Deleted post again

Come on guys where it gone??
I put up a post about our new polished stainless steel bumpers arriving for late bay window kombis and it seems to have disappeared.
Or am I not seeing the wood for the trees?
Can someone let me know what is going on.

cheers

I'm guessing the post was deleted because you didn't have a price.

According to this link ->Rules for posting Business Advertisments Section

Buggy Brad wrote:Sponsors must provide the following details on the item:
Item Name
Item Description
Item Cost
Item Availibility
Item Picture

Any ad's not meeting these requiremnets will be deleted.

[ Edited on 24 November 2005 by MikeM ]

Ah yes but it also says that a warning will be given before being deleted.
No warning was received and I did say I was waiting for confirmation of price.
Also the law does not state that a price has to be stated in any advertisement.

theres 8 post under this one & 5 of them dont have a price at all
seems to be very selective from this side of the computer no
matter how much its been justified, very selective!

M8 its got nothing to do with the law, just the forum rules.

However, the rules should be applied to all equally, fairly and consistently.

I know Andrew and the moderators are trying to get to the bottom of it to find out where the post went. I konw Andrew is having difficulty accessing info from the data logs, otherwise I'm sure he would have got back to you by now already.

I know moderaters have a very difficult job, the bigger the site the harder it getsn and no matter how hard you try, you will be wrong in someones books.
But a simple warning before deletion would be the better way to go as the rules state.
It is my time that goes into putting up a post only to find that its been deleted for no reason. Its not the first time either, even my sponsors banner went AWOL.
The last post even had a question from a moderator, which I answered. then next day it was gone.

If the person who deleted it can come on and just explain the reason, that would be great.

Cheers

winerot wrote:theres 8 post under this one & 5 of them dont have a price at all
seems to be very selective from this side of the computer no
matter how much its been justified, very selective!

Yep you are right Wally no prices on some but they haven't been deleted

Seems I have two choices

Hike my prices up by 100%, sell sub standard crap and feed people loads of Bull****

or

Keep my prices low and upset a few people on the way, but keep the majority happy,
help promote VeeDubbing across Australia
Offer first class freindly service

Tough choice I think I will go with the latter

I suppose you have a lot of imported stuff that changes price everytime you get it?

Like you say if you doubled prices, you could have a consistent price as the different import prices could be absorbed.

In my opinion, it would be nice to see some prices sometimes at least. For example if you got 100 Trumples and were able to sell them at $86 including GST until that 100 Trumples were gone, then people would see that you have prices available to see when you can.

I have to admit you are quick with e-mail prices and availabilty and I thank you for it.

roy, you do go on a bit some times.
as said on your forum. you know the rules here and you blatently abuse them. you know your prices, and you willingly publicise them on your forum, so it shouldnt be any less expected that you publicise them here, no different to anybody else.

Roy, there is no excuse why you were not notified why the post was deleted - no-one has owned up thus far and as Andrew has noted to you via email, we cannot track it because the admin logs were cleared (and cannot determine by who yet). Any time I edit/delete/modify a post I always notify the original poster who started the thread, or the person who's post I edited. It is generally agreed that moderators give notice to individuals if a post has been edited/deleted - if this does not occur I understand why the poster (you in this instance) would be annoyed. I always notify of any such moderating, and encourage all other mods to do so as well.

The concern is repeated posts of specific items for sale without a price listed (which is a rule of this forum, regardless of trade practice acts etc). We try hard to maintain fair approach to all advertisers, but it is the repeated nature of the rule infringements that causes the angst amongst members/moderators. Please U2U me any posts you feel are an infringment on the rules of this section - I know we are all adults and I don't wish to resort to "dobbing" but with the turnover of posts esp in the buying/selling section it is impossible to read every post - I guess with previous complaints against your posts by members, they may incur greater attention. I also don't want to be in the position of 'a teacher chastising members like they are kids at school and told to stand in the 'naughty corner'. I understand you may disagree with the forum rules, but there is an agreement to abide by them when participating here - the rules have developed from necessity due to past legal challenges and complaints so please understand why we as moderators have to police such laws. It would be far easier for us to say "fu*k it, everyone do/say what you like" - but the forum would not last long at all. Moderating is no-win situation as you will always upset someone.

So in summary, I apologise for the post being deleted before the warning (despite not performing the act myself). I support local VW businesses (especially living on the same stretch of coast as you do!) - I hope CVWP does well and continues to provide good quality products at reasonable prices. We are all in the hobby (business for some) for similar reasons - our love of Volkswagens. I hope this passion can bind the vw community and get past these sorts of problems.

