A New Modelling Forum

And you seriously expect people to leave a free newsgroup to join a pay-to-view forum? Now we know how you can pay out £500 in prizes every month! I wish you luck, your going to need it!! Coz here's one user that WON'T be joining your forum....

Eddy

sign 'em up. clean 'em out. run like hell. oh yeah, sure mr barnum.

This according to the web blurb this is based on 1,000 people joining, well

This does seem rather a high number given that many free Yahoo groups run around the 250 to 750 figure. If they were pay for groups this would drop to probably to single figures.

-- Regards,

John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

He never said that.

Joel. phx

and how much of your money did you send him?

There are a lot of things that you have to agree to in the T&C's, but nothing at all about what the organisers/web masters agree to do in return.

Peter

-- Peter & Rita Forbes snipped-for-privacy@easynet.co.uk Engine pages for preservation info:

It was on the Bibliography channel, but you can search the net on Barnum and "sucker". He was a showman, not a con-artist.

Joel. phx

not s*it, sherlock? doesn't change the fact he knew this difference between a mark and a chump.

Nor does it mean he says the phrase everyone attributes to him, even if he believed it.

Joel. phx

Of course you seem to be lacking a clue.

also key-reckt!

err forgive my rather cynical view but does this post not constitute SPAM??

Oh and Ian,thank you for your kind and considerate offer however at this time I shall be unable to partake as I much prefer to listen to/read the posts of, seasoned organ grinders rather than pay per view monkeys.

have a nice day

Dalt

Certainly looks that way to me...

And long may they continue to grind their seasoned organs...

Regards, Tony

I would like to hear an explanation of how the £500 monthly prizes fail to atract the 'less desirable and disruptive elements' that the £12 annual subscription is intended to put off. Not that it matters, I will not subscribe.

Did it cross anyones mind that he might be legitimately trying to start a decent modeling resource? If your going to have your reservations about paying then think them but dont blatantly call the guy a con-artist when you have absolutely nothing to base the accusation on. Jeez...

Kyle

Everybody who posts commercial product announcements on rmr is deemed a con artist by somebody, unless you are a TRA blessed vendor who can do no wrong (actual cons or not).

Kyle,

The amount of free information and most likely hundreds of years of experience in this group far outweigh a post made COMMERCIALLY as SPAM (check the dictionnary for use of the word spam and commercial). Cross posting to numbers of groups offering a PRODUCT or SERVICE you are charging for is SPAM. Have a look on google to see how many groups got the same thing posted..then if you really are happy with it offer the guy support by joining up. It is common good manners to add "ADV" to the front of a post if you intend it to be commercial or to solicite money from people. I wouldn't say the original poster is a con man and I have NO evidence to suggest otherwise..however I WOULD say he is a spammer..and that in itself is enough for me and no doubt others to ignore the content of his post.

DD