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[Casa Medellin]

I will answer your questions as best as I can.

The person did not refer to the female as a prostitute but called her his "girlfriend". He then asked if her 3 children could sleep in the bed with him and go into the pool. I said no. This person then posted on ISG that the place was not monger friendly. At that time I joined ISG and responded to him. When he originally contacted me I did not know he was a member of ISG and I made no reference to the girl being a prostitute in my email to him. It is only after he started complaining on ISG that I made any reference to the girl being a prostitute.

If you remember the original argument with the person, it is correct that I did use the term hookers when I said something like "hookers and children do not mix".

Now, do I have a justifiable reason to think that this girl could be a prostitute? I think I do and here is why:

1) The person uses the word "Monger" in his user name.

2) The person asks if the hotel is "chica friendly". When I mentioned this before he pretended he did not know that was a code term for if prostitutes were allowed.

3) When he discovered I would not allow him to have children in the hotel he complained in public on "International Sex Guide". He did not go to a family web site to complain, but to a sex guide that deals with prostitution. It was his complaint why I joined the site.

4) He asked in the mail about bringing other guests into the hotel which would mean he probably wants to bring more females.

He then acts SHOCKED when I wrote that hookers and children do not go together. Obviously he is just trying to start a flame war. It seems very transparent.

Perhaps I am wrong, but I do not believe you are being sincere in your questions either. I think you are only asking these types of questions because you are trying to restart an argument.

Also, I saw that public expose of the mansion that you put on YouTube. I would have a serious problem with anyone who did that on my property. Last January there was a woman in Bogota who was sentenced to 6-months in prison for promoting prostitution on the Internet. A lot of Colombians are looking at your video on YouTube. If you look to the links that are pointing at it they are coming from Colombian websites.

I do not sell prostitution and I do not have girls hanging around the house. There are also no girls on my website. Customers can and do bring girls into the hotel just like they would at any hotel in Colombia, but I am definitely not selling those services. I do not even understand why people find it necessary to go to hotels with girls since there are thousands of girls readily available all over Medellin for a lot less money than the ones who are always with gringos. If a customer wants me to give them some pointers I am more than happy to advise them where to go. For instance, Loutrons is just up the street or I can call an English speaking driver to show them around. But I am never going to have 20 girls sitting in the living room. I have been very clear about that on ISG, and I have been telling people in email that if that is what they are looking for that they should go to another place.

So to be perfectly honest I prefer that you do not come to my place. It is not something personal but having people like you in my hotel is something I consider dangerous to the long term survival of my business. Secondly, your only purpose on posting here seems to be to try and drag up some old argument. I do not think you are that stupid to really not understand why I would not allow children to be in this house when most of the guys are with prostitutes. So I really find your "questions" to be less than sincere. Do you really expect me to believe that a person complaining on a sex guide, calling himself a "monger", asking if the place is "chica friendly" is referring to anything else than a hooker? Really? Do you really think it could be anything else or are you just trying to start up an old argument? I really do not believe you are that stupid.

Finally, as I said, you have a history of making a public spectacle on YouTube of your activities. Go look at YouTube and you will see that Colombian chat boards are linking to your video. Go read that most of the comments are in Spanish. Can you read Spanish? The people are saying in Spanish that these girls are all prostitutes.

Do you have written disclosure from every single girl that she understands that she is going to be on YouTube and publicly seen by 60,000 people who are largely Colombian with the inference that she is a hooker? If you do not have this clearly spelled out in writing then every single girl can file a demand against you. I have seen extortion in Colombia by girls in the past. I know people who have paid thousands of dollars in damages to these girls for much less than you have done.

I am not being personal here. I just want you to understand that your actions can get you in a lot of shit in Colombia. As a hotel owner, I have the right to not let in people who can create problems for myself and my business.

I certainly do not want to find myself in the middle of a lawsuit between a customer and a girl. If I let some guy sleep with children in a room, and later the woman files a criminal complaint against him, then I will more than likely find myself getting dragged in as a witness. If one of my customers gets sued by 20 girls he posted on YouTube then I also will probably find myself dragged into the drama.

I have a rule that guests cannot take pictures of the house without permission. They obviously can do whatever they want in their rooms but I do not want photos in the public areas unless I know about it beforehand. This rule is because most of the customers do not want their photos accidentally put on the Internet. Some people have jobs and would not want to be accidentally seen with a bunch of hookers. If everyone agrees that they want to be photographed then it is no problem with me. But I do not want Camera Guys snapping photographs constantly since I have more than once seen photos of guys put on sites like ISG by accident.

