Thanks to ROFB, from SWL

Plenty of room on our Braggin' Board for new photos. We get several each
month showing fish caught with Secret Weapons, and our practice from the
beginning has been to send a free lure to each person whose photo makes it
onto the board.

Just remember to drop that camera in your pocket as you leave for the lake,
Henry.... I seem to always be forgetting mine on days when I catch good
fish. Of course, I remember it on the other trips, but all I end up with are
photos (taken by Charles) of me climbing trees to retrieve lures.

Joe
"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
...
Joe Haubenreich wrote:
Merry Christmas from Bob, Charles, Joe, and all the folks at Secret Weapon
Lures. Maybe we can help make the waning days of this season a little
merrier, and brighten up your new year as well.

From the ranks of ROFB came our first field testers, prostaffers, and
customers. A number of you have promoted us with your fishing buddies and
your local tackle shop dealers, and we really appreciate it. To give
something back, we've sponsored several events ROFB Classics and host its
Web site as well. Now, we'd like to do something for individual members.

Through December 2, we're offering VIP pricing, normally for prostaffers
only, to ROFB members. To take us up on this offer, go to
http://secretweaponlures.com, and click the "ProStaff" button under
"Login"
in the top menu.

User Name: rofb
Password: blackbass

Happy holidays.... and good fishing!

Bob Rickard (founder, Secret Weapon Lures)
Joe Haubenreich
Charles Summers

Thank you for the offer, I just placed an order. I just got a new
digital camera for Christmas, so I hope I'll be on your braggin' board soon.

Plenty of room on our Braggin' Board for new photos. We get several each
month showing fish caught with Secret Weapons, and our practice from the
beginning has been to send a free lure to each person whose photo makes it
onto the board.

Just remember to drop that camera in your pocket as you leave for the lake,
Henry.... I seem to always be forgetting mine on days when I catch good
fish. Of course, I remember it on the other trips, but all I end up with are
photos (taken by Charles) of me climbing trees to retrieve lures.

Joe
"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
...
Joe Haubenreich wrote:
Merry Christmas from Bob, Charles, Joe, and all the folks at Secret Weapon
Lures. Maybe we can help make the waning days of this season a little
merrier, and brighten up your new year as well.

From the ranks of ROFB came our first field testers, prostaffers, and
customers. A number of you have promoted us with your fishing buddies and
your local tackle shop dealers, and we really appreciate it. To give
something back, we've sponsored several events ROFB Classics and host its
Web site as well. Now, we'd like to do something for individual members.

Through December 2, we're offering VIP pricing, normally for prostaffers
only, to ROFB members. To take us up on this offer, go to
http://secretweaponlures.com, and click the "ProStaff" button under
"Login"
in the top menu.

User Name: rofb
Password: blackbass

Happy holidays.... and good fishing!

Bob Rickard (founder, Secret Weapon Lures)
Joe Haubenreich
Charles Summers

Thank you for the offer, I just placed an order. I just got a new
digital camera for Christmas, so I hope I'll be on your braggin' board soon.

So just when does the SW spamming stop?

Ya know , I have really really tried to be quiet in regards to this and most
of the threads lately. But there appears to
be some on this NG that jest don't know when to shut the
F%$ck up!

Which is one of the main reasons I don't contribute much here anymore.
To: the folks at Secret Weapons, Thanks for the offer. Wish I could take you
up on it. Joe, you know how much I love to throw a spinnerbait. Especially a
S/W! But you also know that I will probably not have much use for them in
the near future.

To those of you who jest can't seem to accept a gracious
offer like that of S/W jeez I'm soooooooo sorry! And **** off. S/W's offer
was in no way couched like some of the others I have read in the past. I
personally don't consider their offer to be spam.

Wish I I could hang around here to really raise some hell.
But it seems that I will be spending the next 6 months in merry ole London.
Wish I could ask that you all play nice
but I know that is not in the forecast.

