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22 NOV 2024

2024 #3 DB CLEANOUT STARTED

11/25 -- XXX POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
11/20 -- Third & Final Notification to 300 postings
11/14 -- Second Notification to 368 postings
11/03 -- First Notification to 557 postings

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2024 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a CREATE/REVISED DATE before 01 OCT 2024 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

30 AUG 2024

* SPAM-SCAM ALERT *

August has brought a rash of SPAMMERS running a CASHIERS CHECK SCAM trying to buy boats. The following names and emails are associated with this scam:

JEPSEN ADAM  (jepadam@protonmail.com, adamjepsen@protonmail.com, adamjepsen@katallysttech.com, tate1906@katallysttech.com)
ADAM  (adamrcab2@gmail)
LEE GREAVER  (gneaver@protonmail.com, leeaver@protonmail.com, leegreaver@gmail.com)
WILLIAMS GERALD SCOTT  (williamsgeraldscott133@gmail.com)
ZIGLER WILLIAMS  (zigler.williams@gmail.com)

If you receive and email from one of these people OR any email offering to buy your boat for full price with a Cashiers Check, no haggling or the 1000 serious questions, RUN AWAY!

One of the scammers said he was a crane worker buying a boat for his son, will overnight a cashiers check to you with no haggling and sometimes made out for more than the price of the boat so you can pay the hauler in cash.

The Cashiers Check scam relies on peoples inherent trust of them and the fact that banks will usually authorize a portion of the check immediately or next business day. This gives the Seller a false sense to continue with the transaction. However, once the bank receives the bounce from the originating bank, it's too late. Your bank will reverse the deposit even though you have already used the monies to cover the hauler or other purchases. This leaves you owing the bank back, with no boat (possibly) and less the cash paid the hauler.

Another version of this scam, they will send you the full amount Cashiers Check (again no haggling) but ask you to provide a boat report much like a vehicle report (e.g. CarFax). They will give you a website to use for this report. These websites have been linked to stolen credit cards. If you order a report using your credit card info ... WHAM ... they now have your CC info which was their goal all along.

Please be vigilant and very suspicious of anyone willing to buy the boat without the usual talking. Feel free to contact SIA if you have any questions.

*** LarryG

26 JUL 2024

SIA Welcomes TRUESWERVE.COM as its newest Advertising Partner

True Swerve - We install and maintain record-capable waterski slalom courses around the world.

Please help SIA welcome TRUESWERVE.COM to our community and GO CHECK THEM OUT!

*** LarryG

24 JUN 2024

SIA Welcomes New Partner - LEARNWATERSPORTS.COM

LEARN WATER SPORTS . COM - Watersports are for everyone, dive in!

Watersports are for everyone, dive in! Learn Watersports is an education and media company. They are dedicated to making water sports accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Our online platform offers comprehensive guides, tutorials, and tips for both traditional and adaptive watersports. Their hope is to make water sports more accessible through online guides, videos, and news articles.

Join the LearnWatersports.com community to discover expert advice, connect with fellow water sports enthusiasts, and gear up with our watersports focused merchandise. Whether you're looking to improve your skills, explore new destinations, or simply learn something new about being on the water, Learn Water Sports is your ultimate resource for all things aquatic adventure.

Brandon Sanders leads the team of authors bringing content to the LearnWatersports.com website. Brandon has been water skiing since a teenager and has lost count on the number of people he’s introduced to the sport. He specializes in adaptive water skiing but loves all things on the water. He is a humanitarian who has spent a large amount of his volunteer time working and building On The Edge Children’s Foundation alongside founder Bob Kasper. After seeing a need for education and accessibility in the adaptive watersports space, Brandon started Learn Water Sports. He hopes to raise awareness for all watersports through online mediums and keep continued growth within the space.

Please help SIA welcome LEARNWATERSPORTS.COM to our community and GO CHECK THEM OUT!

*** LarryG

21 JUN 2024

2024 #2 DB CLEANOUT STARTED

07/01 -- 137 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
06/27 -- Third & Final Notification to 172 postings
06/21 -- Second Notification to 220 postings
06/15 -- First Notification to 305 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2024 were removed from the database as of 01 JUL 2024.-->

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2024 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a CREATE/REVISED DATE before 01 MAY 2024 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

01 MAR 2024

2024 #1 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!!

03/01 -- 153 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
2/25 -- Third & Final Notification to 178 postings
2/19 -- Second Notification to 237 postings
2/16 -- First Notification to 334 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2024 were removed from the database as of 01 MAR 2024.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2024 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a CREATE/REVISED DATE before 01 JAN 2024 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

15 JAN 2024

SIA MOBILE Has LAUNCHED!!! (SUMMER ONLY)

Been a LONG LONG LONG TIME coming but SIA has just launched a MOBILE FRIENDLY version of the website for your use. At this time, MOBILE is only available for the SUMMER side of SIA. WINTER is in-work. Hopefully you like it.
*** LarryG

16 OCT 2023

2023 #3 CLEANOUT COMPLETE

10/16 -- 190 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
10/10 -- Third & Final Notification to 257 postings
10/06 -- Second Notification to 357 postings
10/03 -- First Notification to 802 postings

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 SEP 2023 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a CREATE/REVISED DATE before 01 SEP 2023 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

12 OCT 2023

EMAIL ERROR 999

Sorry folks, had an error in the code causing that error. It has been fixed.
*** LarryG

22 JUN 2023

2023 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

06/22 -- 183 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
06/18 -- Third & Final Notification to 280 postings
06/12 -- Second Notification to 324 postings
06/07 -- First Notification to 422 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2023 were removed from the database as of 22 JUNE 2023.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2023 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 MAY 2023 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

08 MAR 2023

Manage Account −> Account Info Tab Fixed!

CarV of Canada reported an INTERNAL ERROR when trying to update his Account Info. SIA found a PHP function call that crept into the code for when the webhost upgrades to PHP 8.x. Until then SIA must use an older function call to do the same thing. The problem is FIXED. Thank you CarlV for reporting it.
*** LarryG

31 JAN 2023

2023 #1 DATABASE CLEANOUT STARTING!

01/31 -- 248 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
01/25 -- Third & Final Notification to 311 postings
01/20 -- Second Notification to 352 postings
01/16 -- First Notification to 525 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 DEC 2022 were removed from the database as of 31 JAN 2023.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 DEC 2022 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 DEC 2022 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

07 DEC 2022

* SPAM ALERT *

A SPAMMER using @GMAIL sending 4-6 emails every two minutes.

Beware of PAT WOOD, BILL FRENCH, BILL SMALL, TOM DEEGAN, PETE CALLAHAN, BART WASHBURN, JIM YORK, BARRY DAWSON, ZANE GUNDERSON, ALEX STANTON, BOB WATSON. These names may be real but were associated with the SPAM inquiries.

SIA has inititated a filter to thwart this person's pointless attack. Some people have nothing better to do with their life.

*** LarryG

10 SEP 2022

2022 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship

SKI-IT-AGAIN.COM, LLC is proud to announce the 2022 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship goes to BODE BULFER of NORTHFIELD, MN. Please see the MJTPS webpage for more information.

*** LarryG

28 AUG 2022

FRAUD ALERT!!!

A seller going by the name ANDRE in SOUTH BEND, IN posted a 2021 HO Syndicate on 27 MAR 2022 (photos provided below). His posting included the following phone number 574-221-3455 for responses so SIA can include it here.

A patron responded and entered into a transaction for the ski in late JUNE but the ski never shipped and ANDRE ceased communication with him. SIA contacted him and received a couple responses claiming the ski shipped but he would never provide tracking information even though he claimed to be a FedEx employee.

Please be on the lookout and report any postings matching the provided information. ANDRE is not a member of the INDIANA WATER SKI ASSOC so no help there. If you a familiar with ANDRE, please contact SKI-IT-AGAIN.

*** LarryG

29 JUL 2022

2022 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

07/29 -- 64 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
07/24 -- Third & Final Notification to 72 postings
07/09 -- Second Notification to 104 postings
07/04 -- First Notification to 129 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2021 were removed from the database as of 28 JULY 2021.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2022 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 MAY 2022 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

10 JUL 2022

2021 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship

SKI-IT-AGAIN.COM, LLC is remiss in not posting this information sooner but nonetheless, SIA is proud to announce the 2021 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship goes to JULIE MISHLER of MILFORD, IN. Please see the MJTPS webpage for more information.

*** LarryG

17 MAY 2022

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR FIXED

If you experienced an INTERNAL SERVER ERROR upon revising a posting, that problem has been FIXED. It was a file that did not upload correctly.
*** LarryG

07 MAR 2022

2022 #1 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

03/07 -- 125 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
03/02 -- Third & Final Notification to 160 postings
02/26 -- Second Notification to 194 postings
02/23 -- First Notification to 284 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2021 were removed from the database as of 28 JULY 2021.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 FEB 2022 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 FEB 2022 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

31 OCT 2021

2021 #3 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

10/31 -- 228 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
10/26 -- Third & Final Notification to 282 postings
10/19 -- Second Notification to 376 postings
10/12 -- First Notification to 804 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2021 were removed from the database as of 28 JULY 2021.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2021 have/will receive THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 OCT 2021 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

10 JUL 2021

2021 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

07/28 -- 159 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
07/15 -- Third & Final Notification to 193 postings
07/10 -- Second Notification to 255 postings
06/26 -- First Notification to 419 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JUN 2021 were removed from the database as of 28 JULY 2021.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JUN 2021 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 JUN 2021 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

29 JUN 2021

SIA SWITCHES FROM SENDGRID to POSTMARK

SIA has been working to improve mail delivery. As a result, SIA is switching from its current mail service (SENDGRID.NET) to POSTMARK. SIA researched the best plans for the price and Postmark came up at the top. SIA will be monitoring how well deliverability is progressing compared to SENDGRID. In the past six months, SENDGRID's "Shared IP" plans are taking a beating from many email companies and spamcop type software. Many SIA patrons mail services were not letting their messages through due to the poor reputation SENDGRID has allowed their Shared IP pool to receive.
*** LarryG

28 FEB 2021

2020 QTR #4 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

02/28 - 175 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
02/25 -- Third & Final Notification to 205 postings
02/21 -- Second Notification to 272 postings
02/16 -- First Notification to 399 postings

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2021 were removed from the database as of 28 FEB 2021.

