Ken Pike - Streetrodpainter - Now's the time!

[davesnothere]

Originally Posted by Brent Mills

Well, the common question lately has been surrounding how/where to post advertisements on the site. This site is for the people, but I understand the question, and so that I don't have to repeat it a million times, here's a way to do it and the policy.

• You must already have a banner ad here to post any advertisement.
• Ads should be posted to this forum area (the "Advertisers Forum") only. (this is not an open policy for all forums)
• Ads can not be product comparisons....Stick to the qualities of your product or service.
• Do not post information about your product/service on someone elses existing ad.
• You may include pictures.
• You may include links to your site.
• Absolutely NO SPAMMING! (read on for details)

If you have a new product line, do not make separate threads for each product in a line. If you have a discount to offer on select items, include all of them in a single post. If it feels like abuse of the policy, it probably is, so send me a note and I'll let you know.

Hopefully this helps the businesses and it helps the members here by not cluttering the rest of the site with ads (this has not been a problem to this point, but given the number of questions around this lately, it was just a matter of time.

Which part of this did you guys not understand? Maybe this Ken guy would like to buy a banner both here and on the other cobra forum since he expects to derive so much business from them. Does not seem fair to those who pay to advertise on these sites, does it?

[jmarsey]

Originally Posted by davesnothere

Which part of this did you guys not understand? Maybe this Ken guy would like to buy a banner both here and on the other cobra forum since he expects to derive so much business from them. Does not seem fair to those who pay to advertise on these sites, does it?

Ken Pike has nothing to do with this post. It's my fault. I though I was doing something good for someone else. If I screwed up by posting in the wrong place than please, by all means, address me.

Sorry to have offended you "davesnothere" I thought I was posting in the appropriate forum. But then again, what the heck do I know?

John Marsey

[davesnothere]

If I was a paying advertiser, which I am not, and I saw someone coming in to advertise their business without paying for it when I had, boy would I be pissed off. Seeing that Ken does not pay for his advertising here or on any other Cobra forum, but he posts quite out in the open soliciting business, you would think once more that he would want to spend a little of his profits to advertise where he expects his business to come from. If you did so here for him, would you not read the guidelines first that state that this forum is for paid advertisers. Gee I guess not/. Warm and fuzzy only goes so far, when sopmeone wants my money, they should have to pay for that right at least here and elsewhere. I am just surprised that Bill and Brent have not clamped down on such free solicitations.

[jmarsey]

Originally Posted by davesnothere

If I was a paying advertiser, which I am not,

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by davesnothere

If I was a paying advertiser, which I am not, and I saw someone coming in to advertise their business without paying for it when I had, boy would I be pissed off.

As a paid advertiser, allow me to jump in here for a moment. I do not see what the big deal is, Ken is well known in the industry and a loyal (tough to come by these days) customer has posted that he (Ken, aka:StreetRodPainter) has some extra bandwidth at his shop right now. Seeing that you are just a newbie on these forums, perhaps you should sit back and allow those that have been here for a while (and once again who are paid advertisers) speak for ourselves......

Just my two cents worth on this particular thread.

Bill S.

PS: Ken, remember "no good deed goes unpunished"