Yeah, it's the thread that wouldn't die...
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Originally Posted by saltcreep
Much is made of the collectors, exporters, importers, and LFS, but I don't here a peep on these boards when a hobbyist purchases a product that is unsuitable or at risk. Apparantly that is taboo. I agree that most of you are ones that actually care, but make up the minority of trade.
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Even gently scolding a newbie is a risk, especially one that you have the thinnest relationship with (as in on this board). Telling a guy that he's an idiot for buying that CBB when everyone told him not to, is going to get him ****ed off and most likely gone for good, making his mistakes on his own from here on in... Or that anemone, or that tang, or that dragonette, etc etc etc...
It's only the people you know who'll take correction from you, and even then, it's easy to take offense and leave. Nobody is
trying to kill anything, it just happens...
You actually do see a tremendous amount of restraint on this board, when it comes to chiding people for unsuitable purchases, mostly before the fact. Sometimes I want to lay a lashing on folks, but hey, I'm no expert either. When the experienced reefers do step in with stronger advice (and where the heck IS
Van anyways??) even that is taken wrong. Some of the best advice I've seen has provoked the idiots it was intended for.
(No offense intended of course...
I think we need a Don Cherry for the reefing community - to tell it like it is.
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