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    Before you give advice...

    Please, before you give advice, make sure you have the knowledge and/or experience to back up the information you provide. There are more and more new people coming into the hobby and joining this fine forum every single day. These people often look to the members here to help them find the answers to simple and sometimes not so simple questions. If you aren't 100% sure then its probably better to either not post on the thread or to point them to the care sheets or FAQs on this site or the stickies at the top of each forum. These resources were put together by some of the smartest people I know. Nobody will think any less of you if you don't answer a question or help a new member. Its more important that the person get the CORRECT answer that will help them best take care of their new pet.

    Hope this makes sense and helps further the goal of this community!

    Jamie

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    Well said....


    ....Jamie, you seem to like giving "Public Service Announments" these days.....

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    Quote Originally Posted by daniel1983
    Well said....


    ....Jamie, you seem to like giving "Public Service Announments" these days.....
    Anything I can do to help out this community and the hobby. Its all about the passion for the animals

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    here here!!!!
    When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban
    "for the discerning collector"



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    Re: Before you give advice...

    well, i cant help feel bad because i think this thread was started because of me. i gave someone bad advice about mite treatment that i was just told by some people and had no experiance with it. I will not give anymore advice without knowing fully what i am saying. I appologize for my mistake and it wont happen again.
    thanks

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    Quote Originally Posted by djansen
    well, i cant help feel bad because i think this thread was started because of me. i gave someone bad advice about mite treatment that i was just told by some people and had no experiance with it. I will not give anymore advice without knowing fully what i am saying. I appologize for my mistake and it wont happen again.
    thanks
    Not only was it not about you, it was not meant to cause anyone to feel bad about themselves. Just to provoke thought so that everyone here can grow as reptile keepers!

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jglass38 again"........ Dang-it.
    Grey Scale is a good thing...

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    Re: Before you give advice...

    and it's not the first (or the last) time a thread like this will grace our forum.

    reminding people to know what it is they are sharing is important... but learning from our mistakes is important as well.

    all around!
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    Re: Before you give advice...

    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jglass38 again.
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    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to jglass38 again.



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