"Larry" wrote
No, I was merely pointing out to a spammer that
this is NOT the place to advertise his product....

One man's spam is another's paté. The "Ad:" preface in the subject line
pretty clearly identifies the post for what it is, the poster makes no
attempt to obfuscate his identity, and the announcement involves a boating
related product in a boating newsgroup. Personally I'm not totally jiggy
about it, but it's not like SEI is flooding the group with such posts, so
I'm not so quick to put them in the same class as people peddling warez or
hawking cut-rate viagra. At any rate, what mostly struck me as odd was the
vitriol of your reply. Was it prompted by personal experience with SEI?

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in
et:

no
attempt to obfuscate his identity,

No but he surely attempted to obfuscate his WARRANTY, didn't he?

Why are you defending this spammer?

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"Larry" wrote
Why are you defending this spammer?

SEI can defend themselves if they want. I'm asking what compelled you to
take time out of your life to write a 4000 word reply to a "spammer." Have
you had any real life dealings with SEI or haven't you?

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in
:

SEI can defend themselves if they want. I'm asking what compelled you
to take time out of your life to write a 4000 word reply to a
"spammer." Have you had any real life dealings with SEI or haven't
you?


Nope...just had nothing to do until the appliances were done doing their
thing. I've had dealings with boat companies and boat dealers for many
years, all smiles and promising the moon until the contracts are signed,
then turning to the warranty's fine print to show you what's covered and
what's not...no matter what I said when we were looking at the gelcoat.

I felt this was a new and different way of discouraging the spammers from
trashing the newsgroup. It seemed to work. The only replies I got were
from others who decided he needed defending from my pointing out the
TRUTH of his WRITTEN WARRANTY off his webpage.

I wonder about the defenders. Why? What possible defense could be
necessary because someone simply posted what the company publishes as
their responsibilities to their consumers and pointing out the difference
between his "statements" and the actual warranty the judge is going to be
reading when things go awry.

Sterndrive isn't special. Read any of their warranties and it says the
same thing. We cover everything, and nothing.



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There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
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"Larry" wrote
The only replies I got were from others who decided
he needed defending

Actually, the only really pertinent reply in the thread was from Don W, who
provided information about his personal real-world dealings with the vendor
in question. That's exactly the sort of thing I visit this group for.