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2021 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 JAN 2021 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

10 JAN 2021

FINANCE A BOAT IN HASTE DURING THE 2020 RUSH?

For all your Marine, RV, and Dock Financing Needs

SIA wants to let you all know our Finance Partner, Vantage Recreational Finance (VRF), just announced it's new Boat Refinance Program for 2021.

VRF has reported many 2020 buyers are contacting them looking for a boat loan refinance solution better than what they were "rushed" to take during the 2020 run on boats.

VRF has successfully been able to save some people with 720+ credit score some significant money (through lowering their rate) as well as extending the loan term and creating lower monthly payments.

For a Fast, Free/No obligation quote today email: INFO@VANTAGERECREATIONALFINANCE.COM.
(In email subject line, Please Reference Code: SIA-REFI21)

*** LarryG

11 NOV 2020

2020 END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

11/11 - 186 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
11/7 -- Third & Final Notification to 214 postings
11/2 -- Second Notification to 269 postings
10/30 -- First Notification to 331 postings

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 SEP 2020 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 SEP 2020 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

01 JUL 2020

2020 QTR#1 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

07/01 - 92 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
06/27 -- Third & Final Notification to 113 postings
06/21 -- Second Notification to 143 postings
06/16 -- First Notification to 267 postings Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 APR 2020 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 APR 2020 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

11 APR 2020

WE ALL NEED A LITTLE SUMMERTIME!!

Given all the stuff happening (or not happening) in the World today, we all could use a little SUMMERTIME right now! This is one of SKI-IT-AGAIN's favorite summer tunes mixing Lake Life with a good country ballad! Kick back, enjoy, and feel the sun on your face!
*** LarryG

A little SUMMERTIME fun from BIG CITY RECORDS!!!
		OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO SUMMERTIME Courtesy of Brian Wright Big City Records

		HOME VERSION SUMMERTIME Courtesy of Brian Wright Big City Records

11 APR 2020

NEW VIEW OPTIONS AVAILABLE

SIA has been hard at work developing better ways to view the postings, so has implemented LIST, DETAILS, and GALLERY views!

*** LarryG

21 FEB 2020

CONTACT SELLER EMAIL Re-Established

About 2100C Thursday 20 FEB the SIA webhoster altered its IP address which was not recognized by SendGrid, the SIA mail service. As a result, any posting inquiries made appeared to work, but actually did not. Service was re-established at 1000C on Friday, 21 FEB. If you sent an inquiry during that time, it was lost. Please send your posting inquiries again. Very sorry for the inconvenience.
*** LarryG

21 JAN 2020

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

1/21 - 248 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
01/17 -- Third & Final Notification to 321 postings
01/01 -- Second Notification to 685 postings
12/26 -- First Notification to 1246 postings Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 DEC 2019 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 DEC 2019 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

07 JAN 2020

New Account Management Upgrade!

Been a LONG TIME COMING, but SIA has finally upgraded its account management tools which will open the door to more useful improvements, like registering for new postings in a certain category. SIGN-IN is required for CREATE and REVISE POSTINGS. All other activities such as viewing seller postings and making inquiries can be done without signing in! Please let SIA know if you run into any problems.
*** LarryG

03 SEP 2019

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

9/3 - 205 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
8/30 -- Third & Final Notification to 253 postings
8/26 -- Second Notification to 314 postings
8/22 -- First Notification to 432 postings Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that had a REVISED DATE prior to 01 AUG 2019 were removed from the database as of 03 SEP 2019.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 AUG 2019 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 AUG 2019 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

08 JUN 2019

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

6/8 - 191 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
6/3 -- Third & Final Notification to 232 postings
5/29 -- Second Notification to 299 postings
5/24 -- First Notification to 439 postings Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 31 DEC 2018 were removed from the database as of 04 FEB 2019.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAY 2019 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST or HELP. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 MAY 2019 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

04 FEB 2019

WINTER 2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

02/04 - 115 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
1/30 -- Third & Final Notification to 200 postings
1/26 -- Second Notification to 261 postings
1/23 -- First Notification to 402 postings
Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPLETE. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 31 DEC 2018 were removed from the database as of 04 FEB 2019.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2019 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 31 DEC 2018 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

11 NOV 2018

NOVEMBER ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT is COMPLETES!

11/11 - 233 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
11/07 -- Third & Final Notification to 271 postings
11/03 -- Second Notification to 318 postings
10/31 -- First Notification to 477 postings

Cleanout Example

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 OCT 2018 have/will receive up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a REVISED DATE before 01 OCT 2018 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

08 OCT 2018

SIA Website was OFFLINE from 1330C to 2045C, Monday 08 OCT

SIA apologizes for the website being offline Monday, 08 OCT, from 1330C to 2045C. This was due to a misunderstanding with the webhoster which was remedied about 2030C Monday night!

No postings were lost; site just went dark for the afternoon. Very sorry for the inconvenience!

If you experience a page that results in a POWWEB message the site is temporarily down, all you need to is force a 'hard refresh' of the page. To learn how, see FAQ #1.
*** LarryG

08 AUG 2018

AUGUST ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

8/8 - 139 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
8/5 -- Third & Final Notification to 184 postings
8/2 -- Second Notification to 257 postings
7/30 -- First Notification to 405 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPELTE. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JUL 2018 were removed from the database as of 08 AUG.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JUL 2018 received up to THREE CLEANOUT NOTICES. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 JUL 2018 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

18 FEB 2018

FEBRUARY ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

3/3 - 93 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
2/27 -- Third & Final Notification to 135 postings
12/13 -- Second Notification to 181 postings
2/17 -- First Notification to 336 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPELTE. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2018 were removed from the database as of 03 MAR.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JAN 2018 will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 JAN 2018 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

22 DEC 2017

DECEMBER ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

12/22 - 180 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
12/18 -- Third & Final Notification to 203 postings
12/13 -- Second Notification to 299 postings
12/08 -- First Notification to 772 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPELTE. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 NOV 2017 were removed from the database as of 22 DEC.

Postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 NOV 2017 will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 NOV 2017 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

17 NOV 2017

ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

11/17 - 153 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
11/11 -- Third & Final Notification to 170 postings
11/06 -- Second Notification to 201 postings
10/28 -- First Notification to 297 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is COMPELTE. Third and Final notices went out Saturday, 11 NOV. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 AUG 2017 were removed from the database as of 17 NOV.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 AUG 2017. Only the postings prior to 01 AUG are subject to automatic cleanout.

Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 AUG 2017 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

12 AUG 2017

ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

08/12 - 184 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
08/07 -- Third & Final Notification to 218 postings
07/26 -- Second Notification to 260 postings
07/23 -- First Notification to 532 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is underway. Third and Final notices went out Friday, 12 AUG. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 JUN 2017 will be removed from the database as of 12 AUG.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 JUN 2017. Only the postings prior to 01 JUN are subject to automatic cleanout.

Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 JUN 2017 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

26 JUN 2017

REVISE POST had the following upgrades:
1) If COOKIES are enabled, EMAIL and PASSWORD will auto-populate after initial entry
2) Active, Sold, and Not Sold database entries are now listed
3) You can view Sold and Not Sold postings but photos may no longer be available
4) If COOKIES are enabled, REVISE POST listing now includes sort capability

*** LarryG

16 MAY 2017

ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

05/16 - 83 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
05/12 -- Third & Final Notification to 108 postings
05/04 -- Second Notification to 147 postings
04/30 -- First Notification to 475 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is underway. Third and Final notices went out Friday, 12 MAY. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 FEB 2017 will be removed from the database as of 16 MAY.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 FEB 2017. Only the postings prior to 01 DEC are subject to automatic cleanout.

Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 FEB 2017 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

01 MAY 2017

* PHASE 2 UPGRADES COMPLETE *
1) Break up the COMP BOAT category into:
a) Boats - 3 EVENT
b) Boats - Board/Surf
c) Boats - Barefoot
d) Boats - Show Ski
2) Add two TOOLS category (Thanks ScottY!)
* PHASE 3 UPGRADE PLANNED *
3) Upon creating a posting, a test copy in HTML will be mailed to the seller
* HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UPGRADES? * CSS and Javascript Data Validation files have been updated. You may need to use CTRL+F5 (Windows) or CMD+R/CMD+SHIFT+R (iOS) to force your browser to update.

*** LarryG

26 MAR 2017

* PHASE 1 UPGRADES COMPLETE *
1) REVISE POST now provides:
a) A complete list of ACTIVE, SOLD, and NOT SOLD postings for a given email/password combination
b) Qty of postings in the ACTIVE, SOLD, and NOT SOLD categories
c) The Removal Date of a posting in the SOLD and NOT SOLD locations
d) View SOLD and NOT SOLD postings forever, but photos only provided up to one year
2) CREATE POST now includes a DEALER acknowledgement
3) DEALER posting symbol now provided in all category listings
4) 2018 added to all year drop-downs and 2017 set as default
* HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UPGRADES? * CSS and Javascript Data Validation files have been updated. You may need to use CTRL+F5 (Windows) or CMD+R/CMD+SHIFT+R (iOS) to force your browser to update.

