Why does it take so long between posts?

I've had several people ask why it takes so long between blog posts, so I'll answer that question today. The primary reason is that I am lazy and more inclined to sit on my ass than do anything else. A secondary consideration is that my lawyer has cautioned me about writing stories related to my past exploits, statutes of limitations notwithstanding, and many times I feel like shitcanning every post as he has advised.

But, minus my checkered past, I don't have a lot to blog about. Put another way, I have 6 blogs and nothing to say, I am positive there is some irony in there somewhere. The fact that I have 6 blogs is also one reason I can't post every day in every blog. Plus I have 25 or more YouTube areas and at least that many MySpace areas to maintain, along with almost 20 websites.

I may be lazy, but eventually I get an amazing amount of things done. Amazing to me anyway. In my office I have an X-Box, an X-Box 360, surround sound, several thousand DVD movies, several hundred music CD's, 300+ premium channels, a huge Hi-Definition LCD to watch and play everything on, and a few other alternatives to working. I can literally fuck off all day long and never repeat a damn thing over a months period of time. Being lazy, many days I do exactly that, fuck off.

Like right now, listening to Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson while blogging this, I keep stopping and just listening to the music. Then I forget I am blogging, so a simple blog can take all day long to actually finish.

This week I have decided to completely re-work Who Sucks?, adding advertising because I am losing money every time someone looks at the site. Our traffic is ramping up considerably so I need to get off my ass and make some improvements, transitioning from angry rant site to a great internet area for people to visit. For a sneak preview of the new and improved hoosucks.com, click here, or go to http://www.hoosucks.com/new/index.htm. Don't be writing me that the links don't work, it's a sneak preview, not a completed preview. Companies is what I am working on now, so check those pages out in the preview area. Besides, I may change direction and do everything different before it is all over. That's just the latest iteration.

So to answer the question of why there is such a delay between blog posts, it is because I am lazy and busy at the same time. Plus, I have to squeeze in some work some days or I won't have any money to finance my children's lifestyle. I have some commercial interests which I have always been careful to keep separate from my personal interests like my sucks sites. Those commercial interests are what pay the bills and allow me to sit on my ass much of the time and stare off into space.

Seven years ago, when I first came to this fair city, I was homeless, so don't start thinking I am some rich kid. Everything I have now I have worked for and earned in the last few years. I am proud to say that I can earn an honest living, and I am ashamed that I haven't tried to do so sooner. Some people are hard headed, and I've been accused of being one of them.

My girlfriend and her two sons think I'm a good guy, and that's really about all that matters to me. She shamed me into going straight. She has a degree in Criminal Justice, and her favorite joke is that she has captured at least one criminal and rehabilitated him. She and I met at the local community college 7 years ago, I was homeless looking for some air conditioning and she was newly divorced looking to finish her degree and become a Border Patrol Agent. Like peanut butter and chocolate we turned out to be a good mix. She has two boys who are both disabled, and she is devoted to them. That's what I really liked about her at first. My own childhood wasn't exactly all that great, so being a good mother scores higher in my book than with most people.

That's how she shamed me. I was homeless because I had been recently released from an extended jail stay, and was having fun being homeless. I got drunk every night, smoked weed and generally had a blast. I was happy, and had no responsibilies whatsoever. She struggled every day to pay her rent and feed her kids while finishing college. Then she got interested in me, and made it a point to bring me a burrito every morning so I would have something to eat.

I cannot explain how ashamed that made me feel. I knew I could do better, I had been homeless several times in my life because I've been to jail so many times for long periods. I get out and there's nowhere to go. But I have never had to be homeless for long, because I can make good money when I want to do so. My first job at 16 years old paid $19 an hour commission, and gave me at least 30 hours per week, in 1983 dollars. I can go anywhere and get a job, I just never really cared about working. I could make more money if I got back into the car business, but I don't like screwing people, which is a pre-requisite of the car business. You don't think dealers build those mega plexes and auto malls by selling cars cheaply, do you?

She made me realize that people work because they have to, not because they want to. That might sound like something I should have already known, but I was brought up by people who pushed me through bathroom windows when I was 5 so I could go unlock the front door. Nobody exactly sat me down and explained morals and how they are applied. I didn't meet my father until I was 9 years old, and he wasn't surprised that I already had a multiple felony record at that young age. It runs in the family. My dad wasn't a bad person, he just wasn't very paternal. His idea of male bonding was to take me bar hopping with him.

Anyway, watching her struggle made me feel guilty for being the piece of shit that I was. Her kids were the best behaved children I had ever met, completely unlike the bad actors of my past girlfriends. I was very impressed with their little family unit, and was honored that they cared enough to want me to be a part of their lives. I was touched by the gesture. I got my best chance at a life when I met her and her kids.

