Quote Originally Posted by Moonlight Mermaid View Post
LOL Erie, we should totally make a school drama mix tape... though for me, those years were High School, haha! The most drama I have ever been in (outside of relationships, yeesh) is on these forums, actually, but that's what happens when you join forums, I suppose (hence why this is my first forum since H.S., LOL).
Quote Originally Posted by Waikiki Mermaid View Post
I love MCR. Or I did before they came out with their last album. It sounded so different, so unlike them. Anywho I normally don't participate in these threads for many reasons:

a. It just fuels the drama
b. The outcome normally doesn't affect me either way
c. I don't know anyone personally, so see b.
d. I just came here to learn about the business/hobby of mermaiding and to make friends

HOWEVER, there are a few things about this certain situation I don't understand. Like if your (Krystal) goal was to scam the Mertender as you apparently have with other tailmakers, why bother posting this here, or a review at all? Why pull Eric's name further through the mud; how does that benefit you? You apparently got what you wanted, a high quality tail at a severely discounted price, and you still had the option of reselling it on ebay and Eric wouldn't have ever known, nor would anyone else for that matter if you hadn't complained about it here. So, why go through all the effort of discrediting tailmakers who already have enough legitimate complaints if you still accomplished what you wanted regardless? As for being 'disappointed' with people on these forums, I see this kind of reaction a lot and I personally don't understand it. Unless you know this girl irl (in real life), what makes you a moral authority to say you're disappointed? By the looks of her in those pictures, she's a grown adult who obviously chooses to act this way, so why waste your time or pity on someone who obviously doesn't care. Not a stab at you or Anything Cascada, just a question. I'm only disappointed in the fact it's getting harder and harder these days to figure out whose telling the truth and what's just a lie. This is terrible for both tailmakers and customers and makes it more difficult to make a decision on where to buy.
Forum reputations are important around here because when all is said and done, this is a small community where a lot of money gets tossed around. We have to trust each other for tail reviews, which influence where large sums of money are spent. Did you see ask the people at the start of this thread who were getting mad at Eric? That kind of thing can cost him thousands of dollars, and it was unwarranted. Plus, there have been issues before with reselling tails that got bad reviews on this site for full price. People got hosed. Everyone around here functions on the honor system; if you lie about tails or tail makers you're just screwing people over. If everyone starts doing that then the community breaks down. That's why reputations are important in this forum.