Aeilee why did you delete your thread about trading Lebanese cuttings?

was wondering the same thing....

Alan, 

Aeilee,

Aeilee,

You nearly had me to trade with, but I am seeing that you seem not to follow through very well. And no I am not interested in seeds, figs are why I am here. I would like to help a young guy out, but your methods are questionable and I am inclined to say no at this point. 

I had also told him in a PM that I would be glad to send him some cuttings this Winter

UH HUH

aeilee,

Why are you saying bad words? I thought you were joking .

Make no mistakes............I'm dead serious!

making mistakes is a part of life!

Aielee,

It seems people have sent you cuttings that you have not acknowledged, didn't follow up on when suposedly you didn't receive them and so on. You apparently didn't follow your end of the deal in several instances. People frown on that sort of behavior, I know I do. That kind of track record will not generate interest in trades, it will do the opposite. If you want to deal with people on this list, try following though on your past promises first. If you promsed cuttings or seeds then deliver them to the people you promised them to. That is the first step you need to take to rectify this situation. If that happens, then myself and I believe others will be more inclined to trade with you. Until then, you will likely not get any positve responses from this forum. You are young and should know that your word is gold, and if it is not it is garbage.      

follow thru. if mistake was made, make sure it's cleared up. very important to not make promises one can not keep.

it seems something was promised, but there was no conclusion or feed back as to why that promise was not kept.

not too clear what's going on, but...

Pete

Here is his last delete....

Alan,

i think this is about bass' post asking aeilee what happened to the seeds that aeilee promised after bass sent some cuttings... remember reading that one.not sure about others.

is aeilee the kid who used to send PM to forum members bugging about the cuttings some time ago?

pete

I never heard back from Aielee either, same scenario as Bass.

Aielee, if the package did not make it then that is important information. People have been very generous to you but you should not take that for granted.

UH HUH X5

alan,

last fall or winter. after i join the forum, there was some kid bugging some members about cuttings even after it was promised. not sure if that was aeilee.

pete

This is the long and short of it:

Aeilee came onto both forums (F4F & Gardenweb) less than 6 months ago begging for cuttings incessantly (multiple posts and threads), which is generally frowned upon by many members.  At the time, Aeilee apparently had no trees, but wanted trees that would fruit the first year (which are few and far between), and a couple of people were ripped off by Aeilee as well - or had bad dealings in the process of sending cuttings and receiving nothing in return.  Now Aeilee has a lot of rare figs that apparently ARE and/or HAVE fruited already, and now wants to trade, and I fear again, people are going to get ripped off this time also.

(I haven't even tasted fruit on 10% of my trees and I've been growing for 4 years!!  Must be some magical trees Aeilee has!)

From Aeilee's start of membership, any time someone complains about or talks of a bad dealing with Aeilee, Aeilee deletes the thread from existence, thereby making it look as if nothing is wrong and erasing the negative comments that could help to save a forum member that may trade some woes.  This alone is sketchy, underhanded behaviour at best.

I gotta say, I've got Cecil's back on this one.  My BS meter was pegged from the getgo and I made that very clear back then, I reiterate it now.  The activity I am seeing from this member is obnoxious and shady regardless whether Aielee is a 13-year-old kid (or whatever was previously stated) or a 60-year-old adult.  I don't really see a place for it in this community.

I saw the post from Aielee earlier that basically lit Cecil up, we all know Cecil runs a little "hot" sometimes - he's a passionate guy, I respect that, I'm the same way - as soon as he read it and responded, Aeilee deleted it, making it look like Cecil was attacking or instigating.

Very screwed up situation.

Community, beware.  

alan,

here is the link.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5155709&highlight=aeilee

pete

Pete it was him

Aeilee,

If I can remember correctly from you most recent thread, The one you deleted you spoke as if you had or have some Lebanese variants you'd like to trade. This is correct?
You also listed in detail about these variants such as taste and quality etc etc.. This too is correct?

And if I can remember when you first joined the forums you were seeking fig trees or cuttings and you had nothing to offer but seeds. Isn't this correct?

My question is do you really have figs to offer? Did you just get these figs? As cuttings? If so, does the law of Physics rest in your garden? How can one person come from not having anything ( fig wise ) to posting a thread seeking to make a trade and speak with confidence in such a way as you did?

I am trying to comprehend this but having trouble doing so.

Are you really a 13 year old kid? Your writing and grammar suggests someone much older and little more educated than of a person of 13 years of age.

Come out clean or leave and please don't look back. This is a great community and we would like to keep it this way.

Along with Jason, I too have Cecils back on this one!

Thanks Jason & Rafed