunch her panties.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: lukeboots]
    #5395141 - 03/13/06 12:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I had a good laugh on that one, too.  :smile:


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Re: hippiechick [Re: geokills]
    #5395143 - 03/13/06 12:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I agree Geo! Its just sad we got to deal with a shmuck like that.

Any buisness man would have had everything all neat and in place and figured out before he even opened for buisness..... I dunno its just not cool or profesional in my book. I would expect to see profesionals selling to the newbs, not just newbs selling to newbs.....


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Re: hippiechick [Re: Simisu]
    #5395154 - 03/13/06 12:47 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

> and spesifically posting that 7th flush pictures thread (even i noticed how fishy THAT was...)

I have spoken at length with the given vendor all morning, and have provided my council as to how I feel they could improve upon their marketing.  As for this "seventh flush" thread.. where is it?  I just did a couple searches for "7th flush" and "seventh flush" and nothing seemingly related is coming up.  I should note that in speaking with one of representatives of the vendor in question, they have stated they did not personally report, post, or encourage this 7th flush story... whatever and wherever it may be.

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Re: hippiechick [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
    #5395156 - 03/13/06 12:48 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

i do agree with geo on the point that it is NOT the shroomery's responsibility to police the vendors, that would be ridiculous. I just dont think threads complaining about those vendors that reflect negatively on them should be closed.


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Re: hippiechick [Re: vivid]
    #5395168 - 03/13/06 12:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)



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Re: hippiechick [Re: Simisu]
    #5395180 - 03/13/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

uhm i dont see that vendor posting anywhere on that thread+ is room4shroom and mycoshack same person?


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Re: hippiechick [Re: vivid]
    #5395225 - 03/13/06 01:15 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

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I just dont think threads complaining about those vendors that reflect negatively on them should be closed.




Thats why I didn't close that thread.

I usually don't close a thread til its a flamefest or full on trolling of the Vendor...in that forum.

I'd like to see people post complaints in a more professional and business like way...
rather than some of the immature and childish posts that are sometimes posted.

I mean come on...
You don't walk into a business and say half the crap that you see posted in the Vendors forum.
In the real world most people handle themselves in a professional way.

Imagine me walking into Home Depot and saying...
You fucking assholes ripped me off...your Vermiculite fucking sucks balls I want my money back now biotch!~
They would look at me like I was fricken insane...and tell me to leave their store.

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I entered that thread in the Vendor forum to cool HC's jets...a notch.
All she had to do was address the issue and behave.
She chose to keep trolling and pestering the Vendor...an attack.
She was attacking Mycoshack!~
I know this for a fact...because she told me so in pm's.

So don't think for a minute that she wasn't attacking them...because she was!~

I'm pretty upset over this ordeal...
I probably lost a good friend over doing my job...because I won't be biased when it comes to following the rules.
Anyone that breaks the rules in the forums that I moderate will be held accountable...even my friends and family.



sometimes it sucks to be me!~

have a nice day!~

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Re: hippiechick [Re: shriek]
    #5395227 - 03/13/06 01:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

i dunno... but it's fishy as hell...
and quite frankly even if it is genuine i don't think that style of post should be allowed on that forum...

whatever though... it doesn't make much diffrance really... geo is right and people should judge for themsleves!
i just hope we won't suffer the same fate as OG did (and i'm talking about prebust OG... the cesspool of misinformation and no standards... sure it had lots of good but it also had way too much bad)

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Re: hippiechick [Re: shriek]
    #5395229 - 03/13/06 01:18 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

> is room4shroom and mycoshack same person?

Highly unlikely, there is no IP or information match that would lead me to suspect as such - not to mention that the vendor apparently didn't know of the thread until people started calling him out on it recently.  Also, that Room4Shroom guy's been around a while and has decent ratings.. I just think this is getting a little blown out of proportion imho.


> i just hope we won't suffer the same fate as OG did (and i'm talking
> about prebust OG... the cesspool of misinformation and no standards


Me too.  It'll require diligence from all of our knowledgeable and helpful users to combat - because as any community grows, the potential for conflicting information will increase.  Let's just do our best to keep that from happening.. in a cool and collected manner of course! :grin:


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