I can't believe the actions of some. Let em go their way. I'm with you 100%, Love and above all, RESPECT!
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:01:09 -0500, "Dan Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low > End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for > allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with. > > <http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/1030.html> > > The fruits of his campaign: Other World Computing and Crucial Memory were > among many sites receiving emails from Mr. Bauer, Russ Arcuri, and > possibly others. Both sites contacted us, learned that we were moving > such content elsewhere, and continue to support Low End Mac with ads > and/or affiliate fees. > > Mac Zone, Mac Mall, and Verizon DSL have removed us from their affiliate > programs without ever contacting us (or if they did, their emails either > didn't survive our spam filtering or were not sent as plain text email). > I removed all links to Mac Zone about a week ago and all links to Mac > Mall tonight. > > I don't have details of our dealings with Mac Zone, but my records show > that over the past year we have generated 16,000 visits, 100 purchases, > and nearly $60,000 in sales volume. I am disappointed that they would > give this up without saying a thing to us. > > I recommend that if you value Low End Mac, you take your business to > dealers who support our site -- OWC, Crucial Memory, Small Dog > Electronics, PowerMax, Club Mac, and MacResQ among them -- and not > support businesses such as Mac Mall, Mac Zone, and Verizon DSL that have > pulled their support from Low End Mac. > > If you do choose to boycott any of these businesses, you might want to > tell them why. What goes around comes around. > > > > -- > Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. > <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> > <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> > <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> > > Life is too short to use anything but a Mac. -- Roger Ebert > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- http://fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