*** LarryG

04 FEB 2017

ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

02/03 - 420 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
01/28 -- Third & Final Notification to 483 postings
01/21 -- Second Notification to 686 postings
01/15 -- First Notification to 878 postings

Cleanout Example

Endless Summer Database Cleanout is underway. Third and Final notices went out Saturday, 28 JAN. Any posting that has a REVISED DATE prior to 01 DEC 2016 will be removed from the database as of 03 FEB.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 DEC 2016. Only the postings prior to 01 DEC are subject to automatic cleanout.

Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 DEC 2016 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

04 OCT 2016

PRE-01JULY DATABASE CLEANOUT and END OF SEASON REFRESH NOTICES COMPLETE!

10/04 - 151 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE
09/24 -- Third & Final Notification to 175 PRE-01JULY postings
09/14 -- Second Notification to 226 PRE-01JULY postings
09/08 -- First Notification to 293 PRE-01JULY postings AND ~1300 Refresh Notices

Cleanout Example

Unfortunately, the end of the 2016 summer ski season is upon us, but that means lots of people are looking for deals only the end of season can bring. Therefore, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to REFRESH your posting if it is still available. A new photo, reduced price, more description, etc... anything to make it more enticing to a potential buyer.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 JULY 2016. If your posting was revised or placed after 01 JULY 2016, you will recive a REFRESH notice. Only the postings prior to 01 JULY are subject to automatic cleanout.

Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 JULY 2016 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

04 AUG 2016

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT - COMPLETED!!

06/18 -- First Notification to 380 postings
07/26 -- Second Notification affected 282 postings
08/01 -- Third & Final Notification affected 234 postings
08/04 - 160 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT as traffic on the site is still peaking for SUMMER!! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in FEB 2016 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 MAY 2016. If your posting was revised or placed after 01 MAY 2016, you will NOT receive a notifications, but would still be best to freshen up your posting for the impending SPRING traffic. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 MAY 2016 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

18 JUN 2016

RUNAWAY EMAIL SCRIPT

SKI-IT-AGAIN Posters ... Saturday early afternoon, SIA experienced a RUNAWAY EMAIL SCRIPT resulting in 10s-100s of duplicate ADMIN/CLEANOUT emails going out to posters with posting REVISED DATEs after 01 MAY.

SIA profusely apologizes for this situation and for any inconveniences it causes.

SIA respectfully requests that you not report this problem as SPAM to your ISP, as that will result in your email not being able to receive SIA responses. Also, please do not use the UNSUBSCRIBE feature as that will cause further problems for you recieving REAL responses. The UNSUB does not remove your posting from the database either.

Best course of action is to DELETE ALL, unless you can find one instance of each of your postings and use the email buttons to score your current status of your posting: KEEP, UPDATE, SOLD, REMOVE.

Once the scripting issues are investigated, resolved, and thoroughly tested, SIA will send out ADMIN/CLEANOUT notifications.

AGAIN, SIA SINCERELY APOLOGIZES for this situation.
*** LarryG

29 FEB 2016

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT - COMPLETED!!

02/15 -- First Notification to 1132 postings
02/20 -- Second Notification affected 484 postings
02/24 -- Third & Final Notification affected 203 postings
02/29 - 186 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT as traffic on the site is picking up due to a bad case of SPRING FEBER!! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in DEC 2015 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 DEC 2015. If your posting was revised or placed after 01 DEC 2015, you will NOT receive a notifications, but would still be best to freshen up your posting for the impending SPRING traffic. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 DEC 2015 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

01 FEB 2016 2016 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE SIA is striving to provide more donations to its choice charities that provide adaptive skiing (water and/or snow) in their activites. Please consider making a donation to the SIA website to kick off 2016 and recieve BOLDING PRIVS for the rest of the calendar year. BOLDING helps your postings STAND OUT in the listings!

	$1-$24.99	- Receive LEVEL 1 BOLDING Posting Privileges
	$25.00+	- Receive LEVEL 2 BOLDING Posting Privileges


$35+ DONATIONS RECEIVE (1) SKI-IT-AGAIN T-SHIRT and FREE SHIPPING in the USA!
After making your donation, SIA will contact you for style, color, size of the T-SHIRT you wish to receive. You can also enter those items in the INSTRUCTIONS field of your PayPal donation checkout.

21 NOV 2015

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT

11/21 -- First Notification to 1374 postings
11/26 -- Second Notification to 511 postings
12/4 -- Third & Final Notification to 382 postings
12/11 - 306 Postings were removed from database.

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT before winter's grip gets ahold of us! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in SEP 2015 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 OCT 2015. Postings less than TWO MONTHS old (OCT15-NOV15) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 OCT 2015 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

26 SEP 2015

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT

9/13 -- First Notification to 1093 postings
9/18 -- Second Notification to 502 postings
9/21 -- Third & Final Notification to 405 postings
9/25 - 338 Postings were removed from database.

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT before summer slips away from us! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in APR 2015 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 JUL 2015. Postings less than THREE MONTHS old (JUL15-SEP15) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 JUL 2015 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

22 MAR 2015

EMAIL SERVICE BACK ONLINE!!!

*** LarryG

22 AUG 2015

MAJOR CLEANOUT NOTIFICATION DUMP ERROR!!!

Around 3:48PM central time, a CLEANOUT NOTIFICATION routine was kicked off for postings with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 MAR 2015. This amounted to 185 postings by about 110 unique posters. Due to a "run away email script", those 110 unique posters received MANY notifications each (between 70-100), most of which did not belong to them. Also, the email addresses of the posters were exposed to the recipients.

As mentioned, this was a "run-away" script due to a coding error. All emails went to other posters so the spill was contained to people who post on the SIA website.

SIA has plugged the holes, and taken measures to prevent anyone from tampering with the majority of the postings, 175 to be exact. The other 10 were already affected by the loose emails. The CLEANOUT CODE NUMBER was changed so the KEEP ACTIVE button in the emails will no longer work. The UPDATE and REMOVAL of these postings have been LOCKED-DOWN by SIA. If you are the owner of one of these posting, please contact SIA for update or removal, until the lock-down is rescinded.

SIA requests all posters DELETE ALL CLEANOUT NOTIFICATIONS received on 22 AUG.

Folks, SIA profusely apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused.
Please contact SIA if you have any further questions.
*** LarryG

28 MAR 2015

SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT

4/8 -- 221 Postings Have Been Removed!
4/4 -- FINAL Notification to 272 postings
3/28 -- Second Notification to 388 postings
3/18-19 -- First Notification to 1087 postings

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT before the warmer months set in! Come On Summer! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in DEC 2014 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 DEC 2014. Postings less than THREE MONTHS old (DEC14-MAR15) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 DEC 2014 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.

If you want your posting reinstated, please send SIA a request along with the SIA posting number.
*** LarryG

15 FEB 2015 2015 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE SIA is striving to provide more donations to other charities that provide waterskiing in their activites. Please consider making a donation to the SIA website to kick off 2015. Regular bolding donations are still in affect, but the following BOLDING PACKAGES are available:

$30 - Receive LEVEL 1 BOLDING Privileges - (1) FREE SubZero Gear Water Bottle - (1) FREE Surplus MDWSA SHIRT - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) $50 - Receive LEVEL 2 BOLDING Privileges - (2) FREE SubZero Gear Water Bottles - (2) FREE MDWSA EVENT SHIRT - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! If you care to participate in the 2015 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE, please use the PAYPAL DONATE logo on the right. SIA will contact you about Water Bottle and Shirt preferences. Donations are NOT tax deductible.
*** LarryG

08 FEB 2015

GOOD NEWS! EMAIL UPGRADES TO HELP IMPROVE DELIVERIES!

For the last few months, many of the free mail services such as YAHOO, AOL, HOTMAIL, GMAIL, are tightening their SPAM rules for incoming mail. This forces sites like SKI-IT-AGAIN to make sure they are abiding by the latest industry standards to PASS the incoming rules enacted by these mail services. As a result, SIA has engaged a third party email service (SENDGRID.COM) that provides the necessary delivery rules to meet the ever-increasing stringencies of these popular free mail services. The webhost that SIA uses (POWWEB.COM), has basic email but it's not their main business (webhosting is) so they do not provide the needed email authentication practices to ensure deliveries. Therefore, the emails you receive will look a bit different, but delivery behavior should be improved. Another thing you will notice is an UNSUBSCRIBE feature. This is another industry standard but make sure you really want to use it before you click on it! Now the internet is anything but perfect, but please let SIA know if you are not receiving your responses or complimentary copies. And as always CHECK YOUR JUNK/SPAM INBOX FIRST!!
*** LarryG

02 DEC 2014

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLTETE

214 POSTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED from the DATABASE. These postings were all dated prior to 01 SEP 2014. Three notices were sent to the posters instructing them to update or at least "touch" their posting. The owners did not do so nor did they contact SIA requesting the postings be kept. As a result, these postings have been removed from the active database.

If you are an owner of one of these postings and wish for the posting to be reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number and state that as your intentions.
*** LarryG

24 NOV 2014

GOOD NEWS! EMAIL IMPROVEMENTS IMPLEMENTED

SIA has been researching ways to avoid the problems with email being blocked by various free mail servers such as YAHOO, HOTMAIL, and AOL. SIA has implemented AUTHENTICATED SMTP MAIL SERVER PROTOCOLS which should avoid MOST of the problems seen in the past. By using the SMTP servers, SIA avoids the website mail servers that have been used by other sites to SPAM free services thus causing those services to block the server that SIA happens to reside on. This may not totally fix the problem but the SMTP servers are not showing up on the SPAMHAUS PBL list like the website servers are, therefore, mail should not be blocked by the free services. Please, keep SIA appraised if you do not receive your emails within a reasonable amount of time.

Also, SELLERS - TEST YOUR POSTINGS OFTEN

*** LarryG

06 NOV 2014

ENDLESS WINTER JOINS ENDLESS SUMMER!!!

