ads on the list

[Richard Tanimura]

I agree completely with you Mike. I think the guidelines you took the
trouble to detail and exemplify are all acceptable practice. I also think
they are clear enough that they could be adopted and would work.

It pretty much comes down to personal preferences about where each of us
wants to draw the line. Mike nailed mine pretty good.

Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Mike Arman
Sent: den 26 januari 2004 14:16
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: ads on the list




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

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