I am trying to built a business that is not a giant frat house. I want mature people here who appreciate quality. Everyone who has stayed here has been a great guy and no one has any problem with my few rules. If you want to stay in a giant frat house, with everyone snapping up group photos and gossiping about the other giant frat house, then I am sure there is a place to go, but it is not Casa Medellin.

And like I said Cubanut, this is not a personal thing against you. My neighbor said you were a nice guy and I trust his opinion. But I am telling you very honestly that what you do can cause very serious problems in Colombia and I do not want my business to be associated with these things.

Let me give you an example so you understand how things work in Colombia. There was a guy who made some porno video in Cartagena. I did not see it but I understand it was pretty hardcore and he was in the video. The girl in the video decided she was going to extort the guy. So she went to the police and filed a complaint. She probably had no legitimate complaint but that does not matter when the police see money. They took him and put him in the holding area. The police then made him an offer that he could settle with the girl or be held for an investigation. After sweating it out for a while he agreed to pay the girl 5 million pesos instead of staying in the police station for what they were saying could be up to 15 days. That is probably bullshit since I do not think they could hold him for that long but he believed it and paid. Apparently his ticket was for the next day so he thought it was not so bad only paying 5 million since he had to get back.

I know the girl who did this. She is a well known Cartagena girl. I am pretty certain to that you put her photos on another board a couple years ago so I think you know her to. There are pictures on ISG of her. I hope nothing like this happens to you, but if it does it is not going to happen in my hotel.

Casa Medellin,

I would find it hard to believe that this potential client wrote you and described his female partner as a prostitute. Or is it that you feel any Colombiana with a gringo is nothing but that. A prostitute? If not I think you owe him an apology for inferring that she is a prostitute.

Aside from that, even though I never flamed you at all, you straight out told me that I was not welcome at the Casa Medellin simply because I asked you specific questions about your hotel. Those questions included whether there was noise from the construction next door, when the bar-b-que could be used, what the policy of "No Photos" meant and if the pool was heated daily. I didn't think these type of questions warranted being excluded from being a client.

Perhaps you did not read the part where I said I was asking you these questions because I wanted to bring a American female friend of mine with me to Colombia. She is ONLY a friend who wants to see Medellin first hand (I have many female friends that I do not sleep with). She knows nothing of the chica situation in Medellin.

I did not feel that the Mansion/Castillo/VIP was appropriate for her stay and since you were promoting a non-monger location I asked you these things.

That being said, I will be in Medellin in a couple of weeks (without my American female friend this time) and will be visiting with our mutual friend (your neighbor) to view the construction progress. So I am asking that while I am in the neighborhood will you welcome me to pay you a visit and see the Casa Medellin first hand with the thought of being a potential client on my next visit when my American female friend joins me?

I await your response,

Cubanut

[Aussie Greg]

I think it all comes from the Cuban missile crisess, nobody wanted to back down until nearly to late !!

Until I gave Albert a kiss (and no, I didnt put my tounge down his throat) VIP was a little confused with us! Now we are buddies.

I was a bit aggresive before but what does it proove, nothing, I dont give a shit about anything anymore, well ok the JETS !!!! Aussie cricket team (there back in the Carrabean next May/June/July 08 !!!!!)

Take it easy guy´s, happy new year to every body except that fuck head Scooby!

Aussie Greg

To be honest guys, I usually don't get involved at all in these silly squabbles that come and go on the ISG.

I've been a memeber for quite some time now and trouble makers have come and gone.

I check the Colombia forum of the ISG quite frequently. I browse through the posts and read the ones of interest to me, and post info when I have something to say.

I have absolutely no problem with any of the hotel / business owners in Colombia. I wish them all well.

I remember the squabbles between the Aussie Mansion and the VIP a little while back. Those posts actually got a little heated with accusations, put downs, etc.
Eventually they settled down and now have become very civil.

This situation is no different.

The owner of la Casa Medellin seems to have a great place and he seems to be very knowledgeable about Colombia, real estate investments, etc.

He has been, however, very outspoken on this board.
In my opinion, he has on occassion, gone a bit over-board at times.

Until his recent apology post, his NMG / BMG / MG were quite arrogant actually. I do appreciate his apology post though.

The poster, Winner, has made some very good contibutions on this board.
He touched a nerve with la Casa Medellin, writing negatively about his linens or whatever, and stating he would not pay the going rate being charged at la Casa's hotel.

