What frustrates me is that the forum has kinda 
degraded down into three people posting 
constantly: Avery, Shawnna, and Misha. It's also 
very frustrationg that little of the conversation 
has to do with cels, it more has to do with 
people.

I have nothing against them, but I do feel like 
this has become their personal forum and that we 
are all just interlopers here. I know that all of 
us are scared to post as ourselves because we are 
never sure what is going to be cause a major 
flame war where Misha, Avery, and Shawnna seem to 
gang up together (with tons of posts) on 
individuals (even the forum owner O_O). I also 
opened up several other Mailing Lists and Forums 
that I frequent, and I found that all of them 
also have massive e-mails from the trio. If 
nothing else, can't the three of you see how we 
are all frustrated with feeling like we no longer 
can enjoy our forum because you three have taken 
it over? We want to share the forum with you, but 
it's not a lot of fun feeling like an outisder in 
a place where you have always been welcome and 
happy before. We get frustrated with having to 
read dozens of e-mails from you a day, and our 1 -
 2 posts get lost in the deluge.

This whole packaging thing also has degraded down 
into a personal battle between Avery, Misha, 
Sawnna, Taro, & Yann. I really wish it could be 
taken to personal e-mail. I know I speak for a 
lot of people that we simply ~do not~ want to 
read this stuff. We want to read about cels and 
anime, and the joy of collecting. We want to talk 
to a lot of people and not just hear the opinions 
of a few. We don't want to be scared to post 
because fiesty forum members might attack us.

I'm sorry if this is mean or whatever, it's not 
meant to be. I am just VERY tired and frustrated. 
We all want to collect cels, that's the reason we 
are here. I have been collecting cels for 6 years 
and I have found that the best way to get what 
you want (check out my collection and you will 
find that it proves my point) is to try to be as 
nice as possible to everyone. 

I was once a cel dealer and I know it's very 
frustrating to have to answer all these e-mails 
and to have to deal with people hating you for 
your prices or for things that you have to do 
just to survive in the business. When it comes 
down to one angry and voltaile customer, it's 
easier just to drop them than to deal with 
another hassle. Always think before you post 
because you can't imagine how much these dealers 
have to go through just to get you the cels you 
want. They don't just have them in storage, they 
are out bribing cel collectors and other places 
for cels that you would want. It's really hard. 

My dad always tells me "Be nice to everyone, you 
never know who is going to be your boss one day." 
The same thing applies here, but it might be "Be 
nice to everyone, you never know who is going to 
have a cel you want someday."

So, can we share this forum again? Please?

Thanks for reading,
Marisa