I knew I wasn't alone in feeling this way.

You are not alone, and said it well Bart.

campage and all, let me apologize first then try to explain. I apologize for my tact. I should have definitely just emailed Campage and tried to handle it without letting others know. The truth is that he was kind enough to pick me as a noob. I was ignorant to the rules of a noob trade and feel a little misled. When campage proactively contacted me he sent a list of likes / requests and asked for mine. We didn't set limits and being that it was my first trade I wanted to make an impression so I did my best to procure the sticks on his list and was excited to come close to completing the whole list. I was told that when the package is received by a vet the vet tries to inflict more damage. It was less a feeling of entitlement and more of a misconception. We had discussed several other sticks that never made it into my package and I guess I just missed the point. I felt mislead based on our conversations, but am now very clear. Thank you to pro, illinchaser and FGM for putting me in my place with this site, the proper format and etiquette for noob vet trades. As I continue my 13 years of service to our country as a Chief in the worlds finest navy I can assure you that I am not greedy and I am VERY loyal. I love the military and donate cigars to deployed Sailors on a regular basis mostly because of the kindness showed to me by brother Julian. From now on I will consider X for Y trades and utilize this site with more tact than I have shown thus far.

Good post and thanks for coming back in to post this.

Pro

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And thank you for your service!

Hang around, everyone here can be really great. Some of the blind trades do work out really well too. Its not so much about impressions as it is sharing among brothers.

Yep yep. Good work Chief and as always we appreciate everything you do/did and sacrificed for us. Trust me I know it wasn't always easy.

You don't owe me an apology. But thank you.
I was thrown off a little bit because I told you last night that I would be sending another package with some better stuff. The GOF etc. so when I saw this I took it as kind of a jab at me. and I just got a message the other day where a person (don't need to get back into it) told me that I wasted my time sending them the hitch hikers because they didn't care for them and were not going to smoke them.
I probably used that incident and this post to act pretty chitty. So I apologize myself for that. I'm not here to be un happy, this is where I log in to get away from the bs. So again I apologize.
And thank you.

Well, this threads wrecked.

Group Hug???

Come on pro? You know only FGM is qualified to give out orders for the group hug.

Need any help here?

Who needs help?

Nicely done guys. Now let's all hope there is no more weekend drama!

+ 1,000,000,000,000,000


Thanks guys... well done!

HA! You old joker!

Are y'all SURE you dont need any help? I've really enjoyed stirring the pot lately.

I think the pot has been stirred and poured at this point...