Eric,
Again, you have hit it on the nail.
Since e-gold started to use the MM, in my humble opinion, e-gold has had
more business.
As one of the e-gold staff once told me, "Mike, your IDEA will be good.
competition for e-gold is good". This person knows who s/he is and this is
one person in e-gold that I respect very much.
For e-gold taking off the sites that have links to an other online payment
system, I feel that they have cut the horse's head.
Come on Ried, think about what you are doing.
You guys started to use the MM so that your risk would be lower, etc.... I
was even thinking of starting a MM in South East Asia based out of
Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. I have even invested quite a
lot of money getting everything ready to do this. Now, I ask you this Ried,
Should I cut my loses now, or later.
MIKE
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric J. Gaither" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Public Announcement regarding OSGold links
| Reid,
|
| (snip)
| > We do not wish to be associated, even indirectly, with osgold.com;
| > therefore, we have removed all links from the e-gold website to websites
| > that link or make reference to osgold.com.
| (end snip)
|
| Your actions seem rather hasty, in my modest (unsolicited) opinion.
| Omnipay has once again made a rather major policy change without the
| courtesy of informing the Market Makers before implementation. While I do
| realize that e-Gold, Ltd., G&SR (dba Omnipay) can (and frequently do) make
| any decision they please and implement them with lightening speed, this
| type of inconsideration for the companies that allow the general public
INTO
| the e-gold system does little to promote a cooperative effort. I
| specifically remember hearing discussion of e-Gold, Ltd. and G&SR
(Omnipay)
| giving Market Makers 30 days notice BEFORE such major policy changes would
| be put into effect at the Indian River Summit hosted by G&SR on Oct. of
| 2000. Now, this may have only been "talk" at the time, but I (speaking
for
| myself, no one else) was under the impression this was going to be carried
| out. It appears, sadly enough, this was just "talk" and not policy after
| all. Is/Was anything mentioned in the "circle chair discussion" to be
| believed by the Market Makers?
|
| While e-Gold, Ltd. may have issues with competing currencies such as
| OSGold, GoldMoney and Standard Reserve, will e-Gold, Ltd. or G&SR (dba
| Omnipay) always strive to stifle the growth of the overall Gold Economy by
| censoring the information that is directly available to e-gold users? By
| eliminating all links to websites that make reference to OSGold, you have
| effectively eliminated the choices that new e-gold users have in choosing
a
| Market Maker which best fits their specific needs. Outside of eliminating
| the "mentioning OSGold" on such websites...what possible positive results
| could materialize from removing links to the MAJOR e-gold Market Makers
from
| the Directory? Business Express, Gold Now, Git-Gold and Gaithmans Gold
| Nation, Inc. (just the ones I immediately noticed) are four of the top
| services which provide InExchange and OutExchange services for YOUR client
| base. You are effectively telling YOUR clients you have the right to
| control what information THEY can and cannot view by REACTING in such a
| fashion. Is e-Gold, Ltd. really the ONLY gold-backed, digital currency
| available to the Gold Economy population? No, it is not. It was the
first,
| but not the last. Will you next eliminate the links to those services who
| whisper the good name of Standard Reserve gold as well? How about
| GoldMoney? 3PGold? e-Bullion? Is it really in the best interest of
e-gold
| users to be told that e-gold is the ONLY gold currency? Uhm..please
explain
| why again it effects e-Gold, Ltd. if a website contains information on
| multiple currencies? Seems to me that is in the best interest of the
| clients and customers, am I incorrect in that assumption?
|
| I have been perplexed over the past year as to how something that was
| working so efficiently last August (e-gold and Market Maker relationships)
| deteriorated so quickly into an "US vs. THEM" mentality. The IR S seemed
to
| add fuel to the fire rather than promote the cohesion of said
relationships.
| Promises or "talks" made at the conference continuously get broken.
| Requests for simple information from the Market Makers gets ignored. (I
am
| still waiting just to hear from you about the requirements for gold
purchase
| amounts of MM's that I asked several days ago.) Shifts in InExchange
| requirements are announced without informing the MM's a few weeks ago.
