Former P.N Member Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 <p>In a prior thread Brian said: <i>"I have a script set up that will dothis about every two weeks. This way Abe's will pay the $5 premiumbasically to have a positive testimonial that is going to get deletedsoon. I hope Abe's pays millions of people $5 for deletedtestimonials."</i> Unfortunately "Abe" is not paying any money but isgiving credit on future purchases so their strategy is really costingthem nothing.<p>Today we had 3 consecutive posts about Abe's - one of whichacknowledges the incentives and defends his actions as part of the post.<p>This continual assault of NtN by Abe's stooges is making a mockery ofthat forum. I would suggest one of 3 actions be taken to address thisproblem (and it <b>is</b> a problem): 1) allow postings only by paidmembers, 2) allow postings only after some minimum finite period haselapsed after registering as a user, or 3) run the above mentionedscript at least once a day, if not hourly.<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_scheuern Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I think that, if nothing else, the script should be run much more often than every two weeks. If not, at any given time, there is going to be a number of funded Abe's "reviews" on the board even if somewhat fewer than millions of stooges are posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john falkenstine Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Excuse me, but doesn't that type of posting fall under new SPAM regulations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottershead Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 The reason for running it every two weeks is to allow time for people to get their $5. I want Abe's to pay for ads that are going to be deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_scheuern Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Ah, I didn't think of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald_widen Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Basically there are two advertisers on PN I have personal experience. They are both excellent in their variety of merchandise, service and price. Almost no need to go anywhere else certainally not Abes. Just click on either Adorama or B&H from this site and PN I would assume should get some credit. I think the site should stress this more frequently. I have no connection to either of these stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markci Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Might be better to delete them nightly. It's $5 of store credit, not cash, so people have to shop there again. They probably make more off it than it costs them. Compare that to the cost of dealing with a lot of ticked off customers who wrote reviews but who never got their $5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Freeman Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 We all know how dishonest merchants like Abe's operate. I would be willing to bet that any $5 store credit on a future purchase would almost surely be offset by a $5 increase in the "handling" fee for said purchase. You can bet this "paid" shilling is going to cost them absolutely nothing, and will in fact attract suckers back to them for repeat business. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former P.N Member Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 While I personally disagree with the official position of p.n management on how to deal with this problem I will respect it (actually, that�s all I can do). Brian has taken action that will at least cull the forum after 2 weeks and that�s better than doing nothing. A question for Brian - How does the script work? Is it targeted specifically towards �Abe�s� and/or �Family� or is it generic in nature based on the history of the person posting? If generic it would catch any vendor that may choose to follow the same path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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