Big deal! Compared to the war that raged between the 2 other gringo run hotels earlier, that post was nothing.

I understand la Casa Medellin's desire to promote / defend his place of business, but he was ranting and raving in every thread of the Colombian forum.

Bottom line is amigos, and Senor Jackson, this was a squabble between several posters that got blown out of control.
To point fingers at one guy is ridiculous.

La Casa Medellin is a valued member as well as Winner.
I actually believe they could post in peace together if they just agreed to bury the hatchet.

There is much more going on in Colombia than the hotels in Medellin. There's room for all.

Happy New Year :)

[Carrib]

Geez. With the influx of gringos flocking to MDE. There is no way one or two B&B hotels will be able to accomodate everyone.

I simply don't understand these stupid flame wars. Of course everyone will have their preferences: Mansion/castillo, VIP etc.

All of this senseless argueing amongst grown men needs to stop and we need to return to reporting on the Chicas. Places like the Mansion provide a valuable service to the newbie monger traveling to Colombia. Moreover, experienced mongers sometimes frown at these establishments because they blame the newbies for inflating the chica prices.

To all new hotel owners.

A casa chica is NOT a high class prepago

If you are charging top dollar for your establishment, make sure that service and the accommodation match the asking price

No need to get into flame wars. Your customers will do your advertising for you. Provide a great place with a fun atmostphere. Fine ass chicas also help

Mongers

U have a problem with a hotel owner? Stay somewhere else.

No need to sabotage a guys attempt to make a living. If his establishment is really that bad. He will get no repeat customers and that will be the end of it.

Perhaps you are pissed that these new hotel owners are increasing price of the chicas--etc. Chicas nor the hotel owner is to blame. Continue to provide detailed reports and hopefully smart mongers will use this board to control the prices.

Suerte everyone--happy New Year

Carrib out

[Ricker]

Well done Jackson, this guy had some sore of sick problem with people offering good services,and had the WRONGEST idea that he had the power to kill a good business just because he did not like the owner he did not even know. There still a few left but eventually they will fall by their own weight. After all what goes around comes around. PSII

To be honest guys, I usually don't get involved at all in these silly squabbles that come and go on the ISG.

I've been a memeber for quite some time now and trouble makers have come and gone.
I check the Colombia forum of the ISG quite frequently. I browse through the posts and read the ones of interest to me, and post info when I have something to say.

I have absolutely no problem with any of the hotel / business owners in Colombia. I wish them all well.

I remember the squabbles between the Aussie Mansion and the VIP a little while back. Those posts actually got a little heated with accusations, put downs, etc.
Eventually they settled down and now have become very civil.

This situation is no different.

The owner of la Casa Medellin seems to have a great place and he seems to be very knowledgeable about Colombia, real estate investments, etc.

He has been, however, very outspoken on this board.
In my opinion, he has on occassion, gone a bit over-board at times.

Until his recent apology post, his NMG / BMG / MG were quite arrogant actually. I do appreciate his apology post though.

The poster, Winner, has made some very good contibutions on this board.
He touched a nerve with la Casa Medellin, writing negatively about his linens or whatever, and stating he would not pay the going rate being charged at la Casa's hotel.

Big deal! Compared to the war that raged between the 2 other gringo run hotels earlier, that post was nothing.

I understand la Casa Medellin's desire to promote / defend his place of business, but he was ranting and raving in every thread of the Colombian forum.

Bottom line is amigos, and Senor Jackson, this was a squabble between several posters that got blown out of control.
To point fingers at one guy is ridiculous.

La Casa Medellin is a valued member as well as Winner.
I actually believe they could post in peace together if they just agreed to bury the hatchet.

There is much more going on in Colombia than the hotels in Medellin. There's room for all.

Happy New Year :)

[Pussy Seeker II]

Winner71,

Now I know you're full of shit. I also knew that Full Moderation would flush out at least one or several Serial Antagonists.

One down, who's next?

Thanks,

Jackson

Well done Jackson, this guy had some sore of sick problem with people offering good services,and had the WRONGEST idea that he had the power to kill a good business just because he did not like the owner he did not even know. There still a few left but eventually they will fall by their own weight. After all what goes around comes around. PSII

[Stowe]

Want to acknowledge and thank you for this action. Taking a stance like this can be difficult in your attempt to manage this forum to be benefit of all 100, 000 participants.

This can be an impossible challenge and want to give you credit for trying to maintain some sense of balance and order. There are many who post simply to [CodeWord140] others off or start flame wars.