Been a very long time coming, but SKI-IT-AGAIN now offers those enthusiasts who like the FROZEN stuff the same abilities as those who like the LIQUID!!! SIA has been working to get the WINTER side of the website running for some time but like so many things, only so many hours in the day. Well, it is finally here! Browse both sides and start populating the WINTER side with snow gear you no longer need! Just another way SIA is trying to give back to the ski community!
*** LarryG

26 JUL 2014

AUTO-ROTATION FEATURE ADDED TO PHOTO UPLOAD

Ever upload your file to see that is rotated even though it looks correct in your camera, tablet, or computer?? This is likely cause your camera is using AUTO-ROTATION sensing, which allows your photo viewing device to orient the photo correctly. However, the raw file you upload is actually oriented sideways or upside down, all depending on how you were hold the camera.

If your digital camera has the ability to sense the orientation of the camera when you take the photo, and you have that feature active, SIA can now read that information in the uploaded photo file. This will allow SIA to auto-rotate the photo appropriately so it looks correct on the posting. If your photo is still rotated after upload, then your camera likely has the "auto-rotation" feature OFF or does not have it. In this case, YOU will have to rotate the raw file in a photo program such as Microsoft PAINT or the like prior to upload.

NOTE: Camera PHONES are bit more persnickity, so the auto-rotate code may not work as well with them.
*** LarryG

18 JUN 2014

SUBZERO WATER BOTTLES COMING TO AN END

SIA has learned SubZero has changed hands and have decided to focus only on large business sales such as WalMart, Walgreens, KMart, etc. As a result, after the current SIA stock is gone, that is all she wrote! SIA will remove the SubZero Water Bottle Product page. See the SUBZERO product page for all remaining bottles and accessories but quantities are limited.
*** LarryG

31 MAY 2014

MORE ON EMAIL HOSTS BLOCKING SIA (POWWEB) EMAIL

SIA is researching a dedicated email service to help elminiate the blacklisting problem that POWWEB suffers from. Granted, blacklisting is not always permanent but is a nuisance so using a dedicated email service should reduce or eliminate the blockage problems. More to come ...
*** LarryG

10 MAY 2014

EMAIL HOSTS BLOCKING SIA (POWWEB) EMAIL

More details on the email blockage situation. Several reports received from YAHOO and HOTMAIL users that are not receiving their SIA emails. However, some users ARE receiving at those EMAIL HOSTS, therefore, this appears to be sporadic and not a blanket problem for those email providers.

Email systems and how companies try to filter out SPAM has gotten pretty complex, therefore, SIA will only touch on the most common reasons why you may not be receiving your SIA email.

HOW SIA POSTING RESPONSES WORK:
Whenever a potential BUYER responds to a posting, the SIA email script checks for some simple things to avoid obvious scams, then sends the email TO the SELLER with the BUYER's address in the FROM. A separate CC email is sent to the BUYER (does not include the SELLER's email for their privacy) and to the SIA mail log. The SIA webhoster (POWWEB) checks all outgoing mail for obvious spam and viruses. From there, mail on the recipient's end goes thru similar HOST checks before it is delivered to the recipient's mailbox. As a result of this multi-layered system, there are many places along the way the mail can get put in no-man's land.

Most common reasons SIA mail does not get received by the SELLER or BUYER:
1) Incorrect email was entered, hence the reason SIA requires you to enter it twice
2) Mail is being put in a SPAM or JUNK mail box on the recipient's end
3) Mail is being BLACK or GREY LISTED by the recipient's mail service

SIA recommendations for BUYERS and SELLERS:
1) CHECK YOUR SPAM and JUNK MAIL Boxes
2) SELLERS - TEST YOUR POSTING(S)
3) SELLERS/BUYERS - if no mail comes through in a reasonable time (30min, usually less than 5), use a different email address. GMAIL seems to work better than YAHOO and HOTMAIL.
4) Configure your mail settings to allow @ski-it-again.com and @yourhostingaccount.com.
*** LarryG

05 MAY 2014

YAHOO BLOCKING SIA EMAIL

It has come to SIA attention that many YAHOO SELLERS are not receiving their potential BUYER responses. And those BUYERS responding to postings are not receiving their complimentary copy (CC) of the message they send. This appears to be YAHOO blocking the SIA mail servers for whatever reasons.

Best thing to do is:
EVERYONE - Look in your SPAM or JUNK mailbox first.
SELLERS - TEST YOUR POSTING
BUYERS - Look for your CC response within 2-10min of sending your posting inquiry.

If SELLER and BUYER responses are not in the JUNK-SPAM inbox, YAHOO has most likely blocked it, and you will need to use a different email to get your response. One option is GMAIL so you can either switch entirely or use GMAIL as an intermediary mail account.
Very sorry for any inconvenience but SIA cannot control what YAHOO does with their email servers.
*** LarryG

22 FEB 2014

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

307 POSTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED from the DATABASE. These postings were all dated prior to 11 NOV 2013. Three notices were sent to the posters instructing them to update or at least "touch" their posting. The owners did not do so nor did they contact SIA requesting the postings be kept. As a result, these postings have been removed from the active database.

If you are an owner of one of these postings and wish for the posting to be reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number and state that as your intentions.
*** LarryG

22 JAN 2014

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT KICKOFF

1/22 - First Notification to 1056 postings
2/1 - Second Notification to 539 postings
2/15 - Third Notification to 349 postings

Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT before the colder months set in (oh, bite my tongue)! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in OCT 2013 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed/revised prior to 01 NOV 2013. Postings less than THREE MONTHS old (NOV13-JAN14) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE before 01 NOV 2013 will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.
*** LarryG

18 JAN 2014 2014 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE SIA is striving to provide more donations to other charities that provide waterskiing in their activites. Please consider making a donation to the SIA website to kick off 2014. Regular bolding donations are still in affect, but the following BOLDING PACKAGES are available:

$30 - Receive LEVEL 1 BOLDING Privileges - (1) FREE SubZero Gear Water Bottle - (1) FREE Surplus MDWSA SHIRT - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) $50 - Receive LEVEL 2 BOLDING Privileges - (2) FREE SubZero Gear Water Bottles - (2) FREE MDWSA EVENT SHIRT - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! If you care to participate in the 2014 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE, please use the PAYPAL DONATE logo on the right. SIA will contact you about Water Bottle and Shirt preferences. Donations are NOT tax deductible.
*** LarryG

30 OCT 2013

END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

116 POSTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED from the DATABASE. These postings were all dated prior to 01 JUL 2013. Three notices were sent to the posters instructing them to update or at least "touch" their posting. The owners did not do so nor did they contact SIA requesting the postings be kept. As a result, these postings have been removed from the active database.

If you are an owner of one of these postings and wish for the posting to be reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number and state that as your intentions.
*** LarryG

27 SEP 2013

END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT KICKOFF

9/28 - First Notification to 308 postings
10/04 - Second Notification to 175 postings
10/23 - FINAL Notification to 129 postings
Cleanout Example

Time for a CLEANOUT before the colder months set in (oh, bite my tongue)! The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in JUL 2013 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed dated JUN 2013 or earlier. Postings less than THREE MONTHS old (JUL-SEP 2013) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE of JUNE 2013 or BEFORE will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.
*** LarryG

08 AUG 2013

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

127 POSTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED from the DATABASE. These postings were all dated prior to 01 APR 2013. Three notices were sent to the posters instructing them to update or at least "touch" their posting. The owners did not do so nor did they contact SIA requesting the postings be kept. As a result, these postings have been removed from the active database.

If you are an owner of one of these postings and wish for the posting to be reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number and state that as your intentions.
*** LarryG

29 JUL 2013

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT FINAL NOTICE

Continued progress in the SUMMER cleanout. Only 167 postings remain with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 APR 2013. Final round of notifications have begun. Please admin your postings! Any posting left after THURS 01 AUG will be REMOVED!
*** LarryG

12 JUL 2013

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT ROUND 2

Significant progress in the SUMMER cleanout. Only 266 postings remain with a REVISED DATE prior to 01 APR 2013. Next round of notifications have begun. Please admin your postings!!!
*** LarryG

04 JUL 2013

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT KICKOFF

Lots of website activity in JULY and AUG, and many potential customers are reporting postings already SOLD are still in the database. The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in MAR 2013 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed dated MAR 2013 or earlier. Postings less than THREE MONTHS old (APR-JUL 2013) will NOT receive notifications. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE of MAR 2013 or BEFORE will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures.
*** LarryG

26 APR 2013

SPAM ALERT!!!

ALANWHITE554@GMAIL.COM spammed about 30 postings early Friday AM mostly in the WANT AD section. The emails were poorly written which is a typical sign of SPAM, and occured very quickly, one right after the other. Just beware! SIA has placed this email on the BLOCK LIST.
*** LarryG

25 MAR 2013

2013 PRE-SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

201 POSTINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED from the DATABASE. These postings were all dated prior to 01 JAN 2013. Three notices were sent to the posters instructing them to update or at least "touch" their posting. The owners did not do so nor did they contact SIA requesting the postings be kept. As a result, these postings have been removed from the active database.

