Recently, I was sent, which I thought, was a personal email. I was asked to
put this on my page as an xmas story and name the ferret in the holiday
spirit. I thanked her for the story, but it was a sad story and my site is
not a rescue site. It's a happy little fuzzy site. I named the ferret Noel.
I then received another email from the same person. Asking that I put in a
plug for a commercial site on my page. The commercial site is not in
GeoCities/Heartland. And it's a COMMERCIAL SITE. (As a Community Leader, I
can't/don't want to break any rules.) But, the site she was talking about
does a wonderful thing. It provides/sells gift certificates for ferret
shelters (did I mention that in her first email she stated that she's having
peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches for xmas?).
OK, I fell for it. I named the ferret, created an ornament, put it on
Dinky's page (she insisted), made a link to her page with a wonderful bio,
and a link to the *store*. I felt special.
Two days later, I saw on the FML "to name the rescue ferret." It is a sad
story, my heart goes out to "Noel." But, I will not be used like that. It
makes me wonder how many *personal* emails she sent out (and who the hell is
Noel) before she went world/net wide.
If you have received a *personal* email of the preferred ferret name, would
you let me know? I am willing to help any ferret lover (as we all are), but
don't try to use me.
I am the fuzzy-ferret Pet Gazette reporter for GeoCities. There are rules,
you HAVE to be in Heartland and fit the GC guideline content rules. I have
listed the requestors site in the gazette, twice. I haven't seen the story
on her page, BTW.
At this point, it makes me even wonder if the story is real. Or, was it
just a "send money" cry for help. By all means, SYLS, support you local
shelter, but don't play me for a fool.
I...I....I gotta go.
Toni
Dinky(Noel shines brightly on my page, but it don't go no where no more)
[Moderator's note: I'm trying to figure this one out... checking out web
pages and such, but I don't quite see a problem yet, though I do understand
concern. If anyone has more to add, please email Toni and I'd appreciate a
copy too. BIG]
[Posted in FML issue 2156]
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