Re: UUC Motorwerks / ads

["Bernard M. Walters" <bmwhunt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some dude wrote:

> I got a question for everybody here in Digest land.  Why is it that > 
the UUC Shortshifter guys can advertise here on the digest, and yet > 
nobody else can? 

Some bubba wrote back:

> You read what Richard said, however, I wanna chime in here on this
> one and say that Ben Liaw and Rob Levinson add USEFUL CONTENT to 
> this Digest unlike other Spammers like the recently departed Rodd 
> Sidney and the defunct AE Sports Tuning.  There is generally some 
> leeway for those that add USEFUL CONTENT (like Steve D'G of The 
> Ultimate Garage) as an accepted means for plugging ones own product
> once in a while.
>
> Dude Dude...lessee....I'm trying to remember your last USEFUL 
> CONTENT post.....<scratching head>...funny, I can't seem to recall 
> one at all...or else I musta missed them all. 

Then some other dude wrote:

> If someone is complaing about Ben or Rob posting some info about the
> UUC mods, I have to ask if they were complaining when Ben was giving
> out all the useful ABSOLUTELY FREE advice when the BL/SS craze first
> hit.
>
> These guys are what the Digest should be, and if they want to tell
> us about their new products, I'd love to hear about it.

But at www.digest.net/bmw/ Richard Welty says:

> No Free Business Advertising. Advertising for personal items is
> permitted; however, people who seem to advertise rather a lot
> may find themselves declared to be businesses for purposes of this
> mailing list. 
>
> Businesses wishing to post short, tasteful ads to the Digest may do
> so by arrangement with the Digest Coordinator, Richard Welty.
> The advertising rate basis is $0.10 per email address on the list
> per ad. Membership as of 27 November 1996 is 3100, giving a cost of
> $310.00 for a one time advertisement. 

Funny, Richard's website does not mention anything about USEFUL CONTENT, 
or how much free advice a business must pass out to get free 
advertising. Obviously, there are a set of unwritten rules (read double 
standard). Let me attempt to write down some of these heretofore 
unwritten rules, just so we're all clear:

1. If you're a bubba, you can post _anything_ you want to the digest. 

2. If you run a business you must pay to advertise on the digest, unless 
rule 1 applies.

3. If you're bubba Duane, you are permitted to post to the digest 
without putting in any USEFUL CONTENT, and you're also allowed to 
simultaneously criticize others for lack of USEFUL CONTENT. Also see 
rule 1.

4. If you're not quite a bubba, but you run a BMW-oriented business and 
thinly disguise your digest advertising with USEFUL CONTENT, you may 
occasionally place those subtle advertisements on the digest. Behave in 
this way and you'll soon be nominated to the order of the bubba.

5. If you're not at all close to a bubbadom, you must follow the rules 
stated on the website, and rule 1 above does not apply to you. By the 
way, you can't apply for bubbadom, and if you do, you'll immediately be 
chastised and banished by any of a number of true bubbas. Bubbadom is by 
invitation only.

Now that we have that settled, let's move onto the oh so important 
subject of "should I put snow chains on my $40,000 car and possibly do 
thousands of dollars damage, or should I just get a winter beater with 
tire chains in the trunk and 4 good snow tires on the road?"

BW

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