Don't do that OT. 747man and your friends would miss your lively posts if you were compelled to take a rest.old timer wrote:Maybe OT should post something "against the rules". That normally gets UM into gear PDQ. Could get banned thoughAlready been warned about that.
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As this wasn't listed as a sponsors topic I presume robust debate and expression is not outside any rules so all this talk about banning anyone is total nonsense. It's obvious to me that UM has cocked up, possibly lost some of his own money if he followed his own advise, so as he doesn't seem to be available ,it makes sense to me to lock it until he has a chance to explain and apologise to members, then it can be deleted permanently. I am sure the actual sponsor wouldn't mind getting his money back, he might need it . :-"BobHelm wrote:
Banning people for not obeying the Forum rules is in the remit of the Moderation Team OT.
I am more than happy to institute a ban if you feel in need a rest...
Personally i dont give a monkeys bottom who sponsored the ad for UFUN however it appears now all sponsors of UM are under the microscope as to wether they are involved ,,,,,who decided if this person / business is/was reputable ? .. or just another bullshitter .. come on this is IMO a serious issue for all involved the UM forum itself , Sponsors and members and cant be fobbed off with such bla bla bla ......Udon Map wrote:The local person who sponsored the ads for UFUN is a reputable person in Udon who operates another business, also a sponsor, which has been patronized by a number of falangs in Udon who love the service he provides and feel that he provides a high quality service at a reasonable price. For obvious reasons, I won't identify him here.
No one. That's the point. Based on reports of numerous other people over the past couple of years, his other business is both honest and reputable. We don't evaluate potential sponsors to see if they are reputable. Way too difficult. We've also had reports/complaints of businesses being fraudulent or otherwise dishonest; but when we look into it, we find that the complaint is a one-off from a disgruntled customer. We try to walk a line on this.Drunk Monkey wrote:... who decided if this person / business is/was reputable ?
I quite agree with you. That's why the advertising has been removed; and that's why we remove the advertising of any sponsor in a similar position. The same applies to Classified listings, too, where we have removed ads which are fraudulent or otherwise dishonest and will continue to do so.Drunk Monkey wrote:... come on this is IMO a serious issue for all involved the UM forum itself, ...
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but perhaps paid in UFUN coins ??old timer wrote:OT says put the advertising subscriptions UNFUN have paid UM behind any one of the advertisers bars here on UM (could draw straws) so members can be compensated with free drinks for UNFUN trying to rip them off.
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leave ARCHA out of this , at least with archa you get in the bottle what it sayswazza wrote:but perhaps paid in UFUN coins ??old timer wrote:OT says put the advertising subscriptions UNFUN have paid UM behind any one of the advertisers bars here on UM (could draw straws) so members can be compensated with free drinks for UNFUN trying to rip them off.
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Archa bottle tops worth more
Precisely, no mention of it being a sponsor but definitely appearing to be the writing and therefore recommendation of UM. This was very deceptive , whether intentional or not only time will tell .Of course we don't expect you to vet every new sponsor but please stick to the , I thought , established procedure of indicating it is someone trying to sell us something so we can use our own common sense to judge the product. I think in this instance you have done your own, and our forums credibililty tremendous harm by not doing so .However you obviously don't realise that and instead of apologising you appear to be trying to justify your mistake, if indeed mistake it was.?merchant seaman wrote:It seems when a new sponsor joins Udon Map the first post written by Udon Map says " Udon Map would like to welcome XYZ company," or words to that effect followed by a link to the new sponsor. In the case of UFUN the OP appeared to be written by Udon Map endorsing UFUN.
