Where is the Shrinkies Thread?

It wasnt about the truth hurting Mark

There was alot of self promoting going in the thread and due to the fact that Amm is our girl the entire post had the potential to turn into a big ugly mess....which is probably why it was deleted but I cant speak for the Admin...just my opinion

The reason the thread was deleted was that we received 5 complaints in less than one hour specifically directed at the blatant advertising that was included in two of the original posts.  I was asked to ban one of the people advertising but decided to let it go for now to see if we can try this topic again because AMM is very near and dear to all of us here. 

There is a very fine line here on this board and to be honest, to try and maintain fair boundaries, we created a Salon Directory for anyone that wanted to aggressively advertise their services.  The cost of the directory is competitive with other similar directories and basically covers our costs.

Any of you that maintain a salon or have a business understand that you have to pay to run that business.  Of course you might be a little upset if someone posted their ads with their phone numbers or web site on the outside of your building where you were paying rent and running a respectible hair extension business.

We are in the same boat here.  I have always strived to provide a community that was a fun, friendly and informative place to be.  I have resisted charging for anything on the site, other than in our store.  Recently the cost of hosting the site has gone wild and so we sell Goggle ads and other advertising to help keep the site free.

However, when people use the boards for "free advertising" it is definitely a problem. Not only from the ethical sense but once someone starts there are flocks of others behind them.  :-)

Ironically, when someone posts advertising on this board and it is removed, someone from HB.com contacts the advertiser asking if they would like to advertise in the Salon directory or on the site.  Of course none of you will be surprised to know that not one of the people that have ever posted their advertising illegally here has ever agreed to be listed in the directory.  Nor have they agreed to buy banner ads or similar.

In one case, I personally called a woman in Atlanta who posted a series of 20 ads over a three day period.  She screamed at me on the phone and then hung up on me and said "the Internet is free for everyone".  That gave us all a good laugh.

But I digress....................

As a result of all this and the fact that we try to be fair to all who visit here....there is zero tolerance on any attempts for anyone to cross the line.  The majority of the people here do an excellent job of discussing their business within reason and appropriately.  And I really appreciate that very much.  So thank you all.

When the line is breached...the HB Admin Team will delete it immediately.

That's just business.  You all understand that I am sure.

And by the way....it has been a rough couple of days here with various attacks on long term valued members so the Admin team is a little quick on the delete fingers.  I apologize for any inconvenience in advance and thank you all for your posts and participation.

Interesting.  Honestly though Mark, I am a bit confused by your assuming that by only selling to licensed stylists that you are maintaining some sort of integrity to the application etc. etc.  MOST stylists do not know how to do extensions.  I would think that an alternate way to attempt to ensure consistency and quality would be to require the purchaser to have trained with your company, and passed some sort of proficiency.

In the past, I have purchased your ShrinkLinks indirectly through a "licensed" stylist that is willing to order them or me.  My point being, there are ways around everything.  "Licensing" assures you of nothing if your goal is to make sure those using your product know what they are doing.   I was very pleased with them, however, there are similar shrinkies out there that are just as good and cost much less so I do not use yours anymore.