If you are an owner of one of these postings and wish for the posting to be reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number and state that as your intentions.
*** LarryG

19 MAR 2013

FINAL ROUND - 2013 PRE-SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

244 POSTING REVISED DATES BEFORE 01 JAN 2013. The FINAL round of notices are going out NOW!!! Please use the notice buttons to administrate your posting ... OR ... use the REVISE POST feature to UPDATE or "touch" your posting before the deadline!!
*** LarryG

09 MAR 2013

ROUND 2 - 2013 PRE-SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

423 POSTING REVISED DATES BEFORE 01 JAN 2013. The SECOND round of notices are going out NOW!!! Please use the notice buttons to administrate your posting ... OR ... use the REVISE POST feature to UPDATE or "touch" your posting before the deadline!!
*** LarryG

03 MAR 2013

2013 PRE-SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

885 POSTING REVISED DATES BEFORE 01 JAN 2013. The first round of notices are going out NOW!!! Please use the notice buttons to administrate your posting ... OR ... use the REVISE POST feature to UPDATE or "touch" your posting before the deadline!!
*** LarryG

02 MAR 2013

WINTER UPGRADES DEPLOYED [FINALLY!]
* PHASE 1 UPGRADES COMPLETE *
1) "You Set" YEAR and/or PRICE ranges on SEARCH page
2) Length, Binding, Size fields added to certain CREATE POST categories
3) PHOTOS presented in full size SLIDE SHOW format for Javascript enabled browsers

* PHASE 2 UPGRADES COMPLETE *
1) POST ID visited links re-enabled (so you can tell where you've been)
2) LENGTH added to Ski/Board/Skate/Surf posting lists (Thanks Micha!)
3) Report Posting SOLD button now appears on all posting detail pages
4) SEARCH page updated with SKI / BOARD / SKATE / SURF Length
5) New SEARCH SORT Options: Revised Date, State, Product Name, Product Year, Manufacturer
6) SORT Postings by Post Date
7) SORT Postings by Ski/Board/Skate/Surf Length

* PHASE 3 UPGRADES BY 30 MAR * P3 includes automated RENEWAL notices every 30 days!

* HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UPGRADES? * CSS and Javascript Data Validation files have been updated. You may need to use CTRL+F5 to force your browser to update.

*** LarryG

19 JAN 2013 2013 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE SIA is striving to provide more donations to other charities that provide waterskiing in their activites. Please consider making a donation to the SIA website to kick off 2013. Regular bolding donations are still in affect, but the following BOLDING PACKAGES are available:

$30 - Receive LEVEL 1 BOLDING Privileges - FREE 2013 GTF Calendar - (1) FREE MDWSA EVENT SHIRTs - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) $50 - Receive LEVEL 2 BOLDING Privileges - FREE 2013 GTF Calendar! - (2) FREE MDWSA EVENT SHIRTs - FREE SHIPPING (USA Lower 48) If you care to participate in the 2013 BOLDING DONATION DRIVE, please use the PAYPAL DONATE logo on the right. Donations are NOT tax deductible.
*** LarryG

19 JAN 2013

SIA THANKS ITS 2012 BOLDING DONATORS!!!

SIA would like to THANK its 2012 donators. Your donations make it possible to keep the site up and running, and more importantly allow SIA to make donations to charity organizations such as MDWSA that include waterskiing in their athletic programs for the disabled. The traditional donations will be made to MDWSA but SIA will be making a $100 donation to LEAPS OF FAITH Disabled Waterskiers Club. Again THANK YOU for a successful 2012, and here's to an even better 2013!!!
Sincerely,
LarryG

28 DEC 2012

SPAM ALERT!!!

FRANKADAMS185@YAHOO.COM spammed about 15 postings early Friday AM. It was pretty obvious it was spam and upon Googling that email, a couple other reports of SPAM matching that email addy comes up. These emails were fairly well written but asked to use a Cashier's Check. The typical scam is for them to send you a Cashier's Check for more than the item is worth, then ask you to send them back the overage, if you can cash it. Just beware! SIA sent FRANK an email asking for his shipping address and phone number. No response yet.
*** LarryG

03 DEC 2012

2012 PRE-WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

294 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM THE DATABASE as a result of the PRE-WINTER Database Cleanout. These postings were removed as a result of the owner not marking the posting to KEEP or UPDATE. If your posting was removed and you want it reinstated, please provide the posting number and/or your posting email and description.
*** LarryG

01 DEC 2012

SPAM ALERT!!!

When JOEBOAT98@CS.COM came back to SPAM the site in AUG, he realized his email was blocked so he created DOUGS4567@CS.COM and proceeded to SPAM about 60 boat postings. Well he's bored again so created MELGISPO@GMAIL.COM this time and proceeded to do the same thing. The posting response was nothing more than the email address and the word NICE. As a result, SIA has placed the email addy on the BLOCK list. I really feel sorry for people like DOUGS, JOE, MEL! Life is too short to do stupid stuff like this.
*** LarryG

28 NOV 2012

2012 PRE-WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT FINAL ROUND

There are STILL 346 POSTINGS that are more than FOUR MONTHS OLD and have not been touched as a result of the FIRST and SECOND cleanout notification. FINAL ROUND notifications have just been sent out. Will give those posters 3-4 days to react or their postings will be removed from the active database. As stated, this WINTER, SIA will be implementing a ONE MONTH EXPIRATION date on postings. This will require posters to check their postings at least once a month or they will be categorized as EXPIRED.
*** LarryG

23 NOV 2012

2012 PRE-WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT ROUND #2

There are STILL 450 POSTINGS that are more than FOUR MONTHS OLD and have not been touched as a result of the FIRST cleanout notification. ROUND #2 notifications have just been sent out. Will give those posters 3-4 days before the FINAL ROUND comes out. After that, postings will be removed. As stated, this WINTER, SIA will be implementing a ONE MONTH EXPIRATION date on postings. This will require posters to check their postings at least once or month or they will be categorized as EXPIRED.
*** LarryG

09 NOV 2012

2012 PRE-WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT STARTING

There are 869 POSTINGS that are more than FOUR MONTHS OLD. Time for a CLEANOUT!!! Notifications are being sent to all those POSTERS. Also, this WINTER, SIA will be implementing a ONE MONTH EXPIRATION date on postings. This will require posters to check their postings at least once or month or they will be categorized as EXPIRED.
*** LarryG

31 AUG 2012

SPAM ALERT!!!

When JOEBOAT98@CS.COM came back to SPAM the site (must have been bored), he realized his email was blocked so he created DOUGS4567@CS.COM and proceeded to SPAM about 60 boat postings on the SIA website late 31 AUG 2012. The posting response was nothing more than the email address, same as before. No name, no message. As a result, SIA has placed the email addy on the BLOCK list until the person contacts SIA and explains their actions. I really feel sorry for people like DOUGS and JOE! Life is too short to do stupid stuff like this.
*** LarryG

29 JUL 2012

2012 SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

237 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM THE DATABASE as a result of the SUMMER Database Cleanout. These postings were removed as a result of the owner not marking the posting to KEEP or UPDATE. If your posting was removed and you want it reinstated, please provide the posting number and/or your posting email and description.
*** LarryG

23 JUL 2012

ROUND #3 CLEANOUT NOTIFICATIONS COMPLETE

273 notifications went out to postings having a DATE or REVISED DATE before APR 2012. Please follow the instructions provided in these emails or simply go to the website and use the REVISE POST feature to update your posting to avoid any further notices.
*** LarryG

10 JUL 2012

ROUND #2 CLEANOUT NOTIFICATIONS COMPLETE

401 notifications went out to postings having a DATE or REVISED DATE before APR 2012. Please follow the instructions provided in these emails or simply go to the website and use the REVISE POST feature to update your posting to avoid any further notices.
*** LarryG

10 JUL 2012

ROUND #1 CLEANOUT NOTIFICATIONS COMPLETE

831 notifications went out to postings having a DATE or REVISED DATE before APR 2012. Already seeing some significant changes in the database so people are statusing their postings accordingly. ROUND #2 will commence FRIDAY!
*** LarryG

08 JUL 2012

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT KICKOFF

Lots of website activity in JULY and AUG, and many potential customers are reporting postings already SOLD are still in the database. The last DATABASE CLEANOUT was in MAR 2012 so it is time for the next one.

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they placed dated MAR 2012 or earlier. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. If you cannot use the email notification (links stripped from email by your mail application) to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE of MAR 2012 or BEFORE will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures. Actual cleanout notices like the ones you see to the right will begin by 08 JUL 2012.
*** LarryG

27 JUN 2012

SPAM ALERT!!!

JOEBOAT98@CS.COM SPAMMED about 40 boat postings on the SIA website early 27 JUN 2012. The posting response was nothing more than the email address. No name, no message. As a result, SIA has placed the email addy on the BLOCK list until the person contacts SIA and explains their actions.
*** LarryG

07 MAR 2012

FREE BOLDING PRIVILEGES WITH MDWSA "SHIRT" DONATION

As many of you know, SIA supports the MO Disabled Water Ski Association both with donations and time. MDWSA currently has some leftover hoodies, sweatshirts, and t-shirts from its various events. For those people who make a "SHIRT" donation, Level 2 Bolding Privileges will be included with the order. Donation for a shirt, also includes FREE SHIPPING and a TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION RECEIPT from MDWSA, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Quantities and Sizes are limited, so CLICK HERE to link on over to the MDWSA website, and get yours ordered! For more information about Bolding Privileges see the SIA FAQ page under the ABOUT SIA navigation link.
*** LarryG

07 MAR 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

243 POSTINGS REMOVED FROM THE DATABASE as a result of the Winter Database Cleanout. These postings were removed as a result of the owner not marking the posting to KEEP or UPDATE. If your posting was removed and you want it reinstated, please provide the posting number and/or your posting email and description.
*** LarryG

28 FEB 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

FINAL NOTICE HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL REMAINING AFFECTED POSTINGS!
Initial notice went to over 900 postings. The second notice is in-process of being sent to about 430 postings. The Final Notice went out to 303 postings. This Sunday any posting still in the system which REVISED DATE is SEP 2011 or earlier WILL BE REMOVED.
*** LarryG

20 FEB 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

NOTICE #2 HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL REMAINING AFFECTED POSTINGS!
Initial notice went to over 900 postings. The second notice is in-process of being sent to about 430 postings. Last notice will be next Sunday, after which any posting still in the system which REVISED DATE is SEP 2011 or earlier WILL BE REMOVED.
*** LarryG

15 FEB 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

NOTICE #1 HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL AFFECTED POSTINGS!
If your posting is dated SEP 2011 or earlier, you should receive a NOTICE providing instructions on what to do. Please follow those instructions and the CLEANOUT process will be much easier for everyone!
*** LarryG

14 FEB 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT IN-PROCESS

Posters will receive a CLEANOUT NOTICE for each posting they have dated SEP 2011 or earlier. Follow the instructions on the email notification to administrate your posting. See the NEWS article below this one for more information. If you cannot use the email notification to update your posting, please go to the website directly and update or remove your posting. If you do not recall your password, use the LOST PASSWORD feature under REVISE POST. Use the email address on your email notification and the system will send your password to you.
*** LarryG

16 JAN 2012

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT KICKOFF

Welcome to 2012! It's all downhill from here!

