On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Sisler, Clyde wrote: > > I may be opening a can of worms but IMHO: > > When making a postive comment about a product or service, many people feel > the need to offer a disclaimer that they gain no benefit from...., etc., > etc. Is this really neccessary? sometimes... if we know the person, and their integrity [after a while], probably not. someone new, maybe... > Yes, I know about the sp*ns*n crap that went on before and no, I don't want > blatant commercialism on the list either. > > There are manufactures, outfitters, dealers and the like on the list who > take good care to maintain the integrity of the list. I can't help but feel > they have a lot more to offer the list but don't because of this constraint. when the paddle discussion started, i sent private email, and then the same to the group, asking someone to please speak up, as they probably had very keen insights to the issue being discussed... no response. > They're the ones making, using and selling a wider variety of products than > any of us could ever hope to try. If one of them wants to make specific > points or offer reasonable opinions or has a hard to find product in stock, > so what? I personally would not be offended, particularily since I get the > occassional email from them already. > > Just my 2 cents worth. Guess I'll go crawl back into the archives now and > get out of the line of fire. i've said the same as you previously, but without success. hopefully this will let mfgr's etc, know we like HONEST answer [not a la sp*ns*nman] > BTW, the archives have grown quite a bit and I'm still in the D's of an > alphabetically sorted archive list I was sent. > > Clyde Sisler > http://csisler.com great archives!! thanks for all the hard work. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 09:10:30 PDT
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