ads on the list

[Cody]

My sentiments _exactly_ to the word. I was actually planning on saying just that in about 5 minutes after I finished catching up on my e-mail this morning! Like Mike said about my sig (and others simmilar to mine), I mention my business name, but I have never tried to sell anything on the list. I have on occasion asked about interest for stuff to make, or asked about pricing on certain things I was listing in the mraketplace, but never have done anything commercial on the list. I definately agree on Mikes point about e-bay too, a total ban of auction lins is over the edge, I love knowing about when something is for sale that I may be interested in and I rarely check e-bay due to the usual lack of 5cyl stuff.

-Cody Forbes
Black Forest Racing
http://www.500tq.com
'86 5ktq
'87 5ktq EFI/K27
'88 80 4cyl
'88 90 4cyl


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:15:54 -0500

>
>
>I don't have any problem with an occasional ad on the list - I find them 
>interesting, and useful to get an idea of what bits are selling for on the 
>"casual" marketplace.
>
>I think what we might do is fine tune the policy - and we have not really 
>been abusing it, so this isn't a "sky is falling and we gotta fix it NOW!" 
>deal.
>
>Personal stuff mentioned one or at most two times, OK. Should ALSO be on 
>marketplace.
>
>Unique stuff found on eBay (or wherever), no personal interest, OK
>
>Ads for businesses, not OK (belongs on vendor list)
>
>Sig lines with the name of the business, OK (I don't mind knowing what 
>other listers do for a living)
>
>Sig lines with name, phone number, fax, email, address, full product line, 
>testimonials, we take credit cards etc. not OK (belongs on vendor list)
>
>Commercial ads (dealers) for cars for sale, not OK (belongs on marketplace)
>
>A few of us are going to have a problem no matter what - Joel Osserman, who 
>I believe is a leasing company, has a pretty specific sig line, but since 
>he doesn't abuse the list by posting his entire off-lease sales list every 
>two hours, I can't really see a problem. We have a number of other listers 
>who make their living (or part of it) from the four rings, Phil Payne, 
>Scott Mockery (sp?), Cody Forbes (racing in S. Florida), Igor Kessel, and 
>these people contribute to the list on a regular basis, so THEIR sig line 
>is also part of their credentials.
>
>Appeals for help from relatives of dead dictators to sneak $X million 
>dollars out of sub-Saharan countries and please don't tell anyone - take 
>'em out and shoot 'em.
>
>Best Regards,
>Mike Arman
>
>