I have no desire to get in a pissing contest with you or anybody else, on this issue or any other.  They're always negative and only distract from whatever a thread was supposed to be about.

Also, I realize that it was a mistake to make my post an answer to yours.  I really intended to answer all the other posters, not direct anything at you personally.

I would make three small points, also generally applicable and not meant as personal flames:

1) If you're going to publicly blast someone for not doing his homework (an OK thing to do, actually) at least check that there are reveiews to search.  In this case there really aren't any.

2) If you don't like sarcastic replies, refrain from making sarcastic posts.  

Oops.  This is the modification: I agree completely that guys should search the reviews BEFORE asking for 411 on this board.  As an extreme example, a post asking "can anyone tell me anything about Candra?" is always good for a laugh.

3) I'm sick and tired of posts that say or imply that all TER's problems would disappear if only free VIP was done away with.  Fact is a large number of paid VIPs don't want to submit reviews, that's why they pay.  But what exactly would they be getting for their money without a stream of reviews?

My point is that both paid VIPs and the steady reviewers who get their VIP via reviewing are necessary and complementary segments of our community.  Without both, TER would be, at best, crippled.

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