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Originally Posted by janbergeron
I see that the moderator closed the thread, which is fine with me, since the comments were getting out of control.
However, I would like to tell everyone that I did contact the Entertainment Department, and no one there knew anything about the rumor.
A number of people who responded to my question clearly did not read my original post very carefully. Based on their responses they seemed to think I was the one who had heard the rumor in the first place. I thought I was quite explicit in stating that the question was posed to me and I was seeking answers.
I did contact the person who originally sent the question to me, and asked for clarification. She did clarify how and where she heard the information.
A portion of her response is quoted here (NB: This is a quote, these are not my words, if you don't understand quotes, use a dictionary):
"I was in Lucy’s Upscale Resale Shop this morning around 10:30am. A man came in to pick up a check for his wife. He mentioned that he had just come from a meeting at Lake Sumer Landing. He is the one who gave me this info. He also said, The Villages would not be charging the stores 2%/3% of their gross that goes directly to The Villages.
I agree this sounds very strange but then why would this man say such a thing. Like I said, he was in the shop picking up a check for his wife. Apparently, he is an owner or tied to a business in The Villages."
Note that the quote is in a different font and color.
I am not asking for any further feedback on this. It is a mystery as to why someone would come into a Village's retail shop and spout off information like this. All my friend was tying to do was find out if there was any truth to it. All I was trying to do was help. My friend also contacted The Daily Sun, specifically about the yard sales since they run ads for them, and she was told they were not aware of any plan to ban yard sales.
From now on I won't try to find information on this forum since many people seem to prefer ridicule over providing legitimate answers or suggestions.
Jan
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Jan
Forgive me if I am wrong but it seems that you edited your post to make it a little clearer. I seem to remember that there was originally a little confusion as to whether you were saying this or you were quoting someone else.
People on the forum hear a lot of nonsense and rumors and when something is not completely clear and is a bit "scandalous" people go into the " oh no, not again" mode.
I wouldn't dismiss this forum or any of it's participants summarily, but sort of observe for awhile and get the "feel" of posting.
I remember when I first started posting I too was kinda " jumped on" and now that I look back I can kind of see why.
I was questioning whether this place was the real deal and I got the backs up of many who love it here.
Now I am the one who feels all protective.
As others have pointed out, the written word lacks many things to make the writers intentions clear....and it was your first post, so we didn't know you, your history or your "style" of writing. Your second post completely made your point clear but there is a practice here of "scanning" and frequently missing the VERY posts that clarify a point.
That doesn't make it right to have anyone be rude to you, but generally there is a lot of really good natured fun poked on here.
Give us another chance.
And Merry Christmas
Gracie