Good luck in your continued effort.

Suerte,

Stowe

[Stowe]

Hey Jackson,

I want to acknowledge and thank you for the action you just took with Winner and with others that just post to [CodeWord140] people off or cause flame wars.

Obviously, some people just don't get it. I know you are trying to manage the forum in an effort to try to appease everyone and that is most often an impossible task.

Good luck with the effort.

Suerte,

Stowe

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report was deleted because I do not allow "Goodbye Forever" posts in the forum, generally because these posts amount to nothing other than a public "Kiss Off" from Serial Antagonists who are trying to stir up one final round of trouble before they switch to another alias. Thanks!

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Greetings everyone,

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Winner71 wants to quit the forum because now with full moderation he can no longer continiously attack Casa Medellin and others.

One Serial Antagonist down, who's next?

To all the legitimate forum members: I sincerely appreciate your patience as I identify and eradicate the serial antagonists.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Cubanut]

I guess I owe an apology to some of the members of ISG. A couple members have told me privately that some of the comments I made about "No Money Guys" seemed insulting to everyone. I did not mean for those statements to be directed at everyone. I was describing certain characterizes of the few members who persistently flame my business for absolutely no reason. I meant for my comments to be directed at them and not to everyone. Some of the members here who have not been following the forum may not have realized why I was making certain statements and therefore felt I was also talking about them. To those members I apologize for not being clearer in my postings.

A short while ago I discovered 4 members of ISG posting negative reviews of my hotel. None of these members had ever stayed at my hotel or even entered the property. The original poster had only contacted me once in the past to enquire if I would allow three children of a prostitute to sleep in the room with him and her. These children where all under the age of eight so my answer was no since the hotel has a policy that all guests must be over the age of eighteen. I am sure any reasonable member of ISG would understand clearly why hotels do not allow prostitutes to bring over their children and sleep in the bed with their clients.

Casa Medellin,

I would find it hard to believe that this potential client wrote you and described his female partner as a prostitute. Or is it that you feel any Colombiana with a gringo is nothing but that. A prostitute? If not I think you owe him an apology for inferring that she is a prostitute.

Aside from that, even though I never flamed you at all, you straight out told me that I was not welcome at the Casa Medellin simply because I asked you specific questions about your hotel. Those questions included whether there was noise from the construction next door, when the bar-b-que could be used, what the policy of "No Photos" meant and if the pool was heated daily. I didn't think these type of questions warranted being excluded from being a client.

Perhaps you did not read the part where I said I was asking you these questions because I wanted to bring a American female friend of mine with me to Colombia. She is ONLY a friend who wants to see Medellin first hand (I have many female friends that I do not sleep with). She knows nothing of the chica situation in Medellin.

I did not feel that the Mansion/Castillo/VIP was appropriate for her stay and since you were promoting a non-monger location I asked you these things.

That being said, I will be in Medellin in a couple of weeks (without my American female friend this time) and will be visiting with our mutual friend (your neighbor) to view the construction progress. So I am asking that while I am in the neighborhood will you welcome me to pay you a visit and see the Casa Medellin first hand with the thought of being a potential client on my next visit when my American female friend joins me?

I await your response,

Cubanut

[Casa Medellin]

His final comments are interesting. He goes back to complaining about the sheets. He has never been here and has never seen the sheets so it is absolutely ridiculous.

Moreso his comments about sending over the militia show that he probably does not even live in Colombia. The police need a warrant to enter a resident in Colombia just as they do in the United States. The militia could not enter a property at all. It is like saying to someone in the United States that they were sending over the US Army to search your house. It simply could not happen. Winner must have learned about Colombia watching Hollywood movies because he certainly has never been here if he believes what he is writing.

Winner71,

Now I know you're full of shit. I also knew that Full Moderation would flush out at least one or several Serial Antagonists.

One down, who's next?

Thanks,

Jackson

[Admin]

If I wanted to sabotage his business that would be simple. I would call up one of my handful of buddys in the Colombian militia and have his casa raided on a weekly basis looking for drugs and chicas that shouldn't be there.

Winner71,

Now I know you're full of shit. I also knew that Full Moderation would flush out at least one or several Serial Antagonists.

One down, who's next?

Thanks,

Jackson

[Winner71]

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report was deleted because I do not allow "Goodbye Forever" posts in the forum, generally because these posts amount to nothing other than a public "Kiss Off" from Serial Antagonists who are trying to stir up one final round of trouble before they switch to another alias. Thanks!

