Hana, I think you hit the nail square on the head. That and being he's from New York City, they know all and are sure to let us know it. I think it was Drizzt80 that had a quote, "those that know the least will always know the loudest". So true.
5'2", 115lbs, and repetitively yappy. He's sure looking more 100% Maltese everyday.
Vinny, no one is going to ever take you seriously around here, not since the chicken offal argument and not now after your for sale ads, Susan's thread, and the Steve Irwin thread. You need to learn how to have a mature and constructive discussion before you can really get people to listen to and respect you.
All you've shown to us so far is stomping feet and yelling when people don't understand you or your posts. Most people around here who have kids, and those of us who don't, know you don't give quality attention to any child throwing a temper tantrum. You just walk off and let them make a fool of themselves.
For one, I can't understand 80% of your posts, and I worked in an elementary school as an aide I've seen a lot of weird writing. Spell checker is free and does help. Most of us ignore newbie posts where they can't halfway spell or use common basic grammar, let alone a 40+ year old man who "should" know better. It just makes it easier to read and comprehend, trust me. That little extra time you put into your posts reflects that much more on you.
For another, get a freaking digital camera. As Susan has pointed out for less than $200, and I'll bet for less than $100 you can get a decent digital camera. If you can sell $3000 snakes, you can afford a camera. People aren't going to buy weird-name morphs of snakes where the genetics is in question without pictures. Pictures would also help of these animals in question, the "Bandaid Corns".
And lastly, if you think cornsnakes.com is so bad....why are you here? Is it because Kingsnake's Cornsnake forum is 100x worse than us? There you can't have a debate/discussion without half of it getting deleted by the mods, here, only you seem to do that.
I think the snakes in question are very pretty, I would like to know more about their genetic makeup, but not with you at the helm. I'm glad that Rich Hume decided to step forward and enlighten us all about the "possible" causes for this look. I anticipate future discussion and pictures of the animals.
All you have managed to do with all of this hootin' and hollerin' is to lower your effectiveness as a business man all that much more. A man with pretty stuff isn't going to sell squat if he's an ass to everyone around him. I wouldn't care if these gorgeous snakes were $5, I wouldn't cross the street to buy one from you at this point.
There are lots of things that go into Respect in this business: humbleness, honesty, integrity, knowledge of their subject, basic intelligence, and a willingness to accept and participate in constructive criticism and learn from it. Some of those things you need to work on, I'm afraid. The big names you toss out right and left have our respect because they possess all of the above and more.
I'm not trying to be mean or snippy, just trying to throw some maturity out on the table. Like Susan was trying to do, I am offering insight and help into why people don't listen to or respect you. Its up to YOU to make the changes, not us. We do a darn fine job of accepting most everybody who comes our way.
Edit: I didn't vote for any as the snake doesn't look peach anything to me, it looks like a bunch of Bandaids stuck on a snake to me. Not to mention, its entirely too soon to be naming something with genetics still up in the air. Look at the Mocha-Lavender hoohah a few years ago.
