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Bomberman
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PostPosted: 01:19 - 09 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just for reference, the smiley needs to go outside the [url] tags...Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 09 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

You also need to take the space out, except that the link works fine on it's own.

A note for those rating this as spam:
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Thou Shalt Not Spam
Non bike related adverts are not welcome here. However if you have a business selling motorcycle related products or services you are welcome to advertise it in the Exchange & Mart section. Please note, however, that the harder you try to sell your ad, the more flak you are likely to incur from other users.

It would seem that this product is to some degree designed for bikers, so personally, I don't see the problem.

The post in 'new bikers', fair enough, but this is at least in the proper forum.
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PostPosted: 01:14 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt you could ever get a blow job wearing them glasses. Wink
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PostPosted: 17:33 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ignore all the idiots who are too dense to know the difference between spam and sales.
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

With all due respect Bendy, bad biker has only made four posts and they have all been about this sale on this thread.

Appreciated it is a sale and not spam, but does the forum want to be used for people to just hop on and sell things, maybe it does, if so, I will shut up.

Other forums I have been on do not like people just jumping on a forum to sell something then buggering off.

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PostPosted: 17:46 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bendy wrote:
Ignore all the idiots who are too dense to know the difference between spam and sales.

Woah, hold up. I called spam, fair D and was wrong Embarassed I was under the impression that commercial sales were the problem (on most forums I use it is). However, I did go to check the rating guide but it doesn't exist when you click it Thumbs Down Could do with fixing.
And yes I now notice the big link at the top Very Happy
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PostPosted: 17:50 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is from UK Bike Forums, made me chuckle, all that pish Cool

1. If you are just signed up to flog your product. Sod off!!!

2. We're a friendly bunch on here but we need members to help the site grow. To get a free ad, you need to give something back to the site. Make a couple of posts, even if its just to say hello and your 'for sale' item will be more than welcome.

3. Anyone who sells an item with their first post will have it removed from the site. You will be given one week to show that you are willing to come back and post and then you will be banned from the site. If you do return within that week and making a post (Other than, 'where's my ad gone') you're for sale post will be restored.


We run this place out of our own pocket, so don't rip the pish. A couple of posts in exchange for a ad ain't gonna kill you. You might even like it...

Laughing I think that is fair comment....
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PostPosted: 18:03 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bad karma for posting it in New Bikers - fair enough. But when it's posted in the right forum, and it's bike related, I say fair play. As does Korn, by the definitions in his guide.
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PostPosted: 23:39 - 10 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

To add to it, the definition of the spam rating is "Use this reason only if you spot a blatant piece of unsolicited commercial advertising, similar to what you would term junk mail." and if I got a flyer trying to sell me those glasses through the door I would see it as junk mail, maybe others might not be, but it is a blatant piece of unsolicited commercial advertising to me, hence the spam rating. Penny Coin Penny Coin
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PostPosted: 00:18 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I am not on this forum just to sell.


Yet amazingly, you have not taken the time to say hello to us all in another post, you have just jumped in with a sale. However it seems that is allowed on this forum so knock yourself out.

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PostPosted: 00:23 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Re: The Best motorcycle sun glasses in the world Reply with quote

A lot of other people do come on here just to sell their stuff, maybe on a more personal level, but in the end for the same purpose.

Now, his post in a section I see as reasonable to rate as spam.
However this is supposed to be an open marketplace.

Plenty of regulars do and have advertised their products and services they offer on occasion.

Should we only allow people to post a bike-related sale if they have made a certain number of posts?


A while ago Visordown changed the 'Bike for Sale' section to the top of the index page; the cynical, or realistic perhaps side of me thought that this was to try and get more members buy making such a marketplace immediately obvious.
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PostPosted: 00:35 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good question.... Should it be allowed.

It is really down to the forum owner, if he is happy for this to take place, then we are all happy, if he does start to get spammed to death by loads of people, then time to change the rules.

Another interesting question, why do others ban it, like G says, it may encourage people to come on and have a look?

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PostPosted: 04:18 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

It all depends really on what you consider spam, or junk mail really, which like most of the other post ratings is down to personal opinion I reckon. Penny Coin Penny Coin
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PostPosted: 10:17 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally, I don't see the harm in letting people advertise bike-related products on a bike forum. It's one single thread to scroll past if you're NOT interested, just as all the other exchange and mart threads are.

I don't see any great value in getting people to say hello first unless they actualy want to hang around.

Personally, I just don't like seeing someone karma'd into the ground when they may not realise they're doing anything 'wrong' - come on a bike forum to advertise your band, your penis extension kits, you know you're spamming. Come on a bie forum to advertise your bike sunglasses... why would you think that's wrong?

Would you complain if someone came on and registered only to put their bike in exchange and mart?
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PostPosted: 11:28 - 11 Sep 2004    Post subject: Re: Hello Hello Hello Reply with quote

As I mentioned on chat; to me this seems to be like walking into your local bike shop and being offended because there is a Motrax stand with bikes products on*.
He is selling bike related products in a place designed for such a purpose. Yes, it is unsolicted, but so are the rest of the ads.
Yes he is trying to make money from it, but so are the rest of the ads.

[size=87]* Ok, bad example as I do find Motrax generally offensive Razz.[/size]
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