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Oh, I see now. $. Only allowed to knock Gibbs
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Krispy what the hell are you talking about
? I'm not knocking Gibbs. I'm not knocking Habs. In fact, I'm not knocking anyone. What I'm saying is that there is a lot of similarities between different plugs & plug makers. When you get to the little guys (Habs bub - you're a little guy but you are the BIG little guy
), you also hope for and get that extra tuning & consistency not found in the big guys. The quality & performance of these plugs will speak for themselves. If they suck - people won't buy them. If they fall apart - people won't buy them. If they're top quality and catch fish - people WILL pay the extra coin for the custom plug guy.
As for the $$ comment - #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& is going to be a sponsor here, as will probably Habs, Tattoo is now as well. These guys kick in extra dough and plugs (
) to keep the lights on. But they are also looking to sell their works. And they fully understand that. Shoot, you even donated a few plugs to the site last year, remember? This sponsorship helps pay the bills. Notice there are NO annoying Popup ads or running on a slow but free server or that you are on one of those really annoying daily mass e-mails or prohibition of links. I don't sell anyones names, info or addresses to anyone.You know - I would LOVE to be able to do a site where there is no advertising at all or whatever advertising there is goes to a "Take a Kid Fishing" charity. If I was loaded it would be a different story. Instead, I've kicked in my own coin over the past few years to keep this site as open & honest as I can (and that coin would have me a lot farther towards the boat I want or a new Sand Sled). This year might be the first that DOESN'T require me to cough up money out of my pocket to run (thank God but this isn't how I intend to make a living). Some like to make plugs as a hobby, or build rods, or tie flies, or phart on Internet pages
- me I try to run a quality site that's open and freindly that doesn't SELL anything. This is what I do. So please understand if I get a little tweaked when I see something like that (I'll still sit down & have a beer with you though
- no hard feelings)
Damn - I'm rambling here
- All I'm saying is let's all lighten up a little, I'm not trying to squash honest discussion here - really I'm not. I don't censor anything unless it's rude or illegal (and the rude stuff can go in the Gutter
) or really attacking someone. I don't squash links, or tell people not to talk about things or products or sites or anything - there is enough of that already. I just want a positive place and not overly negative. Honest & Fair... (I sound like a friekin' politician
)
I will encourage people to check out our sponsors FIRST before going somewhere else. And I DO think that is very fair...