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Greetings everyone,

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Winner71 wants to quit the forum because now with full moderation he can no longer continiously attack Casa Medellin and others.

One Serial Antagonist down, who's next?

To all the legitimate forum members: I sincerely appreciate your patience as I identify and eradicate the serial antagonists.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Winner71]

Jackson,

I hope you do not take offense, but you see it incorrectly. NOONE resents that guys run lodging businesses. Nor have I seen any posts of indivduals protesting the rights of guys being able to promote their businesses. Nor do I see posts where people attempt to sabotage the business owners.

I see it as the other way around. Casa Medellin regularly states that Winner this and Winner that. Where are you stepping in defending me? If you go back and read all the posts, my complaint/comment was very simple. I simply complained / commented that it looked as though he had cheap sheets and I did not think his casa should be valued at $80/night and I asked him to show why it deserves such a price. I furhter commented that I would never stay there for $80/night. I have that right to state this and that is not sabotaging a business. His sheets are not up to my standards and the reason Greg, Albert, Robert, etc. Can charge $80/night is because of what the Management and employees have to offer and the freindships they have formed with their guests. Casa Medellin has proven he has no interest in making any friends on this forum.

And then it was just flame after flame after flame. I have never posted anything about real estate in Medellin, tax implications, or that $80 is too much to pay at ANY hotel, etc, and my name is consistently referenced in all of his ludicrous self touting posts. Where are you stepping in and stopping him. Xion made a legitimate complaint and CM flamed him. Why did you not step in call CM as being out of line?

Again, no one cares that people run a business in Colombia, at least I do not. Nor do I try to sabotage his business. If I wanted to sabotage his business that would be simple. I would call up one of my handful of buddys in the Colombian militia and have his casa raided on a weekly basis looking for drugs and chicas that shouldn't be there. Sure, the Colombian militia may never find anything. But weekly raids on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 2am, 3am, 4am would scare the living dog out of the guys that stay there. That would make sure the guy never has another customer step foot into his casa again. That would be sabotaging a business. Would I do this? No. I'm a nice guy who treats people respectfully and I prefer to make friends, not foes. On the other hand, where has your buddy proven on this board that he would like to make friends with members. Again, I could care less if the guy wants to promote his business. However, by doing so he is open to scrutiny and the members have the right to ask questions and recieve true and accurate answers without the pompous attitude.

I would like to discuss stuff actually related to the moderation of a healthy forum. I am more than welcome to share here with others the process involved in doing so, and my experiences, good and bad.

I would also like to discuss a word filter for the phrase "MG/NMG", and how to prevent the birth of YASIA (yet another stupid internet acronym) which a large section of the forum clearly finds offensive.

However, I am getting tired of people who specifically joined the forum not to participate and share, but instead expressly to "defend their business"; even going to the extent of plugging their website at the end of a goodbye/apology post! If you do not want to talk about forum moderation, why are you in the Colombia full moderation forum?

Ok ok, sorry I just couldn't resist.

Fwiw, I like the new policy, even if it cuts down on my jollies a little.

Edit: my post was tounge-in-cheek; but I do hear what you're trying to say. Thanks for the response

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Hi Xion149,

Casa Medellin and the other guys ARE permitted to promote their business in the Colombia Forum.

As I see it, the problem we have here in the Colombia Forum are the members who for some reason resent that there are guys who are operating lodging businesses, who don't believe that the guys should be able to promote their businesses on the forum, and who thus spend inordinate amounts of their time objecting to, protesting, and otherwise attempting to sabotage the lodging business operators.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Xion149]

At that time I created the user "Casa Medellin" simply to defend my business.

I would like to discuss stuff actually related to the moderation of a healthy forum. I am more than welcome to share here with others the process involved in doing so, and my experiences, good and bad.

I would also like to discuss a word filter for the phrase "MG/NMG", and how to prevent the birth of YASIA (yet another stupid internet acronym) which a large section of the forum clearly finds offensive.

However, I am getting tired of people who specifically joined the forum not to participate and share, but instead expressly to "defend their business"; even going to the extent of plugging their website at the end of a goodbye/apology post! If you do not want to talk about forum moderation, why are you in the Colombia full moderation forum?

Ok ok, sorry I just couldn't resist.

fwiw, I like the new policy, even if it cuts down on my jollies a little.

Edit: my post was tounge-in-cheek; but I do hear what you're trying to say. Thanks for the response :)

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Hi Xion149,

Casa Medellin and the other guys ARE permitted to promote their business in the Colombia Forum.

