I disagree - it seems that Mr. Kelly made OSgold an issue here and now he
wants to dictate terms to e-gold (have I missed something)?
If OSgold is as great a profit center as everyone says, the de-listed
affiliates shouldn't even miss e-gold.
>From: "Mike Poulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Public Announcement regarding OSGold links
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:32:23 +0700
>
>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
>=========================
>
>This email address is being terminated by May 30th, 2001.
>
>Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thank you,
>
>MIKE
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric J. Gaither" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>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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