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]