Ferdi,
I'll say it again-it seems like most of what people have a problem with
(including me) is your promotional style. It comes off like something from
some sleazy appliance/furniture place, or used car dealership. Hyperbole
used well, even obnoxiously, can result in increased sales, but you have to
know your audience. And frankly, Newt users do *not* seem like the kind of
folks who appriecate that sort of thing (or at least not when it comes to
Newt-related sales and business). You may be a very good, very scrupulous
person when it comes to your business dealings, but if you come off like Art
Fern (pitchman character Johnny Carson used to do on The Tonight Show),
you'll probably turn off a lot of people right there.
All the Best,
Chris
on 11/29/02 12:37 PM, Ferdi Ozguner at fozguner_at_ualberta.ca wrote:
> I would like to apologize to the list and users of such. In no way did I mean
> to offend anyone however, with all the rude/ insulting comments being made
> towards myself, I inappropriately emailed users of the list.
>
> I no longer think that I will attempt to get the frozen Newton project off the
> ground. Continuing ridicule and hostility towards me have made me rethink
> spending all my time and effort to produce what would have been a really cool
> upgrade for Newton users. As WOO suggested perhaps victor would or someone
> else would like to spend the time to do so.
>
> The auction was not to profit by any means, winners of the auction were not
> even charged anything for the information about the project, it was just an
> attempt to garner interest in the project and with such a large user base I
> felt it might be beneficial to use ebay. For those that commented, ebay did
> get back to me to let me know my "information" auction was completely
> acceptable.
>
> I may have flew off the handle in my emails to some of you however when you
> post something publicly that demeans another do you ever think of how that
> person is going to feel or react to such?
>
> Of course the rules for "list etiquette" have flown right out the window.
>
> Good luck getting the project off the ground yourselves. I will be one of the
> first to throw my hat in the ring if it comes to pass.
>
> Ferdi
>
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