Now,
| we wake up to find out that e-gold does not want to be associated with
| OSGold (cool, so don't be...no big deal) so they have terminated links to
| the MM's who DO want to be associated with OSGold. This kind of reminds
me
| of the way my nephew dislikes sharing his Tonka Toy dump truck with my
| niece, so he hides it under the bed when she wakes from her naps!
|
| Communication is normally comprised of a two way channel. I can see
| something like:
|
| "Hello, we have concluded that we do have some issues with another gold
| currency that some of you also work with. We feel that this may be a
| conflict of interest because (fill in your feelings here). Therefore, we
| would like to request you remove said currency's information from your
| website until such time that this issue can be resolved. If you so choose
| not to, then within 24 hours your links will be removed from our website."
|
| having a positive impact on the relationship with the people who sell
| your product. However:
|
| "We have decided to censor what e-gold users my learn about, oops, I
mean
|
| > We do not wish to be associated, even indirectly, with Osgood.com;
| > therefore, we have removed all links from the e-gold website to websites
| > that link or make reference to osgold.com.
|
|
| Sounds more like e-Gold, Ltd. is getting nervous about the amount of
| business that OSGold is starting to transact. It has been pointed out on
a
| number of occasions by a few members of the G&SR administration and
| Discussion List subscribers that OSGold is not a serious competitor, I
think
| the adjectives "scam" or "joke" may have even thrown out. IF it is to be
| taken so lightly, why have you reacted with the force of a double barrel
| shot gun blast to the oral cavity of the cranium? Truthfully, Gaithmans
has
| not even completed a single transaction for OSGold as of yet, but you make
| me think that I must be missing out on some lucrative profits. Can you at
| LEAST take about, oh, five minutes to explain you decision and hasty move?
| (Don't worry, we all know you have to check with a certain close relative
| before you reply, we will patiently wait for him to give you permission.)
| (Insert Jeopardy theme song music here)
|
| Many of us MM's have prodded you in the past to be more responsive, to
| be more communicative, to help US help the CLIENTS of e-gold. Should they
| (e-gold users) see this as your, (help me here, Regis!) your FINAL ANSWER?
|
| Did you consider that some of the Market Makers might listen to your
| rationales and agree with you? Ironically, this action just shows that
you
| (e-Gold, Ltd. and G&SR) have NO CONCERN whatsoever for the Market Makers.
I
| am starting to see this a little clearer now...we ARE of use as long as we
| only mention e-gold, fill orders, and NOT educate our client base on what
| may benefit them best. IF we promote any alternatives, we will be
| vaporized. I think I got it now.
|
| Well, Gaithmans Gold Nation, Inc. can still be found at
| http://businesses.msn.com/GEGE/
|
| Gold Now can still be found at www.Goldnow.com
|
| Business Express (I think) is still at www.businessexpress.com
|
| Dave and Jane Anderson are at www.git-gold.com
|
| We still enjoy helping our clients, completing transactions, promoting
| e-gold (and ALL gold currencies) and pursuing the growth of the overall
Gold
| Economy.
|
| Last...are there any more toys (Gold currencies) that you will be
hiding
| under your bed (removing links to) in upcoming weeks? My Standard Reserve
| business is booming, should my clients be concerned you will be trying to
| eliminate their access to SR currency soon? GoldMoney? 3PGold?
e-Bullion?
| Please spell out for us what we may or may not promote on our
independently
| owned and operated websites so as not to offend the tastebuds of your
| offices. I will put my programmer to work on it straight away!
|
| Thanks, Reid, its always nice to hear from you in the form of such
| directives.
|
| My same stingy nephew told me something the other day I paraphrased
abit
| to deliver a point:
|
| "All I need to know about life I learned in Kindergarten:
|
| 1. Don't eat the glue, it just smells nice.
| 2. Don't run with scissors. You could put an eye out.
| 3. Share with your neighbors. They will, in turn, share with you.
|
| 4. Adults should be left to make decisions for themselves when they
are
| armed with adequate information about the variety of choices that lay a
| their feet. Darwinian Law dictates that the "Strongest Will Survive" in a
| world of open markets."
|
|
| Well, scratch number 4. It seems someone is trying to close the door
on
| the open market in the Gold Economy.
|
| Bewildered,
|
| Eric Gaither, President
| Gaithmans Gold Nation, Inc.
| (317) 788-8580 Voice
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| http://businesses.msn.com/gege/
|
|
| Scammer(s) take notice...the Gold Community is united in seeing your
| demise:
|
| http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=283196
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Reid Jackson-EG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 12:08 PM
| Subject: [e-gold-list] Public Announcement regarding OSGold links
|
|
| > We do not wish to be associated, even indirectly, with osgold.com;
| > therefore, we have removed all links from the e-gold website to websites
| > that link or make reference to osgold.com.
| >
| > Reid Jackson
| > Managing Director
| > Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc.
| >
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