--
David Norton

"AJH" wrote in message
...
So just when does the SW spamming stop?

I see the main problem with spamming is that they clutter up your incoming
mailbox. So in that vain, we had one generous offer for a christmas discount
on lures, and 25+ e-mails regarding the offer....

So which is worse; one that could be easily deleted or FIFTY replies and
comments to sift through?

Mike

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I see the main problem with spamming is that they clutter up your incoming
mailbox. So in that vain, we had one generous offer for a christmas
discount
on lures, and 25+ e-mails regarding the offer....

That is email spam, not newsgroup spam. A thread can simply be ignored.

So which is worse; one that could be easily deleted or FIFTY replies and
comments to sift through?

So, without the initial spam we would not have had 50 replies.

The problem is not with Joe's post, only. The thing I think Ken, and others
including myself, have a problem with is people turning this group into an
"ad group". I've seen this happen before. After time, all you will see is 50
posts about people's ebay ads and 1 post on actual fishing.

To quote the Charter: "Money-making schemes, advertising, and other types of
fishing are not appropriate in the group."

I personally don't think Joe's post was completly out of line but I respect
Ken's right to state it's "spam" (in this case, I don't think I'd agree 100%
with that statement, though).

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I see the main problem with spamming is that they clutter up your incoming
mailbox. So in that vain, we had one generous offer for a christmas
discount
on lures, and 25+ e-mails regarding the offer....

That is email spam, not newsgroup spam. A thread can simply be ignored.

So which is worse; one that could be easily deleted or FIFTY replies and
comments to sift through?

So, without the initial spam we would not have had 50 replies.

The problem is not with Joe's post, only. The thing I think Ken, and others
including myself, have a problem with is people turning this group into an
"ad group". I've seen this happen before. After time, all you will see is 50
posts about people's ebay ads and 1 post on actual fishing.

To quote the Charter: "Money-making schemes, advertising, and other types of
fishing are not appropriate in the group."

I personally don't think Joe's post was completly out of line but I respect
Ken's right to state it's "spam" (in this case, I don't think I'd agree 100%
with that statement, though).

I think it's a good idea that message boards and newsgroups be free of
commercialism. But it's not necessary for 100% rigidity; there can be a
little bending and flexing. I think an occasional announcement or special
offer, such as the one in this thread, is OK, as long as it's done by a
REGULAR, CONTRIBUTING MEMBER of the group.

Besides, those who voice their sincere complaints about it will help to keep
such activity in check.

I think it's a good idea that message boards and newsgroups be free of
commercialism. But it's not necessary for 100% rigidity; there can be a
little bending and flexing. I think an occasional announcement or special
offer, such as the one in this thread, is OK, as long as it's done by a
REGULAR, CONTRIBUTING MEMBER of the group.

Besides, those who voice their sincere complaints about it will help to keep
such activity in check.

Joe
You have my permission to spam me about SW both here and my private e-mail to your hearts content. I enjoy seeing what's up
at Secret Weapon Lures. Bill P.
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"Todd Copeland" wrote in message link.net...
"Mike" wrote in message
...
I see the main problem with spamming is that they clutter up your incoming
mailbox. So in that vain, we had one generous offer for a christmas
discount
on lures, and 25+ e-mails regarding the offer....

That is email spam, not newsgroup spam. A thread can simply be ignored.

So which is worse; one that could be easily deleted or FIFTY replies and
comments to sift through?

So, without the initial spam we would not have had 50 replies.

The problem is not with Joe's post, only. The thing I think Ken, and others
including myself, have a problem with is people turning this group into an
"ad group". I've seen this happen before. After time, all you will see is 50
posts about people's ebay ads and 1 post on actual fishing.

To quote the Charter: "Money-making schemes, advertising, and other types of
fishing are not appropriate in the group."

I personally don't think Joe's post was completly out of line but I respect
Ken's right to state it's "spam" (in this case, I don't think I'd agree 100%
with that statement, though).