One final note since I'm already crapping on, regardless of what some may think, I can say I (as an invidual who just happens to be an AVD moderator) support the kombiclub forum - I've tried to register tpday to contribute but didn't receive the activation email yet (may come tomorrow). I hate getting tied up with political $hit - I just love driving and restoring veedubs, but I also try and put something back with my particpation on AVD (and hopefully kombiclub forum).

Thanks Dasdubber, I think you are already registered at the Kombi Club site so post away at your leisure.
You will find a few photos of your bug on there just to show we are not biased in any way, shape or form:thumb

I'm not dobbing on anyone especially Andy :P
No really I am cool with people not putting up prices, it would give me an excuse to chat for hours on the phone.

Seriously I know you guys as moderaters have a tough job to do and I am not ( I hope ) directing my anger at you all generally.
But if someone has an ulterior motive for deleting my posts, then that is ethically wrong to be a moderator.

Hey 2G's yes I do :kiss

ClassicVW(pacific) wrote:Its not the first time either, even my sponsors banner went AWOL.

Roy,

Can you please stop bringing up the issue with your banner. It was not AVD's fault.

Buggy Brad discussed what happened here:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=45879&page=1#pid428162

I did up the banner for you that you use on AVD. I did it for free because I'm a nice bloke. I then hosted the picture on the Manx Club Gallery as it was the easiest place to host the picture and post it on AVD.

Then when you became a sponsor your banner graphic was linked to the one hosted by the Manx Club Gallery. That was fine and it all worked.

In about July the the Manx Club Gallery moved location to a new URL. Since your banner was linked to the one on the Manx Club Gallery your banner stopped working.

This had nothing to do with AVD, if you want to blame someone blame me as I moved the Manx Club Gallery. Once we figured out what the problem was I told Brad and he sorted it out for you.

So please stop blaming AVD for this if you want to blame anyone blame me and the Manx Club. And if you keep blaming me or the Manx Club we will charge you a hosting fee for your banner - ok, I'm joking

And remember the moderators on AVD do it for love not money.

haha wheres Groucho!!!

roy, don't you have your own forum to advertise on now?

Haha
http://www.volksfolks.biz/

frenzix wrote:roy, don't you have your own forum to advertise on now?

Its not my own forum, it belongs to the Kombi Club and there are strict rules for advertising
I love you guys you think you are so funny

Not this again ???

great deals happening at the Gold Coast show this Sunday.

For all things VW call us

Cheers
Roy

penn and teller

Roy,

I would have thought with ALL the problems you seem to have you would

a) Save a copy

b) Take a chill pill :sandrine

Chill out dude, take your sweet bus for a spin, lay on the beach, whatever, just dont burst a vessel.

Kool karma to you

kkk

Roy,

First things first. I've just been through PHP Ad Mentor and your ad was displayed continuously. Since the beginning of your sponsorship began, the following statistics have occurred:

Total impressions: 161775
Impressions with regular(NonHTML) banners: 161775
Total clicks: 946

On ninemsn, the same value of clicks (946) would cost you $756.80, and you would not have received anywhere near the same level of VW enthusiast interest. On Google, the same cost would be $2000 or more if you want to be competitive on AdWord CPC bidding. In contrast, we provide excellent value for money for a highly targeted audience.

Now, on to the other items. I've asked the staff on more than one occasion to always U2U people when they delete a post, even for repeat offenders like yourself. We have explicit rules in the buying and selling areas which help our members choose the best bargains without having to stuff around looking for prices or ringing people. We are exactly like Amazon, Trading Post and eBay - there's *always* a price on those sites. However, unlike Amazon, Trading Post and eBay, we don't get paid for listings and we don't take a cut of the action. So we live on sponsorships and we do our best to help them out. Generally, this works well. However, our sponsorships don't really cover our hosting expenses, and this situation has just got worse as we moved to our own server, so effectively Brad is paying for this site out of the goodness of his heart (+ a few ads).

I am about the only person with access to the advertising solution. I don't go in there to make difficulties for myself, and I do not delete posts willy nilly for the same reason. Some of your posts are deleted because they do not match the rules, but at least part of the time, it has to be error between keyboard and computer.

If you have other queries, please e-mail me, Jim or Brad privately. This thread is closed.

Andrew