Avertising vs offering BMW-specific products

Subject: Avertising vs offering BMW-specific products
From: "Carl Buckland" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:05:23 +0000

Jared Gillard writes....

From: "Jared Gaillard" <[email protected]>

Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:05:14 -0400
Subject: Advertising on the Digest!

I hope that Mr. Sidney will stop advertising for "Dealer Marketing" on this

digest.  Do people want advertisements on this digest? I think they suck...

Jared Gaillard
[email protected]
318ti turbo

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I agree with Jared,  "Advertising on the digest sucks."  But I do 
distinquish "avertising" from  limited offers made for sale
of goods or services that are very BMW specific.  For example, 
someone selling cheap sunglasses or, worse, a paramid marketing 
sceme, should not be allowed on the Digest.

Offers to sell a BMW product, for example the recent offer to sell 
carbon fiber interior trim, should be allowed, even encouraged.  We 
should *encourage* BMW vendors to communicate with us, so we know 
what is out there to buy for our cars.  Half the fun of owning a cool 
car is adding personal touches to it.  Whether it is tune up 
services, chips, trim pieces, tires or brake pads, it should be ok to 
place posts on the Digest.  I would even think that "reasonably well 
spaced" repeats of postings should be ok.  It is not hard to see when 
"information dissemination" becauses blatant commercialism.

that's my opinion,

Carl

Carl Buckland
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