As I see it, the problem we have here in the Colombia Forum are the members who for some reason resent that there are guys who are operating lodging businesses, who don't believe that the guys should be able to promote their businesses on the forum, and who thus spend inordinate amounts of their time objecting to, protesting, and otherwise attempting to sabotage the lodging business operators.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Medellin Rum]

Awesome post, it means a lot when you come forth with a sincere response.

I guess I owe an apology to some of the members of ISG. A couple members have told me privately that some of the comments I made about "No Money Guys" seemed insulting to everyone. I did not mean for those statements to be directed at everyone. I was describing certain characterizes of the few members who persistently flame my business for absolutely no reason. I meant for my comments to be directed at them and not to everyone. Some of the members here who have not been following the forum may not have realized why I was making certain statements and therefore felt I was also talking about them. To those members I apologize for not being clearer in my postings.

I never intended to promote my hotel on ISG because I feel some of the members here assert too much negativity towards anyone who is making money renting rooms to others on the board. I have seen this hostility directed to other hotels owners in the past and knew that if I entered this forum I too would be attacked by certain members.

However, a short while ago I discovered 4 members of ISG posting negative reviews of my hotel. None of these members had ever stayed at my hotel or even entered the property. The original poster had only contacted me once in the past to enquire if I would allow three children of a prostitute to sleep in the room with him and her. These children where all under the age of eight so my answer was no since the hotel has a policy that all guests must be over the age of eighteen. I am sure any reasonable member of ISG would understand clearly why hotels do not allow prostitutes to bring over their children and sleep in the bed with their clients.

This person’s response to not being allowed to bring children into the hotel was to post a negative report on ISG about my hotel and to copy my private email to the forum. At that time I created the user "Casa Medellin" simply to defend my business. I did not join ISG with the intention of spamming the board or prompting my business.

Needless to say several other people then started flaming me. The largest complaint seems to be from one user who thinks $80. 00 is too much for a hotel in Poblado even though all amenities such as Internet, long distance calls, laundry and breakfast are included with that price. He claims that no hotels in Poblado charge this much although some hotels here charge well over $250. 00 a night for the same services. Medellin has a wide variety of hotel options from as little as $10. 00 a night to several hundred dollars in some of the high-end suites. I can assure everyone that no hotel charging $80. 00 is "ripping off" gringos weather it is my place of the other hotels that have memberships here.

I felt I had to defend myself against statements that I considered slanderous and completely untrue. I was probably too aggressive in doing this as some people interpreted it as spamming or advertising. It was not my intention to spam the forum. I just felt the need to defend my business against allegations that were made by people who have never seen it.

Building a business in Colombia is much more complicated than most people on this forum can imagine. All the people on this forum who own hotels have to put up with a lot of bullshit on a daily bases. Fortunately there are a lot of good guys who come down and support our businesses which makes it fun to live down here. However, there are also a small number of parasites that try their best to destroy what the entrepreneurs are creating. They have their own motives and objectives for attacking anyone who is making a living in a place where they cannot.

I have dumped over a million dollars into this business and spent a long time building it. I try my best to provide the highest quality service that I can. If there are mistakes I try my best to rectify them. Sometimes things cannot be as perfect as they are in the United States simply because we are not in the United States. I also think the other gringo owners of hotels on this forum are doing their best to provide good service.

Perhaps I over reacted in some of my posts. I wish I had just ignored the flamers and never posted anything at all. It can just get really frustrating listing to these guys. I think they are just unhappy people who have failed in life and want everyone else to be just like them.

I hope the normal people on ISG understand I was not referring to them with my reference to "No Money Guys" but only to the people who were complaining about something they never saw or could not afford. The fact of the matter is I do not want these people in the hotel even if they paid double. They bring with them so much negativity that they make the other guests feel uncomfortable. I am trying to build an environment that is fun, where gringos can meet other gringos and enjoy one another’s company in additional to the hotel.

I hope this can be my last post on ISG. I am tired of confronting these people. As long as people are not posting bullshit reviews to a place they have never been, then I will stop posting on ISG. I had hoped to provide a lot of information for others who were interested in living in Colombia in the "Buying Property in Colombia" forum but it seems that wherever I post the same flamers appear.

Good bye.

http://www.LaCasaMedellin.com

[MJG Dogs]

Let it slide dude. While I did not realize how much flak you were getting, when I flamed you a bit, it really in the scheme of things is nothing but bullshit. Let it slide. No need to quit posting.