I am so sorry everybody ! I have not tried to ignore anybody - really . I have not traded with anyone for well over a year now. I do not even use that old email address anymore. I really just don't have time to trade anymore. I am spending all extra time that I have with my family ( my wife and 2 boys ). Plus I just recently lost my mother to lung cancer , and just found out that my sister has ovarian cancer. So there is a lot going on.

I do want to thank all of the great traders out there that made this hobby so fun for me in the past. Thanks for the good times ! This is a great hobby !

I never formally announced my retirement from the hobby , because I never knew that that was going to be the outcome. Things just started happening , I stopped spending time on the computer , and before I know it a year passes. I am very sorry to anyone who I never contacted back for future trades.

Once again thanks to everyone for the great trades of past !

I am formally calling this my retirement now from the hobby.

Everyone have fun , I sure did , but it is time to move on I guess.

I know someone out there will keep the w/o/c side of video trading alive. I know I sure made an impact on getting w/o/c stuff out there for those 7 years that I was trading.

Once again sorry to everyone , but most importantly Thanks for the trades !

Ben ( Porkys1982 )

Thanks for all the great W/O/C you've found and put out there for everyone who appreciates those small TV time capsules. I'm in the same boat as you...I've got a wife and 4 boys who eat up much of my time, so I trade far less then I'd like too. But there are only so many hours in a day. I still pick up old VHS/Beta tapes when I come across them, but there is a lot of work involved as you know. But a hobby is just that, a hobby, meant for your free time. Family and life should always come first. My collection of W/O/C material is a decent size (its the main thing I collect), and I'm fine adding to it when I find time. Sometimes there are many months between trades, years even. But I still get that excitement when I come across new shows/blocks woc, so I'm still keeping it as a hobby, for now, when I have time.
I think I'd only done a few small trades with you, but you were always like the Godfather of W/O/C trading to me. So enjoy your retirement and time with family! You'll be missed!:)

I've gotten some great great stuff from you over the years. I hear you on the hobby, I often feel like I have just about everything floating around out there that I wanted. I still buy tapes when I find them and convert stuff to DVD when I can, but I find myself trading a lot less these days too.

Hey Porkys,

Thanks so much for contributing to the hobby. It's because of you and others, I've enjoyed a mass amount of TV shows that I got in my collection. As others stated, it's a hobby, but a great hobby!