Thanks Everyone...

[targa81]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Personally I am glad that Oceanic Corals will no longer be using Canreef as an advertising media to promote their sales. OC promoting their business was starting to overwhelm the posts on Canreef.

What?? I personally love seeing the new pics of livestock and would suggest that this site is a great medium for reaching your target customers. I hope you reconsider leaving Canreef , I would be concerned that it may not be in your best business interest and as a valley reefer I have a vested interest in seeing OC thrive.I think the negative posting from your competition should have been kept in check. Whether you stay or go Paul a newsletter mailed out to all your existing customers with livestock notification sure reminds me your around(hint).

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Personally I am glad that Oceanic Corals will no longer be using Canreef as an advertising media to promote their sales. OC promoting their business was starting to overwhelm the posts on Canreef.

As a competitor, I am still sorry to see them leave.

The people and staff of any forum make the site.

The site gets larger due to the administrator and staffs diligence, and the visitors input. Unless the site solicits donations, they need sponsors.

Server space and bandwidth needs to be paid for, site owners need to make something from the site for all the time they put into it behind the scenes.

I can honestly say OC, is/was one of the few vendors that actually cared enough to answer questions, not only advertising when they had something to sell.

Sorry to see you guys go,

Ken - BWA

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

As a competitor, I am still sorry to see them leave.

The people and staff of any forum make the site.

The site gets larger due to the administrator and staffs diligence, and the visitors input. Unless the site solicits donations, they need sponsors.

Server space and bandwidth needs to be paid for, site owners need to make something from the site for all the time they put into it behind the scenes.

I can honestly say OC, is/was one of the few vendors that actually cared enough to answer questions, not only advertising when they had something to sell.

Sorry to see you guys go,

Ken - BWA

Posts like this from other vendors I am sure means lots to Paul right about now, Paul and myself know how challenging it is to create a viable business in this industry... If vendors just stuck together instead of back stabbing each other it would only benefit vendors and customers in the end.

Kudos to you for setting competition aside and putting in an honest intelligent opinion.

Ian

[bhazard1]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Personally I am glad that Oceanic Corals will no longer be using Canreef as an advertising media to promote their sales. OC promoting their business was starting to overwhelm the posts on Canreef.

No one forces you to click through to their sponsorship forum!

I'll spell it out for you.

T h e -- s p o n s o r s-- p a y -- f o r -- u s -- t o -- b e -- a b l e-- t o-- p o s t-- h e r e-- f o r -- f r e e.

Was that slow enough for you?



It'd be great if you made the same decision to not post on Canreef!

[Chaloupa]

Originally Posted by bhazard1

T h e -- s p o n s o r s-- p a y -- f o r -- u s -- t o -- b e -- a b l e-- t o-- p o s t-- h e r e-- f o r -- f r e e.

I so agree. A site this large with the number of active/posting members FREE? The sponsors pay for us to surf this site.....if the few jacka$$'s who have sent this sponsor packing would like to cough up the sponsorship fee's that would be great...otherwise, use your head and realize that it's a priviledge for us to be here....not a right. A sponsor pays to be here, in return gets to ADVERTISE. So advertise away. That's their RIGHT. As was once said, if you don't like it, DON'T CLICK.

I am sad to see Oceanic Corals go. I have purchased corals, I have grilled them on skimmers, I have picked their brains.....and they will be sorely missed by many, myself included. I own a business, I was contemplating sponsorship on Canreef...but don't want to be under the fire that this company was put under because, "heaven forbid" they want to advertise their stuff.

Sorry to see you go, but still hope that you will reconsider! There are sooo many good people, and only a few rotting turbo snails.

[Bloodasp]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

Personally I am glad that Oceanic Corals will no longer be using Canreef as an advertising media to promote their sales. OC promoting their business was starting to overwhelm the posts on Canreef.

I don't know how you describe overwhelming but I don't consider 1 or 2 threads a week started by vendors to be overwhelming. They may be long threads sometimes but that's because it does make more sense to post pics of what you are selling rather than just describing it. And also people do post questions in those threads too. And if you don't like to read them it does say who started the thread.