[urq] Re: Smoked Taillights and License Plate Light Trim

[Brett Dikeman]

On May 9, 2005, at 3:18 PM, AUDIJIM at aol.com wrote:

> Sorry if this comes across as spamming....
>

If you thought it might be interpreted as spamming, why did you post  
it, instead of asking Dan, Steve, or myself if it was Kosher?

It does come across as spamming, unfortunately- you're a vendor/ 
business directly soliciting the list, and you're using a fairly  
hefty advertisement in your signature.  To me, it's one thing if a  
lister (or the community) independently approaches a vendor about  
setting up a group buy because there was interest in the community  
for it.  When a vendor does it directly, that's more of a  
"promotion", and falls under advertising and solicitation.

Neither is permitted.  The way to get business from listers is to  
contact listers when your services/products apply...as well as simply  
by "doing good" and relying on reputation.

(I also happen to think that "group buys" are a complete waste of  
everyone's time- for example, the group tire buy this winter was  
barely a few dollars below e-tire.com's RETAIL price.  I've also seen  
them go wrong, firsthand.  Ask me some time about Todd Candey's  
eurolight harnesses, or Metrix's performance in the eurolight group  
buy Chris Miller and I set up many years ago.  However, my personal  
opinion on the matter of group buys is moot, since site policy does  
not prohibit them).

You're welcome to 'appeal' to Dan ( I've cc'd Dan to bring the matter  
to his attention in case he disagrees with my assessment; the buck  
stops with him), but to me your message was pretty clearly against  
Audifans advertising policy.

Please do not post on this subject to any Audifans lists again unless  
you have Dan's permission.

(original message at: http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/2005- 
May/103028.html )

Brett
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