From then on I have been walking the straight and narrow, and have done pretty well. Today is her youngest son's birthday, and she's spent about $700 dollars yesterday on his gifts and some gift bags for his schoolmates. He's not having a party until the weekend, I don't know what that will cost me, but I don't really care. They are worth it, and if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have it to spend, I'd be in jail for shooting some dumbass or something.

People think I like to fight, but that's not true at all. I don't like being insulted. Insult me and you have an enemy for life. Most people won't insult me to my face, but over the phone there have been a few stupid bastards with that "What are you going to do about it?" line. They usually call the police when I show up.

I never could understand why people do that, piss you off on the phone and then call the police when you show up to give them a chance to say the same things to your face. I've got a commercial phone system at my house that helps keep me out of jail by handling 90% of my incoming calls.

I'm still trying to learn how to live in you people's world, so bear with me.

Guerrilla consumerism...

Companies need to be mindful of how they conduct business in the modern internet age. Given the proper opening, a regular consumer can become a Guerrilla consumer in the flash of an eye.

What is a guerrilla consumer? I don't know, I'm not sure it's very well defined yet, but give it time. Maybe it's a pissed off customer. Every sucks site on the internet probably started out as an angry rant and either remained or progressed as the owner saw fit. I would consider sucks sites a form of guerrilla consumerism.

Toyota Dealer Frauds is my baby. It certainly started out as an angry rant. However, it has grown and will continue to grow over the years to become something. I don't know what it's going to end up being. As long as it is a pain in Toyota's ass I'll be happy.

While the site has changed somewhat since its conception, the intent of the site has not changed one bit. I wanted to create a site that would piss off Toyota , and then continually remind them that the site exists because of Rick Peet and Dick Poe Toyota. I figure if I can get Toyota's attention, they already know how to get Dick Poe and Rick Peet's attention.

Take that philosophy a step further and add peers to the mix, other Toyota dealers, and also remind them that the sole reason the site even exists is because of Rick Peet and Dick Poe Toyota. Ensure that the Toyota community at large is aware of the site, i.e. create a high level of peer knowledge. Any dealer with a complaint on one of my sites can thank Rick Peet and Dick Poe of El Paso, Texas.

In order for anyone to give a shit, however, I must capture a large portion of the Toyota search traffic and attempt to convert them to other vehicle makes. I am in the process of doing that, I think. We'll have to see how it shakes out. I believe that I have made a decent showing so far, considering I didn't know shit about any of this six months ago when Toyota Dealer Frauds was born, June 8, 2007.

For example, Durand Toyota can thank Rick Peet and Dick Poe that they have a negative link from Toyota Dealer Frauds at position 8 on page 1 of Google when searching for durand toyota. Add the word sucks and I have all ten positions on page one of Google for the search term durand toyota sucks. None of that would be there if not for Rick Peet and Dick Poe Toyota. I use Google as an example because it is both considered the premium search engine for traffic and it is the hardest search engine to get results in. Internet search in the Toyota namespace will get worse. Eventually I will have all top ten positions without the word sucks for everyone listed on my site.

That should help sales considerably when people have to go to the second third or fourth search page to find a link to a specific Toyota dealership website. I have had a lot of people thank me for the postings I have, as they were going to buy from dealers listed on one of my dealer complaint websites. They thanked me because they went elsewhere. I thank them as well, because they make this all possible.

People might think that I am just being mean. Toyota should know that I contact dealers and offer them a chance to reconcile with their grieved customer. Many times they do, and no complaint ever gets posted. The Toyota dealers that ignore the reconciliation request are the one's that end up with a page on my website(s). I will make sure they wish they had responded, if only to tell me to kiss their ass.

If I were Durand Toyota, I would complain to Toyota about Rick Peet and Dick Poe Toyota. Toyota dealers should see if Toyota can help them more than they helped me. I would also send a strongly worded letter to Dick Poe and let him know that you appreciate your recent internet sales slump. Finally, I would forward a copy of that letter(s) to our Copyright Agent who will consider either removing the page or reducing the number of search terms captured.

I say Durand Toyota simply as an example. They should all do the above. Do it now or do it when your links are on page 6 of every major search engine, it doesn't really matter to me that much. That is exactly what I would like to see happen. Of course, by then there will be less of a reason for me to do anything but grow the sites out and continue to optimize them for the best search rankings.

I'll do my best to make this an unavoidable experience, a virtual internet spanking. I bet ya'll get tired of this before I do.

Welcome to Toyota Dealer Frauds

If you've had a bad experience with a Toyota dealer and they refuse to make good, then you probably also know by now that Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. is not likely to repay your customer loyalty with much more than self-serving lip service.

If the dealer won't help you, and Toyota won't help you, then you should let us help you. Your experience will help others make more informed decisions if they are considering a particular dealer while providing the public with a general idea of what some dealers will stoop to in order to part you from your money.

As always, keep in mind that you'd be better off buying from anywhere else than Dick Poe Toyota of El Paso, Texas.