Commercial Postings - Please Read!
05-29-2002, 10:03 PM
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Commercial Postings - Please Read!
Posted for John Dunkle:
Rennlist is able to remain free only through the support of Rennlist Members and Sponsors. We would not have our Sponsors supporting the site if we continue to allow commercial postings by just "anyone" representing a Commercial Vendor in the e-mail lists and forums. For this reason we have now instated a new "no commercial postings" policy. The only exceptions, of course, are for the supporting Rennlist Members, Private Individuals and Sponsors that keep the site free.
Therefore, I ask that you keep in mind the following guidelines for Commercial Vendors who seem to need to "hawk" these list and Forums:
- You may not have commercial links in your signature to non-supporting vendor sites (i.e. - "Rennlist Sponsor") nor act in behalf of a commercial vendor, who is not a Sponsor, by having your SIG include a website from a vendor who is *not* a Rennlist Sponsor. We have a lot of Vendors who "use Rennlist" as their *free advertising* media. The days are now "gone" where Rennlist is their *free advertising* channel.
- You may not post links to "Rennlist" products, 'deals' and "group buys" offered by non-supporting commercial Vendors/Sponsors targeted at Rennlist subscribers. More times then not, folks are asked to do that for the "free advertising" that the Vendor enjoys (i.e. "scam the list").
- If you receive products for free or at a special discount from a vendor you must disclose that information when you make posts regarding that product. Any other type of vested interest that could cause you to potentially have a biased opinion must be disclosed.
Feel free to discuss particular products and even to ask for advice on where to get it at the best price. If you read a post like this and want to share a non-supporting vendor's offerings with that person, you can do so by private e-mail. Any posts or links directing someone to a non-supporting vendor/dealer will be deleted without warning and it is also grounds for permanent removal from Rennlist if it occurs on a frequent basis from the same user.
Frankly - these aren't major changes to the content and community known as "Rennlist", with the exception of minimizing "free advertising" from those Commercial Vendors who simply insist, and continue, on using Rennlist as their "free marketing" channel. To see a list of the official Rennlist Sponsors are - please go here: <a href="https://rennlist.com/sponsors.html" target="_blank">https://rennlist.com/sponsors.html</a> or look at the bottom of this e-mail - those are the folks who keep Rennlist alive along with the Rennlist Members.
Rennlist is able to remain free only through the support of Rennlist Members and Sponsors. We would not have our Sponsors supporting the site if we continue to allow commercial postings by just "anyone" representing a Commercial Vendor in the e-mail lists and forums. For this reason we have now instated a new "no commercial postings" policy. The only exceptions, of course, are for the supporting Rennlist Members, Private Individuals and Sponsors that keep the site free.
Therefore, I ask that you keep in mind the following guidelines for Commercial Vendors who seem to need to "hawk" these list and Forums:
- You may not have commercial links in your signature to non-supporting vendor sites (i.e. - "Rennlist Sponsor") nor act in behalf of a commercial vendor, who is not a Sponsor, by having your SIG include a website from a vendor who is *not* a Rennlist Sponsor. We have a lot of Vendors who "use Rennlist" as their *free advertising* media. The days are now "gone" where Rennlist is their *free advertising* channel.
- You may not post links to "Rennlist" products, 'deals' and "group buys" offered by non-supporting commercial Vendors/Sponsors targeted at Rennlist subscribers. More times then not, folks are asked to do that for the "free advertising" that the Vendor enjoys (i.e. "scam the list").
- If you receive products for free or at a special discount from a vendor you must disclose that information when you make posts regarding that product. Any other type of vested interest that could cause you to potentially have a biased opinion must be disclosed.
Feel free to discuss particular products and even to ask for advice on where to get it at the best price. If you read a post like this and want to share a non-supporting vendor's offerings with that person, you can do so by private e-mail. Any posts or links directing someone to a non-supporting vendor/dealer will be deleted without warning and it is also grounds for permanent removal from Rennlist if it occurs on a frequent basis from the same user.
Frankly - these aren't major changes to the content and community known as "Rennlist", with the exception of minimizing "free advertising" from those Commercial Vendors who simply insist, and continue, on using Rennlist as their "free marketing" channel. To see a list of the official Rennlist Sponsors are - please go here: <a href="https://rennlist.com/sponsors.html" target="_blank">https://rennlist.com/sponsors.html</a> or look at the bottom of this e-mail - those are the folks who keep Rennlist alive along with the Rennlist Members.
