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[CMS]

I received a message on the comuter that I had a pm message on GZ250. I looked ,but no message found. I'm I doing something wrong or was it a mistake? No complaint ,just asking. thanks. CMS ////Terry :2tup:

[Dupo]

It was a member here who sent out PMs to you guys about a discussion forum for the TU250. He was just trying to help ... but i think he got banned for 'spamming' by Patrick. I talked to him, he wasn't spamming and i reinstated him as a member.

All is well.

[patrick_777]

He created an account for the explicit purpose of sending at least 15 people in PM an identical message advertising another board and another product - ie. SPAMMING.

[Dupo]

The other board was for the TU250 that everyone was posting about here. He sent me an email saying he was just trying to help and let members know about it. It was agreed he should have just posted a link to our forum instead of sending PM's.

All is well.

Here's what he sent me:

I am extremely interested in the Suzuki GZ250 and their new Suzuki TU250. I
got curious if anyone in the GZ250 forum has discussed the new model and did
a search this evening and found a posting about it. I sent PMs to those who
also seemed interested in the TU to tell them about a TU250 discussion forum
and have now been banned as a spammer. I am not a spammer, just a
small-bore motorcycle enthusiast who is really jazzed about the Suzuki 250s.

Thank you for getting back to me, John. I guess I was a bit too enthusiastic. Yup, in hind sight it would have been much better to post a URL. My apologies for making work for you.

Is Patrick the Pat Henry from Tennessee who rode the GZ to Alaska? I know him, he rode through Seattle on his way north. If the same gent, I'll have to give him a bad time. <g>

[mrlmd1]

So what's the link to that other forum for those who may be interested? Anybody know? I couldn't find it in the message I got from him, or on Google. If he has joined on here then maybe he can get into a discussion about it and our bike as well, and let us all know where the other board is.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by mrlmd1

So what's the link to that other forum for those who may be interested? Anybody know? I couldn't find it in the message I got from him, or on Google. If he has joined on here then maybe he can get into a discussion about it and our bike as well, and let us all know where the other board is.

Which is what he should have done in the first place.
It is a Yahoo group. I got a similar Email, I assume from him, to my "public" yahoo address.
I have no intention of visiting his new group.
Given his stated interest in the GZ too, I can't help but wonder why he isn't already a participating member here......or in the Yahoo GZ group.

Mis-directed enthusiasm, IMHO.

[patrick_777]

Like I said, he joined explicitly to spam our members. You can find the group on Yahoo with minimal effort. I'm not going to waste the time cutting and pasting the URL here though.

[Dupo]

Well, he donated to the site ..... i'd say thats enough interest to merit him another chance. Spammers dont donate lol.

[patrick_777]

Well, money talks.

...and I'm not saying that as a bad thing.

:chop:

[Graydog]

Originally Posted by Dupo

did
a search this evening and found a posting about it. I sent PMs to those who
also seemed interested in the TU to tell them about a TU250 discussion forum

He did a search and only PMed those that seemed interested....not the whole forum.
Perhaps just a post in "Other Bikes" would have been better.....but then we all would have gotten it instead of the select few interested. Those of us that keep PM turned off didn't get anything anyway. Geeze....now I'm confused :shocked: O_o

When will I ever learn!!! Shut up Graydog! Shut up Graydog! (Slap face twice), Shut up Graydog!