In preparation for the increase in website traffic in the new year, it is time to KICKOFF the WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT!

Any posting that has a DATE or REVISED DATE of SEP 2011 or BEFORE will be subject to the cleanout. You can avoid getting the notices like the one on the right, if you "touch" your postings now. Simply use the REVISE POST feature, open up each of the postings you wish to keep, and simply resubmit them. This would actually be a great time to "freshen up" your postings with new words, price, and pictures. Actual cleanout notices like the ones you see to the right will begin by 20 JAN.
*** LarryG

30 DEC 2011

NEW CATEGORIES FOR 2012

SIA has listened to the suggestions by some of the users, and has added the following TEN new categories: CLOTHING, DISABLED, HELMET, PARTS-BOAT, PARTS-ENGINE, PULLS-Give/Get, ROPE-HANDLE, SERVICES, SKI CLUBS, and TOURNAMENT! Many of the entries in the MISC section can now be placed into a more proper category. SIA is also working to tailor the POSTING creation page to better serve each category, such as asking for ski length in the SLALOM category. Also more SORT options are in the works!
*** LarryG

12 SEP 2011

2011 SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

292 POSTINGS have been removed from the database due to their owner's lack of responding to three CLEANOUT notices. A LAST CHANCE email has been sent to the email address on record for each of the 292 postings. If your posting is missing and you want it reinstated, please contact SIA with the posting number asking the posting be reinstated. If you were responding to a posting and it is no longer there, check the SOLD category. If not there, then it was likely deleted. If you still want to attempt to contact the owner, please contact SIA.
*** LarryG

01 SEP 2011

2011 SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT FINAL NOTICES

The last round of notices were sent out to 337 postings that still show a REVISED DATE of APR 2011 or before. These records will be removed from the active database on 07 SEP if the automated email form is not used to status the posting or SIA does not receive an email asking to status the posting. The automated email form provides an easy way KEEP, UPDATE, mark SOLD, or REMOVE the posting so SIA recommends that form is used if your mail application does not disable the links.
*** LarryG

05 AUG 2011

2011 LATE SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT UNDERWAY

Well the DATABASE CLEANOUT was started but got delayed due to all sorts of reasons, so only one round of cleanout notices went out. Will do a REBOOT this weekend and restart the CLEANOUT process. If you are wondering about process, read the 05 JUN news item below.
*** LarryG

05 JUN 2011

2011 EARLY SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT UNDERWAY

Welcome to SUMMER 2011! 'Bout time it got here! The site is almost at its peak usage (usually comes in JULY/AUGUST timeframe) so it is a perfect time for a database cleaning! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy form to administrate your posting accordingly.

Please note, the form is only usable if you have your email configured to view as webpages (or HTML). If your email application is a TEXT VIEWER ONLY, then you should see a bunch of gobly-gook, but near the top will be some readable instructions and links to use to accomplish the same thing.

Many email programs TURN OFF LINKS in emails by default, so LINKS may need to be enabled on the TOOLS->OPTIONS menu or the emails sometime allow you to click in the banner and enable just that instance.

For those who have multiple postings, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FOR EACH POSTING. Once you select REMOVE or SOLD, the posting will no longer be accessible for editing. If you removed it by mistake, please contact SIA for reinstatement.
*** LarryG

16 MAY 2011

SPAM ALERT CANCELED!!!

Was able to straighten out the situation with Mr. Young Su Choi. He may suffer from a lack of understanding our wonderfully logical language, BUT HE IS LEGIT. SIA apologizes to Young, and has removed the email blocks on his email addresses.
*** LarryG

15 MAY 2011

SORT CAPABILITY ADDED!!!

Been a long time coming, but finally added some SORT capability to the Posting Lists. You can now sort on POSTING ID, YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, and ASKING PRICE. These are exclusive SORTS meaning each sort is a separate, independent action. However, the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sorts are hard-coded with the following heirarchies:

SORT LINK	PRIMARY SORT	SECONDARY	TERTIARY	QUATERNARY
POSTING ID	Posting ID - Descending
STATE	State - Ascending	Year - Descending	Make - Ascending	Model - Ascending
YEAR	Year - Descending	Make - Ascending	Model - Ascending
MAKE	Make - Ascending	Model - Ascending	Year - Descending
MODEL	Model - Ascending	Year - Descending	Make - Ascending
ASKING $	Asking $ - Descending	Year - Descending	Make - Ascending	Model - Ascending

Also, if a REDUCED PRICE is available for a posting, it is replacing the ASKING PRICE in the Posting List next to the

. This way the latest price is reflected in the posting list. The Purchase, Asking, and Reduced Price will still show up on the details page.*** LarryG

12 MAY 2011

SPAM ALERT!!!

Possibly a FALSE ALARM ... Am corresponding with Young Choi
Original message -> Appears some postings are receiving emails that are typical of SPAM: nonsensical phrases, poor grammar, etc., but they appear to be very random and infrequent. If you receive mail from an email addy that has ZEN and some numbers, BE SUSPECT OF IT. Some of the addys used have been ZEN1004@EMPAS.COM, ZEN1004@EMPAL.COM, ZEN712@GMAIL.COM. The contact name has been "Young Su" and "Young Gu". SIA has blocked all mail that contains ZEN + some digits so if your email has these in it, let SIA know. Sorry for any inconvenience.
*** LarryG

07 APR 2011

SPRING IS HERE!!!

And no better time than to show off TWO NEW SIA CATEGORIES!!! Please welcome PROMO BOAT and PRO'S CORNER to the lineup.
PROMO BOAT
This exclusive category is provided to those individuals who are helping promote our great sport by being part of a national promotional campaign by the boat manufacturers. The PROMO BOAT category will also have its own RSS FEED so other websites can show these special class boats! This category is also a subset of the COMP BOAT category so all PROMO BOATS will appear in the COMP BOAT listings as well. Typically, the boat manufacturers do not allow a price to be advertised to help protect their dealerships, so simply shoot the PROMO poster a message, and get the price.

PRO'S CORNER
This is a very special category that will auction off Professional Skiers' equipment to benefit MDWSA or a charity of their choosing. Read more about it under the DONATIONS menu.
*** LarryG

06 FEB 2011

Some new UPGRADES this SUPERBOWL WEEKEND!

SIA has now re-arranged its FREIND banners to show up at the bottom of each page as well as have their own page. This was to make way for a growing interest in advertising on the SIA website. Please read the ADVERTISING page under the ABOUT SIA heading.*** LarryG

27 JAN 2011

293 POSTINGS REMOVED FOR THE 2011 WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT

LAST CHANCE EMAILS GOING OUT NOW!
If your posting was removed and you want it reinstated, please provide the posting number and/or your posting email and description.
*** LarryG

23 JAN 2011

FINAL NOTICE - 2011 WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT

THIRD and FINAL NOTICES are being emailed out TODAY! Cleanout will occur THURS, 27 JAN. This means if you have not responded to the email by using the convenient buttons OR contacting SIA, your posting(s) will be removed from the active database.
*** LarryG

08 JAN 2011

2011 WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT UNDERWAY

Welcome to the New Year! Perfect time for some MUCH NEEDED database cleaning! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy form to administrate your posting accordingly.

Please note, the form is only usable if you have your email configured to view as webpages (or HTML). If you are email app is a TEXT VIEWER ONLY, then you should see a bunch of gobly-gook, but near the top will be some readable instructions and links to use to accomplish the same thing.

Many email programs TURN OFF LINKS in emails by default, so LINKS may need to be enabled on the TOOLS->OPTIONS menu or the emails sometime allow you to click in the banner and enable just that instance.

For those who have multiple postings, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FOR EACH POSTING. Once you select REMOVE or SOLD, the posting will no longer be accessible for editing. If you removed it by mistake, please contact SIA for reinstatement.
*** LarryG

06 Nov 2010

BOLDing for DONATIONS!!

Would you like your posting to STAND OUT IN THE LIST? Well SIA is adopting a new policy. For those who donate to SIA in support of MDWSA and to help keep the site running, you will receive BOLDING privileges for your email addy for that calendar year! And for those that donate $25 or more, you will not only get bolding, but special highlighting. Again, this is strictly for Donations and not related to the new SIA STORE. Any donations over operating cost go straight to MDWSA. And if you know of a disabled sports group that has waterskiing in its program, let SIA know, and it will consider making a donation to that charity as well. NOTE: Donations made to SIA are NOT tax-deductible.
*** LarryG

02 Sep 2010

EXCITING NEWS for SIA!

