Attn Admin5 only!!

NathanY

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I have a question for you, what could possibly be the harm in someone advertising a motor for sale on the board, as long it is not like what you sell in the outboard motor section? You get plenty of my money from all the other stuff that I buy through the Mega Mall, but I can not afford to buy a motor from you at 2000 bux, but if some one has a motor that they want to sell that fits my needs, for 500 and they post it, the moderators shut it down quickly, and then I see them *****ing and moaning to go to the top of the page and look at the outboard section.<br /><br />I can not afford to buy a 2-3000 dollar outboard. And not to be rude, but you classified section sucks. I have an ad on it that I can not get rid of, that has been there for over a year, same as most of the ads on there. <br /><br />So my question is, why do you discriminate against the poor-er boaters on your board?<br /><br />Putting a 25-30 year old motor does not in any way affect your bussiness, and is it in no way any competition for you.<br /><br />I love your board and I hold all its members in highest regards, but come on, get with it. Its not all about $. However, I do think that it should not get out of hand, if you do see one that is in direct competetion of what you sell, then by all means you should delete it.<br /><br />Well I tried to give you a for Example, but the post has already been deleted.
 

Admin5

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Re: Attn Admin5 only!!

Nothing better than honesty Nathan. Thank you. Yes, we are very protective of our boards and business because these end up paying my mortgage at the end of the month (every month without fail). Making a buck on the Internet is one of the toughest businesses around bar none. How many family start-up Internet companies that received no outside funding but are profitable and growing can you count? Please tell me at least 1 other than iboats.com?<br /><br />The reasons why we have such a strict policy about posting competing companies and things for sale on these boards -<br /><br />1. People can pay $29 and sell their engine on our classifieds (which thousands think don't suck as bad as you do ;) ) and help us keep this site going (I am sure than in your 800+ posts and countless visits you have seen that the info on these boards are worth more than $29).<br />2. You can very easily go to any search engine you desire and find stuff in less than 1.74 seconds. It is not that hard to find our competitors - just look. You don't need our boards to find stuff.<br /><br />I am very glad you posted. Until we started this business almost 5 years ago I also thought that companies owed the costomer more than what is fair. When all is said and done, companies like iboats are all about the people who created, manage and run them but even more the customers that we serve. By watching these boards we are proud of the people who have migrated here and we hope that you reflect the type of people we are. iboats is not some nasdac penny stock with the owners waiting to cash out. iboats currently is about 28 employees with families working to build the best boating site on the net. I am sure you are rolling your eyes by now. <br /><br />Now let me ask you some questions Nathan:<br />1. Why have you stuck around here for over 800 posts? We are glad to have you by the way :) <br />2. Please tell us about the experience(s) from the things you have bought here? It looks like your most recent orders arrived within 5 and 3 days from your order dates (shipped same day as order - time was spent in transit).<br />3. Can we expect to see another 800 posts out of you? We hope so because we value what you say.<br /><br />As for you ad you can not get off for years and years, please tell me what ad it is. We allow people to automatically delete their own ads. Why haven't you been able to? I went and checked and the only ad you have posted is disabled. Why are you saying you can not get it taken off? Play fair when telling everybody your experience please.
 

NathanY

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Re: Attn Admin5 only!!

The reason that I have stuck around is because of people like you and all the great members of the board ;) that are open and honest with your customers and people that need help, and I am always glad to help when I can.<br /><br />As far as the products go, IMHO, they are as good as it gets, and the shipping is awesome! I have never had to return anything that I have ever bought. I never have had anything but good to say about your products.
 

Admin5

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Re: Attn Admin5 only!!

You don't get off that easy. Please respond to your accusation about your ad never being taken down.
 

NathanY

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Re: Attn Admin5 only!!

When I posted the ad, it was when they were free, now, that you are charged for an ad, you have to have a sign in name and password, neither of which I have, so I can not get in and remove my ad.<br /><br />Now the ad page is blank, but when I checked it a few weeks ago, it was still there, and I can still find it by doing a search with my phone number.
 

Admin5

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Re: Attn Admin5 only!!

Thanks for responding so I could make sure something was not broken. Your ad has not been shown for some time unless people did know your phone number to search with. No worries! :)
 
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