A Blanket Ban on the word "Sandfire"

[HadesDragons]

This getting ridiculous.

I joined the forum about 6 months ago, and don't remember seeing an actual "sandfire" beardie for sale. Yet there are several being advertised each week, which are not sandfires. Some are just a yellow colour, and the latest one I have seen is just plain wild-type grey.

"Sandfires" come from the Sandfire ranch, and are a specific colour and pattern. Sandfire even have a warning on their site about "Sandfire" Dragons which are nothing of the sort:

Sandfire™ Dragon Ranch

A beardie who has an ancestor x number of generations ago who came from the ranch is not a sandfire. A yellow beardie is not a sandfire. A pretty beardie is not a sandfire. A grey beardie is definitely not a sandfire.

I'm reluctant to post in every single ad, because I expect it will lead to my posts being deleted and warnings/bans being handed out, but it is truly getting out of hand now. I know I'm not the only person who has noticed this.

At best it is misleading the buyer through the seller's ignorance; at worst it is blatantly lying in order to double the price for a bog-standard beardie.

I don't know what to suggest - does anyone have any ideas?

Andy

[Andy]

Maybe a nice cup of Horlicks to calm you down?

Seriously though there isn't much we can do if people are advertising thins wrong we cant edit their ads or remove them maybe if you see them being advertised you could PM them explaining the difference?