New site upgrades coming soon, including an SIA STORE. SIA was never a money making scheme but it has been fortunate enough to make some great contacts in different business areas and is branching out to provide the skiing community with a few unique items. Please stay tuned for more information as it comes available.
*** LarryG

25 Aug 2010

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

226 Postings were removed from the database as a result of the CLEANOUT activity. Last Chance Notices were sent but only a few people replied. If you want your posting reinstated, please email SIA and include the posting number.
*** LarryG

20 June 2010

DUPLICATE NOTICES WENT OUT FOR FIRST SET

Very sorry folks. Appears duplicate notices went out for the first set of postings. Those would be postings between SIA08849 and SIA02652. Again, my apologies. You only need to perform the operation once.
*** LarryG

20 June 2010

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT UNDERWAY

Time for some MUCH NEEDED house cleaning! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy form to administrate your posting accordingly.

Please note, the form is only usable if you have your email configured to view as webpages (or HTML). If you are email app is a TEXT VIEWER ONLY, then you should see a bunch of gobly-gook, but near the top will be some readable instructions and links to use to accomplish the same thing.

Many email programs TURN OFF LINKS in emails by default, so LINKS may need to be enabled on the TOOLS->OPTIONS menu or the emails sometime allow you to click in the banner and enable just that instance.

For those who have multiple postings, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FOR EACH POSTING. Once you select REMOVE or SOLD, the posting will no longer be accessible for editing. If you removed it by mistake, please contact SIA for reinstatement.
*** LarryG

13 June 2010

WEBHOST SERVER RESUMING NORMAL OPERATION

POWWEB got whatever the problem was under control. The server is now operating fairly stable.
*** LarryG

12 June 2010

WEBHOSTER HAVING SERVER PROBLEMS

Appears the webhoster (POWWEB.COM) is having some server problems, so the site is behaving erratically. If you have problems, please try again later. Sorry for any inconvenience!
*** LarryG

07 June 2010

REVISE POSTING FEATURE FIXED

Folks, got the REVISE POSTING feature back online. Turned out to be PHP versioning issue with an INCLUDE call in the script. Very sorry for the inconvenience.
*** LarryG

07 June 2010

REVISE POSTING FEATURE NOT WORKING

Folks, the webhoster disabled a feature required for the EDIT mode of the postings. Have contacted them, but not sure when it will be reinstated. Please check back periodically for any updates. Very sorry for the inconvenience. One way or another, I will get it fixed late this evening, if they can not reinstate the function.
*** LarryG

03 June 2010

PHASE 1 SITE UPGRADE COMPLETE

Tis a long time coming, but SIA is now

and

!
What does this mean? Using a true relational database engine opens up many areas of improvement such as performance, sort features, RSS feeds, and ease of adding more categories.

The upgrades are coming in THREE PHASES:
(1) Use of MySQL and PHP5, plus the added bonus of an RSS v2.0 feed.
(2) A website facelift, complete with an SIA STORE.
(3) Continued improvements and features to make your SIA experience more enjoyable.
*** LarryG

02 June 2010

SITE UPGRADE & MAINTENANCE

Some long time coming upgrades and maintenance are in-work. The site will be down Sunday, 06 June from 2200-2400 Central Time for Phase 1 upgrade. Will try for earlier but working some database issues at the moment.

The upgrades are coming in THREE PHASES:
(1) Use of MySQL and PHP5, plus the added bonus of an RSS v2.0 feed.
(2) A website facelift, complete with an SIA STORE.
(3) Continued improvements and features to make your SIA experience more enjoyable.
*** LarryG

16 Jan 2010

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

239 Postings were removed from the database as a result of the CLEANOUT activity. Last Chance Notices will be sent to those 240 posters in the next day or two. If you want your posting reinstated, please email SIA and include the posting number.
*** LarryG

10 Jan 2010

ROUND 3 and FINAL - FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT!

The THIRD and FINAL round of cleanout notices have been sent to those postings that are still on the "naughty" list! All postings not responding to the notice will be cleaned out of the database 15 JAN.
*** LarryG

27 Dec 2009

ROUND 2 - FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT!

Second round of cleanout notices have been sent to those postings that are still on the "naughty" list! Usually give them THREE chances to update them, so will complete the cleanout towards the middle of January 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
*** LarryG

07 Dec 2009

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT!

Time for a MUCH NEEDED database cleanout! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy new form to administrate your posting accordingly. See the 17 MAR 2009 or 16 NOV 2008 SIANEWS entries below for more an example of the new form.
*** LarryG

13 Oct 2009

SITE BACK TO NORMAL

Webhoster got most of the problems fixed so the site should be acting fairly normal now. Please report any problems if you they persist.
*** LarryG

12 Oct 2009

SITE CAME UP WITHOUT CATEGORY LINKS

Another oddity over the weekend. It appeared the PERL interpreter went on vacation or at least was asleep at the wheel occasionally. This manifested itself in a blank category navbar list on the left so you were not able to select a category to search on. This was intermittent all thru the weekend and somewhat today but appears to be better. Again, something flaky at the webhoster so I am sorry for any inconveniences, but whoever said the internet is perfect?
*** LarryG

12 Oct 2009

UPDATE - SITE EXPERIENCING MAIL ISSUE

The mail is getting back to normal. The system was reacting to slowly so I found a way to make it respond faster. For the most part, this should not have impacted the email messages being sent from potential buyers to posters. It was only the capturing of these messages in the MAIL LOG that appeared to be affected.
*** LarryG

12 Oct 2009

SITE EXPERIENCING MAIL ISSUE

There is some weirdness going on with the webhoster's mail system. The MAIL LOG is not receiving any mail from the system. Please test your posting and let me know if you are receiving your responses (use the CONTACT page, or send direct to larryg@larryg.com). Have a ticket opened with the webhoster trying to resolve.
*** LarryG

30 Aug 2009

END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMING SOON!

The End Of Summer (bite my tongue) Database Cleanout is coming soon, so please make sure your postings are FRESH! Use the REVISE AD page to bring each one up individually, then scroll to the bottom and select the POST button. That will update the REVISED DATE.
*** LarryG

05 July 2009

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

109 Postings were removed from the database as a result of the CLEANOUT activity. Last Chance Notices will be sent to those 109 posters in the next day or two. If you want your posting reinstated, please email SIA and include the posting number.
*** LarryG

26 June 2009

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT!

Final Notices have been sent out to 134 postings. This cleanout targeted all postings originating prior to MAR 2009. Cleanout will occur by Wed, 01 July.
*** LarryG

10 June 2009

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT!

That time of year again! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy new form to administrate your posting accordingly. See the 17 MAR 2009 or 16 NOV 2008 SIANEWS entries below for more an example of the new form.
*** LarryG

16 May 2009

SPAM ALERT!

The SPAMer goes by "Jeremy Witney" at jeremywitney@yahoo.com. This is the very typical SCAM where he responds to a large number of postings with a seeming reasonable response, but if you respons will very likely get a very poorly worded, grammatically incorrect, and just non-sensical response. SIA has seen this style before (see several entries below), and you can usually find instances of them on other websites as JohnH reported below. SIA has blocked this email addy. Please report any other SPAMers to me so I can at least ban that email addy from the site.
*** LarryG

22 March 2009

SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) postings were removed in the Spring Database Cleanout! If your posting is missing, it is because no action was taken when the three notifications were sent instructing on how to keep your posting active, as well as provide other options. If you want your posting reinstated, please contact SIA and provide the posting number. A Last Chance email was sent to the owners of the removed postings.
*** LarryG

17 March 2009

* FINAL NOTICE *

The FINAL Spring Database Cleanout Notices were sent Tuesday night. Any posting receiving a cleanout notification (see example on the right) that does not take action as prescribed, will be deleted this Sunday night! The notice makes it easier than ever to KEEP, UPDATE, SOLD, or REMOVE from the database!
*** LarryG

12 March 2009

SPAM ALERT!

PaulW gets kudos for reporting this one first. The SPAMer goes by "GIBSON" at gibsonrider2393@gmail.com. This is the very typical SCAM where he responds to a large number of postings with a very poorly worded, grammatically incorrect, and just non-sensical response. SIA has seen this style before (see DEC 2007 entries below), and you can usually find instances of them on other websites as JohnH reported. SIA has blocked this email addy, however, the bad part is the SIA mail log has no record of this guy's emails so the database was likely hacked. Please report any other SPAMers to me so I can at least ban that email addy from the site.
*** LarryG

06 March 2009

SCAM POSTING!

Thanks to BillH for notifying SIA. If any of you responded to the DRIVER URGENTLY NEEDED posting, WARNING, this one is almost certainly a SCAM. The response received from "David" clearly raised some red flags. Bad English, poor sentence structure, etc. and the fact he asked for somewhat sensitive information before send you the check for $600. The posting has been removed and his email address "davidorange101@gmail.com" has been banned from the site.
*** LarryG

04 March 2009

SPRING DATABASE CLEANOUT!

That time of year again! Notices to the postings affected are being sent out now. Please use the handy new form to administrate your posting accordingly. See the 16 NOV 2008 SIANEWS entry below for more information.
*** LarryG

22 February 2009

FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY ALERT!

In early Oct 2008, Mr. Emery Lesco of Virginia Beach, VA placed seven postings on the SIA website. Within three weeks he had sold three of the items. The buyers sent their money, and the checks were cashed. On 28 Nov one of the buyers notified SIA they had yet to receive their merchandise. Upon investigation, the other two buyers notified SIA they were experiencing the same situation. As a result, all Mr. Lesco's postings were removed and his email no longer permitted to make postings.

