A different kind of spammers on this forum...
What do you think about these 2 posts? Irrelevant generalised statements, with a link in the signature. Looks like spam to me:
No if only we can find a way to sort our retail friends who post an anodyne comment on any thread they like just to get their name in front of the forum users...
I agree, that's a tricky area. In todays' competitive age, all retailers are finding ways to promote themselves. Forums are one of the best ways, because they're targeted to a specific audience.
But then, members also benefit from knowing the retailers well through forums (do they give sound advice or not, etc.) & they're free to decide if they want to buy from them or not. We do get some very useful advice (although not always unbiased) from the retailers. Most of the retailers on this forum will also do everything they can to keep buyers happy (no one wants a bad name to their shop/company on the very forum they're members of!).
I can understand it can become very difficult to police irrelevant posts just to promote their name. It's probably a necessary evil we have to bear with unless it gets overbearing.
Andrew Everard:No if only we can find a way to sort our retail friends who post an anodyne comment on any thread they like just to get their name in front of the forum users...
i think its a good thing having david , rick and nick on here , they have always helped me with any queries ive had (and lets face it , ive had many) , although ive never bought from either of them , perhaps if i was living in the uk i would have ..
and as bb said , any forumite that does business with any of them , is likely to be looked after in the event of any problems arising from items sold , thats handy , and can help to give forumites peace of mind ..
Andrew Everard:No if only we can find a way to sort our retail friends who post an anodyne comment on any thread they like just to get their name in front of the forum users...
anodyne
...for a minute there I thought it was just me that didn't get that...
Naah, I'm just getting my name at the top
I am understand what you are saying Andrew - oops
Sorry David, I am top now.................
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FrankHarveyHiFi:Double burgers
More like spam fritters. Oh, and...
anodyne an-o-dyne Adj
Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so.
The three online dictionaries I looked at made no mention of that meaning. Just goes to prove you can't believe everything you read on the net, eh? 
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