That is a deliberate misquotation. This is what I said:
Spam is advertising by people who want you to buy the product from them.
Taking someone's words out of context in order to make it appear that they said something different, something that fraudulently supports the quoter's own point, is intellectual dishonesty and is a bannable offense on SciForums.
I will assume you were joking (even though that's a stretch considering the tenor of the rest of your post), but consider yourself warned. In a place of science and scholarship, intellectual dishonesty is
the worst form of trolling.
When we talk about cars, chances of a poster running out and buying one is pretty much nil. Now, had it come up as a comparison when someone asked for advice and you responded would have been different. But nobody asked about vacuum cleaners, and you still managed to write a glowing thread starter.
I appreciate your point of view but it seems to be yours alone. The others seem to feel that a discussion of an entirely new kind of vacuum cleaner technology--a technology that plays a role in almost everyone's life--belongs on a board titled "General Science & Technology."
I have no commercial interest in Dyson so it does not satisfy this website's definition of spam. Your premise has therefore been refuted. In accordance with the scientific method you are prohibited from repeating it anywhere on SciForums, or it will be classified as trolling.
I have a thread about tablets, where I asked people who are using them to share their opinions and experiences. String glowed about his iPad, but that was welcomed, well, because I asked first.
Well forgive me for being ecstatic about a brand-new technology that has enriched my life. I don't give a fig about the Dyson company. In fact since it's a British firm it's downright unpatriotic of me to siphon business away from Hoover and Eureka--although their products are built in Malaysia like everybody else's so I suppose it doesn't really matter.
Spam is unwanted advertisement.
I suppose if I hadn't said where I bought it and how much I paid it would have looked less like an advertisement. But considering how exorbitantly expensive it is--even at a "discount store"--I felt that I should warn people.
Just the person I need to talk to. I do most of my shopping at Costco and was wondering why when I find a product I really like. The next time I need to buy it, it's nowhere to be found. If I had known they were not going to carry that product anymore, I could have at least bought enough to last awhile. Anyway is there anything I can do about that or am I just screwed on that product?
I have the same experience at other stores, even "boutique" retailers like Trader Joe's. It's just the reality of modern marketing. Companies no longer form business relationships that endure until the president of one of them dies.
I find that many of the things at Costco come and go, and then come back later. I keep a stash of my favorite wild blueberries in my freezer because sometimes they're out for two or thee months. When they get Belgian chocolates at the holidays I buy a year's supply. They keep just about that long.