SIA has been in email, phone and text contact with Mr. Lesco (now claiming to reside in San Mateo, CA) multiple times since that date. However, despite many requests to complete the transactions, Mr. Lesco has not done so. SIA gave Mr. Lesco a deadline of 21 February 2009 to produce tracking numbers proving shipments had been made. He failed to do so. Therefore, SIA is recommending its users AVOID ANY BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WITH MR. LESCO until such time he refunds the buyers' money or ships the skis. As soon as proof of refund or shipments have been made, this alert will be removed.
*** LarryG

22 February 2009

RENTALS CATEGORY ADDED

At the request of a potential poster, the RENTALS category was added to the list. This category will be for rental waterski and wakeboard properties, as well as waterski equipment rental services.
*** LarryG

28 December 2008

DATABASE CRASHED / RESTORED

Sometime between 6:00 and 8:00pm Central Sunday night the database crashed, but has been restored to the backup made at 6pm so it appears nothing was lost. Please check your postings to be sure if you made any changes Sunday evening before 10pm Central. Very sorry for any inconvenience.
*** LarryG

12 December 2008

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

The Fall Database Cleanout is COMPLETE! If your posting is missing please contact SIA for reinstatement. Please include the posting number. A Last Chance email will be sent to those whose postings were removed.
*** LarryG

07 December 2008

FINAL NOTICE on FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT

The FINAL Email Notice was sent today (12/7). The database cleanout will be completed WED, 12/10. Any posting prior to SIA06710 is subject to CLEANOUT unless you have responded to the emails accordingly.
*** LarryG

01 December 2008

MORE on FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT

The 2nd Email Notice was sent over the holiday weekend so hopefully everyone will status their postings accordingly. It seems to be working fairly well. Many more people are updating and statusing their postings as opposed to leaving them to be deleted with no status. Please feel free to comment on the new method if you would please. Am looking for some feedback on this new approach. Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.
*** LarryG

16 November 2008

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT

FINALLY!!! The new and improved DATABASE CLEANOUT Cleanout Example

is here. Granted there may be some hiccups fine-tuning it, but if your posting originated on or before 31 JUL 2008, you will be getting an email notifying you of such. However, this email will provide you with a GRAPHICAL method which will allow you to: a) KEEP your posting as-is, b) UPDATE your posting, c) Mark it SOLD, or d) Mark it REMOVE. Don't expect this first run to be perfect, so let me know if you have any problems.
*** LarryG

14 November 2008

DATABASE RESTORED

Well folks, the database went TANGO UNIFORM today during a posting upload. The database has been restored with late last night's version plus some changes captured later today. I do know a poster who uploaded pictures of a MONZA as SIA07563 lost their posting but the pics survived. If the poster would reload their info, and let me know, I will reassociate your pictures with the posting. Bottom line, if you made any changes to your posting on FRIDAY, 14 NOV ... please check to see they are still there. Sorry for the inconvenience.
*** LarryG

21 September 2008

FALL DATABASE CLEANOUT

Well it is that time again! Database Cleanout is coming so if you want to keep your posting, just use the REVISE AD feature to view your posting, then RESUBMIT it. No changes are necessary, just resubmit it.
*** LarryG

21 September 2008

SECURITY UPDATE!!

All of the EMAIL pages now contain a SECURITY QUESTION to help reduce SPAM from WebBots. This is just a simple way to fool the BOTS, and those real-time SPAMers who are not ski savvy. The scrambled, jumbled, letter and number codes (called CAPTCHAs) commonly seen are the next step but this will do the job for awhile.
*** LarryG

23 June 2008

DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!!

The early summer DATABASE CLEANOUT is complete. Any posting older than MAR 08 that was not updated by its owner has been removed from the active database. If yours is one of these postings and you want it reinstated, please contact SIA and include the posting number(s).
*** LarryG

16 February 2008

DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!!

The early spring DATABASE CLEANOUT is complete. Any posting older than SEP 07 that was not updated by its owner has been removed from the active database. If yours is one of these postings and you want it reinstated, please contact SIA and include the posting number(s).
*** LarryG

26 January 2008

DONATION COMPLETE!!

FINALLY!!! SIA was able to make a donation to a charitable organization that includes water skiing in its activities. The Missouri Disabled Water Ski Association received a check for $200 from LarryG on behalf of the SIA donators. I want to personally thank everyone who has donated over the past two years that has made this possible. Here is to an even better 2008! *** LarryG

30 December 2007

THANK YOU DONATORS!!!

2007 is coming to a close, and so is the tally for this year's donations. This makes TWO YEARS running, your donations have paid for the cost to keep the site running. This also means the extra money will be going to the Missouri Disabled Water Ski Association and matched by LarryG! If you feel compelled, there is still time to make a donation. Please read the last two entries on the GUIDELINES page for more information. Again, THANK YOU, God Bless and may 2008 bring you much joy and prosperity! *** LarryG

05 December 2007

AND YET ANOTHER SPAM ALERT!

Another SPAM email was sent to many postings of various types. The sender this time goes by "Moss" but the message is worded and constructed very much like the last two entries below. The email address given this time is "mlucas2047@yahoo.com" and a Seattle WA phone number, 206-338-2661. If you choose to respond, please be aware this is almost certainly a SCAM! *** SIA has blocked that email address from using the site. *** LarryG

02 December 2007

ANOTHER SPAM ALERT!

Another SPAM email was sent to many postings of various types. The sender this time goes by "James" but the message is worded and constructed very much like that of "Jason" on 30 November 2007. The email address given this time is "Jameslucas01@yahoo.com" and unlike last time, the sender includes a Seattle WA phone number, 206-338-2661. If you choose to respond, please be aware this is almost certainly a SCAM! *** SIA has blocked that email address from using the site. *** LarryG

30 November 2007

SPAM ALERT! SPAM ALERT!

Many postings have been spammed by a person going by "Jason Wolf" at the email jswolf01970@yahoo.com and jswolf01970@yahoo.co.uk. His message indicates he is in the UK, and wants to buy just about everything. This happens about twice a year. Usually the message has grammatical errors and promises great things! If you choose to respond, please be aware this is very likely a SCAM! *** SIA has blocked that email address from using the site. *** LarryG

20 November 2007

Happy Thanksgiving SIA Skiers!

Now that the holidays are rapidly approaching and our weather (depending on where you live) is not necessarily perfect for a day on the water, many of us turn to "window shopping" to get that warm, shreddin' feeling again!

As a result, it is recommended you "freshen up" your posting to be more attractive to potential buyers. A new pic, reduced price, better description, etc. Whatever it takes to catch their eye.

AS A MINIMUM, please touch your posting by performing the three tasks included in the HOLIDAY REFRESH email that just went out to everyone, in preparation for the December CLEANOUT! -- LarryG

29 July 2007

SIA staff (that would be me, again) is back from an awesome ski vacation with 21 adults and 17 kids (ages 1 - 12)! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! I need to go back to work so I can get some rest! --- LarryG

20 July 2007

SIA staff (that would be me) will be on vacation from 20-30 July. Response time will be SLOW compared to normal so please be patient if you make a request or the database has problems. Thanks again for using the site and making it one of the more popular places for used equipment! --- LarryG

30 June 2007

As you are aware, the website database crashed on Thursday, 28 June. Most all postings have been reinstated, however, some photos were lost. Please check your posting to make sure all is correct. SIA has implemented some additional backups to avoid this in the future. Sorry for any inconvenience.

30 June 2007

NO MORE FILE UPLOAD SIZE LIMIT!

Any size photo(s) can now be uploaded and SIA will compress, resize, and create thumbnails automatically!

29 June 2007

Welcome to the new SIA NEWS page. This will be the location where SIA posts NEWS about the website. Outtages, errors, notices, etc. will be posted here providing a historical record of worthwhile information.

SKI-IT-AGAIN FRIENDS

SIA NEWS

22 NOV 2024

2024 #3 DB CLEANOUT STARTED

30 AUG 2024

*** SPAM-SCAM ALERT ***

26 JUL 2024

SIA Welcomes TRUESWERVE.COM as its newest Advertising Partner

24 JUN 2024

SIA Welcomes New Partner - LEARNWATERSPORTS.COM

21 JUN 2024

2024 #2 DB CLEANOUT STARTED

01 MAR 2024

2024 #1 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!!

15 JAN 2024

SIA MOBILE Has LAUNCHED!!! (SUMMER ONLY)

16 OCT 2023

2023 #3 CLEANOUT COMPLETE

12 OCT 2023

EMAIL ERROR 999

22 JUN 2023

2023 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

08 MAR 2023

Manage Account −> Account Info Tab Fixed!

31 JAN 2023

2023 #1 DATABASE CLEANOUT STARTING!

07 DEC 2022

*** SPAM ALERT ***

10 SEP 2022

2022 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship

28 AUG 2022

FRAUD ALERT!!!

29 JUL 2022

2022 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

10 JUL 2022

2021 Midwest Junior Top Performer Scholarship

17 MAY 2022

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR FIXED

07 MAR 2022

2022 #1 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

31 OCT 2021

2021 #3 CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

10 JUL 2021

2021 #2 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

29 JUN 2021

SIA SWITCHES FROM SENDGRID to POSTMARK

28 FEB 2021

2020 QTR #4 CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

10 JAN 2021

FINANCE A BOAT IN HASTE DURING THE 2020 RUSH?

11 NOV 2020

2020 END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

01 JUL 2020

2020 QTR#1 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

11 APR 2020

WE ALL NEED A LITTLE SUMMERTIME!!

11 APR 2020

NEW VIEW OPTIONS AVAILABLE

21 FEB 2020

CONTACT SELLER EMAIL Re-Established

21 JAN 2020

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!!

07 JAN 2020

New Account Management Upgrade!

03 SEP 2019

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

08 JUN 2019

2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETED!

04 FEB 2019

WINTER 2019 ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

11 NOV 2018

NOVEMBER ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT is COMPLETES!

08 OCT 2018

SIA Website was OFFLINE from 1330C to 2045C, Monday 08 OCT

08 AUG 2018

AUGUST ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

18 FEB 2018

FEBRUARY ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

22 DEC 2017

DECEMBER ENDLESS SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE!

17 NOV 2017

* SPAM-SCAM ALERT *

* SPAM ALERT *

WINTER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

END OF SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE

SUMMER DATABASE CLEANOUT COMPLETE