>>> Advertising is not freely allowed on the list. It has never been freely allowed. Trying to sneak in a word about your product every other message is not nice; it's not playing by the rules, and is selfish.
I really appreciate the fact that advertising is limited on some of the lists, particularly this one. The treeless saddles list has a policy to allow distributors and manufacturers to answer questions about the products they sell, but occasionally a few of the dealers get overly zealous, and the list turns into one big annoying info-mercial. I think, given that that the treeless list is a product/genre-centric list, it makes sense to have some vendors on it, since they may know the answer to some reader's questions more completely than the non-vendors. But, this is a HORSES list, so I appreciate that product advertising is very limited. That just gets annoying, trying to separate the sales pitches from the genuinely unsolicited testimonials - especially when you see the same product hawked on 3-4 lists. I like the treeless list a lot, but without some moderation, I'm afraid it would get out of hand quickly. The moderator is pretty good about keeping the posts on topic there. I'm thankful, because I get plenty of junk r-mail ads as it is! What should we do, Judy, if one of us has a single-item type horsey something-or-other that we'd like to sell? Should we just drop a note to you, asking if a short e-mail to the list is suitable? Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1025 - Release Date: 9/23/2007 1:53 PM
