Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

Fleetwin

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6. You may not post in the forum to promote any personal enterprise, advertise a business or product, or to solicit responses for contests, polls, or similar. This includes directing members to social networking sites.
The First post of a thread MAY NOT be used to advertise or promote a product, company, internet site, sale, individual, or service. If you wish to promote a product or internet site, please contact iboats for rates/permission. Please remember that iboats is a retail vendor of marine products and do not post anything that would be detrimental to iboats' interests.
 
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Tim Frank

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I was really impressed with their hoses, too.
The striped one is a really good idea as it shows up much better in and amongst grass, and less likely to have an accidental close encounter of the blade kind.... :)
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

JB,

I understand your concern. However, this product is advertised on this website; iboats. See rolling ad's at top. It was there yesterday.

I sent you a PM but your inbox is full.

I hope all is well with you. I am glad to see you back in the saddle.
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

JB,

I understand your concern. However, this product is advertised on this website; iboats. See rolling ad's at top. It was there yesterday.

I sent you a PM but your inbox is full.

I hope all is well with you. I am glad to see you back in the saddle.

That is why I block the ads at the top - to remain in compliance with the rules ;)
 
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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

Are you guys referring to the X Hose? The ad is up there as I look at this tread. You know...block other websites is childish and tells me that iboats doesn't have the best option for pricing. I love this place and will buy from iboats anytime I can but the truth is I AM going to shop around and get the best price. If iboats doesn't want to give me the best price because of my loyalty to this site...oh well.
 

Fleetwin

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I almost always buy from iboats. The SERVICE is simply hard to beat.
 
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Never had any bad service from anyone that I have bought from. In this day and age of internet access it would be suicide.
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I need a round tuit does anyone know where I can get several?
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I need a round tuit does anyone know where I can get several?

You actually made me laugh with your post. I use to have a few round tuits I carried into meetings. And if anybody said the would do something when they go a round tuit, I would give them one and everybody asked what I gave the person. When I told them I gave him/her a round tuit, they started laughing. Thanks for the memories again...
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I understand your concern. However, this product is advertised on this website; iboats. See rolling ad's at top. It was there yesterday.
Hi there Fleetwin, Quick note about the rolling ad's at the top of each forum. They are called google ad's and depending on computer settings, you will usually see them up there on a forum or website even though they are not really part of iboats or another website you may be on/visiting.

Have a look at the link below as we talked about the ad's here on iboats just recently.

http://forums.iboats.com/iboats-forum-website-issues/you-got-mail-636565.html
 

Bob_VT

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

"Most" of the google advertising is based on what YOU have been looking for. You might see totally different advertising then the next person........ cookies track you and talk with your browser. Amazon is one of the MOST effective advertisers that does that.

Do not take the removal of a product as a personal thing. iboats sells many items that may be in a similar category and does not want to be a participant in advertising a specific website. Yes the google controlled advertising helps pay for the forum too but that is in the hands of the google advertising. The items that are displayed have paid google to advertise and if iboats publishes a website that is free advertising.

You are permitted to talk about any product but please if iboats sells any product closely related leave the web sits out.

The original post is titled "Product Endorsement-Garden Hose" and iboats sells hoses in their store. They may not be the same product but they accomplish the same thing...... water in this end and then out that end. ;)
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

You would think iBoats wouldn't want the rolling ads on top of their site luring people away from iBoats since you would think that many of these ads, if they are directed correctly, could be boating related.

Just a thought! :)

I was thinking about having google ads on my website for my rental vacation home but having ads for other homes competing with me rolling by, just didn't make sense to me.
 
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GA_Boater

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

The Google ads are one reason why the forum membership dues are so low. I can roll with them. :bowl:
 

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

I don't know whether to argue or apologize. Either way I am embarrassed. :facepalm:
 

Fleetwin

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Re: Product Endorsement-Garden Hose

JB,

It's just as much my fault.

I should have mentioned the ad at the top of the page. That's what got me thinking about sharing my experience with them.

You can't be everywhere and see everything.
 
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