Anybody else notice?

[wedge40]

I was following a couple of Marhkam welding threads and they have disappeared. Did they get removed by a moderator and why?

Wedge

 

[schmism]

nope, plenty search results for Markham of TractorByNet.com - Search Results

 

[bbowman]

Wedge,

I was just searching last night, and indeed, a couple of the threads I was following regarding the Marhkam grapple are missing.

I noticed that "That Markham Girl" has 'banned' under her name now.

?

 

[kennyd]

She was banned for advertising without paying, she even posted a letter from Muhammad about it but it only lasted a couple hours or so. It also being talked about on a few other boards.

 

[wedge40]

She was banned for advertising without paying, she even posted a letter from Muhammad about it but it only lasted a couple hours or so. It also being talked about on a few other boards.

I guess there's a fine line between market research and advertising. I found it efficient when she would post shipping status of items.

Oh well, I'll guess we'll have to talk about them behind their back. I haven't been able to use my grapple "YET" but hopefully in a couple of weeks. I'm reclaiming about 3 or 4 acres and could use it right now.

Wedge

 

[rhett]

She was banned for advertising without paying, she even posted a letter from Muhammad about it but it only lasted a couple hours or so. It also being talked about on a few other boards.

yup, i read the thread. thought it was rude and unprofessional of her. there were many things i disliked about her approach, the worst was the listing of customers names on an open forum.

rhett

 

[kernal]

Wedge,
Got any pictures of that grapple yet?

Scott

 

[schmism]

I guess there's a fine line between market research and advertising. I found it efficient when she would post shipping status of items.

Oh well, I'll guess we'll have to talk about them behind their back. I haven't been able to use my grapple "YET" but hopefully in a couple of weeks. I'm reclaiming about 3 or 4 acres and could use it right now.

Wedge

no just means your driving traffic to another site that doesnt have such archaic rules. you might keep the vendor off the boards, but you cant keep the people from tracking down the vendor in other forums.

You have only shot yourself in the foot.

 

[shvl73]

It was very unproffesional of her to post the correspondence. This site is a business after all. Markham has received the benefit of their exposure here. How could she not understand a request to support the site?

 

[Muhammad]

We contacted the manufacturer several times to discuss offering their products for sale in our online store. And their initial response indicated to me an interest in discussing it further. We actually wanted to sell their products direct, since there seemed to be quite a bit of interest.

But after one reply, we never got another follow-up. That lack of response to our e-mails and the actions taken in the forums (as well as complaints from members) led to removing the threads and revoking their forum access.

We don't intend to prevent people from discussing any particular product or brand, and never have done that. But it's simply not fair to the companies that are paying advertisers to allow manufacturers or dealers to openly solicit customers from the forums without paying to advertise.