EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I get this list in digest form.
The last digest I received had three messages.
All three were advertising either software, hardware or sounds for sale.
Two were from companies and one was a private sale.
Is this acceptable for people to be posting this stuff to the list?

--
Charles

on one very special day, Charles Shriner at charles@... wrote:

> The last digest I received had three messages.
> All three were advertising either software, hardware or sounds for sale.
> Is this acceptable for people to be posting this stuff to the list?

I personally don't mind. This list is low traffic enough that it's not
bothersome. And I like being in the loop as to current special offers on
related products (sample CDs, etc).


-- 
Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com

I agree with both sides. I would like to know what is going on and who has new products,
but i think for the people that do not like to get these ads......as a polite gesture, the ones placing the ads should do something to let people know it is an ad. like a subject line with
the the letters AD in the front. So, if you chose not to look, you do not have to.....

so it looks like this... [EXS] AD - New Sample CD

Just a thought.....

Since this is such a sample-related list I don't see any problems 
with advertising new sample CDs that came out, or sales, but trying 
to sell other products like other plugins or hardware synths etc 
does seem a bit over the line to me. We've never really had this 
problem in the past as far as I can recall, so I'll update the list 
policy to reflect the changing times of advertisers gone wild...

Best wishes
Jeremy Martin, list admin

I second that.
We shouldn't be too scared for a little advertisement for new 
developements and profits that are all of our interest.
Rob

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Martin" <jeremy@l...> wrote:
> Since this is such a sample-related list I don't see any problems 
> with advertising new sample CDs that came out, or sales, but trying 
> to sell other products like other plugins or hardware synths etc 
> does seem a bit over the line to me. We've never really had this 
> problem in the past as far as I can recall, so I'll update the list 
> policy to reflect the changing times of advertisers gone wild...

Sorry if I offended anyone.  

Please accept my apology if you were offended by the advertisement.

I was merely providing an attractive offer to customers of sampled 
instruments.

Best wishes,

Kip McGinnis
Bardstown Audio
www.bardstownaudio.com

> Since this is such a sample-related list I don't see any problems
> with advertising new sample CDs that came out, or sales, but trying
> to sell other products like other plugins or hardware synths etc
> does seem a bit over the line to me. We've never really had this
> problem in the past as far as I can recall, so I'll update the list
> policy to reflect the changing times of advertisers gone wild...
> 
> Best wishes
> Jeremy Martin, list admin

Let's not be too stringent though.  I have benefited tremendously by the
Equim/Firium group buy that originated on this forum as well as the CDXtract
group buy and Redmatica's EXSManager OSX Pro.   These kind of things are of
great use to many of us, and if I have to endure an ad or two to get in on
these things, I don't mind.

James

On a fine day, 09-02-2004, Jeremy Martin wrote:

>Since this is such a sample-related list I don't see any problems
>with advertising new sample CDs that came out, or sales, but trying
>to sell other products like other plugins or hardware synths etc
>does seem a bit over the line to me.

Ahw, don't make too much of it.  The S/N ratio of this list is still 
extremely good imo, so who cares about the occasional (almost always 
relevant) ad?  If 2 people complain out loud, and 200 don't care in 
silence...  Well, you get the picture.

Just another 2 non-commercial cents...
-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra   h @ k n o w a r e . n l
Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com/

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "bardstown_audio" <info@b...> 
wrote:
> Sorry if I offended anyone.  
> Please accept my apology if you were offended by the advertisement.
> I was merely providing an attractive offer to customers of sampled 
> instruments.

You might consider not using all caps when making such 
announcements, as that's seen as shouting by most people and can 
sometimes give an offensive edge to a message that might not be 
there otherwise..

Best wishes
Jeremy

Kip wrote:

>Please accept my apology if you were offended by the advertisement.

Not at all.

Come on everyone, this is a very small world and these aren't huge 
megacorporations using this mailing list in lieu of their SuperBowl 
ads. We're all selling something, after all.
-- 

Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

> From: Nick Batzdorf <recording@...>
> Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:14:08 -0800
> To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [EXS] Re: Re: List Spam
> 
> Kip wrote:
> 
>> Please accept my apology if you were offended by the advertisement.
> 
> Not at all.
> 
> Come on everyone, this is a very small world and these aren't huge
> megacorporations using this mailing list in lieu of their SuperBowl
> ads. We're all selling something, after all.
> -- 
> 
> Nick Batzdorf
> 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

I agree.  Beats reading twenty magazines a month to find out what's new.

James