I do make every effort to be diplomatic...However, If it looks like an ad...and it smells like an ad and it reads like an ad: "The Pad Pal jig, which I manufacture"...then it tells you where to get it...it must be an ad!
Gentlemen please....no advertising here...I define an ad as any thing "I think" will generate financial benefit for the poster...(or his buddies)...I am happy to have ads on the website at a nominal rate...just not on the BBS. I am considering adding an exclusive advertisment forum but that won't happen till early next year.
PS - So tell me, if someone posts a link to some fine engraving they have done, or a magnificient stock repair, etc, thus calling attention to their business, is that "looking for free advertising" too?
Yes..if they get any work form it it is an ad. They used my resources to expose their work to a known niche market of qualified buyers.
I do expect compensation (it never happens)...I typically find the biggest offenders think their time and efforts are worth so much more than mine...yet they love to post info here...why...because they get buyers! And seemingly free advertising...at my expense and at the expense of the board users.
Thank you...:-)
