Just wish to extend an apology, apparently I offended some Forum members by offering a FREE Calendar.
Teditor.
I wouldn’t apologize. Those that don’t want a calender don’t have to take one…Not like you’re selling anything here.
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I saw it. There was nothing to be offended by that I could see. Somebody stopped taking their Prozak. [:)]
Unless a mod says anything, I would simply ignore the masses if I were you.
The reason I apologised, because Fergie contacted me and advised that complaints had been rendered, so it was pulled.
Teditor.
OMG! Who would complain about getting something FREE?? I’ll bet they’d complain if they got paid to work in a pie factory as a taste tester!!![(-D]
I didn’t see it. Was it also advertising something? The rules are pretty strict about that here.
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The calendar was offered as a FREE download, but because the source of the download was given, it was construed as self promotion by the offering club.
The calendar also had a few sponsors in it that made the FREE part possible, this constituted advertising apparently.
I guess when someone refers to a particular brand of product on the forum questions, it should be construed as advertising and pulled also, seems like just about anything can’t be mentioned for fear of upsetting someone.
Never knew it would be so hard to GIVE something away for FREE.
Over 300 downloads in three days from other forums it was offered to, so I guess the expression “it could only happen in America may be true”.
If anyone really does want “IT” - ddmrc.com
Teditor.
They deleted it? Boy, I’m glad I downloaded it early … [:D]
The older I get, the less I am amazed by people and their silliness. Don’t anyone offer a million dollars free on the forum.
Bob
But if you want to contact me directly… [:-^]
Tom
:: Darth Vader on his Star Destroyer::
:: “Apology accepted Captain Needa”::
You probably mean Bergie, not Fergie? Bergie is the forum administrator, senior moderator.
-Crandell
How come no one that had “issues” or their “panties in a bunch” over this calendar has posted here defending their views??..unless these people have all the knowledge in the world and all of the skills involved in every aspect of model railroading…they shouldn’t have the right to complain about ANYTHING…[banghead]
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Some people have too much time on their hands. They should get a hobby…[:D]
There are people who would complain about a free lunch, probably because they couldn’t choose the salad dressing. I’ve seen it happen.
Giving away free train calendars to people on a forum owned by a company that markets train calenders for sale is faux pas. Afterall, who other than a fool would buy something if they could get it for free? And we all know that there are no fools here. [:-^]
As usual, I enjoyed the photos on the calendar greatly; and as a longtime non-profit worker, know fundraisers often involve selling advertising, I didn’t see the problem with the ads, after all it was presenting a free calendar, not asking me to buy an ad on it.
Much ado about nothing.[2c]
It probably took the crybabys to long to down load it, thats why the went crying to Bergie.
It’s a good thing they removed the original thread, otherwise everyone on the forum would be getting their prescriptions filled at that pharmacy in Toowoomba. It’s good to know that Kalmbach dodged another legal bullet. [sigh]