Re: Gray Market Ads

[smarinel@Flint.Mines.Colorado.edu (Steve Marinello)]

>Hmmmm...  Then we should give Ned and Superchips and Dinan and Hypertech all
>equal time, and then later, whoever else comes down the pike?   My argument
>is that this is (and DanS confirmed with his response to the ad thing) a
>third party net, by definition....  Altho I have views and experience with
>most of the tuners on the audi trail (and most know my incline), in my rookie
>5 months on this net, I have made a point never to post "sales tech" info or
>even a phone # for that matter, in the interest of protecting the sanctity of
>the independence of thoughts quattro.ans allows us....  What might have been
>acceptable would have been a post saying "hey, I got a letter from trevor and
>would be willing to send it to whomever wants it, directly (and I prolly
>would have bit)....  Or, even a paraphrase or edited version of the nuts and
>bolts, not the desclaimer or the Total Audi needs thing, that to me is
>blatent advertising, whether intentional by the "poster" or not (and not,  me
>thinks he felt he was doing the right thing)....  This was an inadvertant
>error of post, and a gray area for sure, cuz we'd all like to know the magic,
>but does anyone think, no matter how cutthroat (and lord knows this net can
>wield a pretty deadly sword, ******* insert OJ joke) we'd get, that the
>answers would be any more specific?  Tap and all the others are in business,
>not to reveal secrets that would make their upgrades obsolete (had to use
>that word from him) or easily copyable, but to put their products in the
>limelight, that is, to sell YOU, to get your money...  That's exactly what
>happend, Trevor told us nothing of technical value and got to spew the ad on
>the most exclusive target market available to the audi parts supplier.....
> My opinion and resolve as always...  remains true to the spirit of the net
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>That guy
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>The aka. of the nomenclature PDQSHIP

Although I didn't consider the comments and info from TAP advertising, I
see your point.  So how does everyone want this to be handled and/or
continued on the net.

Steve