[W126 Coupe] Decision time with regard to the "new" MB Coupes list

[James Oosthuizen]

Agreed,

And I’m still lurking all these years J

Still have my SEC as well…it sits under a cover in my garage next to the 600SL, haven’t driven either in 7 years or so but I love them both.

Don’t give up

Hein

 

From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ramay
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:34 PM
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Decision time with regard to the "new" MB Coupes list

 

Mega ditto's! :-) It will take time to get the MBCoupes folks over to your marvelous mailing list. IMHO, 9/2 is a bit too early to give up on us.

Mike

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Ernie <ernietsg at gmail.com> wrote:

Gerry,

 

Your idea is great, I'm sure that everyone that knows what you have done appreciates it.  I think that dealing with people is like dealing with a big ship . . . it takes time to turn a big ship around but it will turn if you give it time.  Anyway, thanks for all that you do Gerry.

Ernie
ernietsg at gmail.com

 

On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Markus Meyer wrote:





Gerry,

Speaking for myself, its just being busy and used to the old list.  Hard to teach an old dog new tricks sometimes.

Thanks,
Markus

On Aug 30, 2011 1:17 PM, "gerryvz" <gerryvz at me.com> wrote:

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> Hello all,

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> 

> I got sick and tired of the spam on this list, not to mention the fact that nobody is minding the store here to stop it, and also the fact that this list software is really circa 1995 in terms of capabilities. I'm talking woefully out of date.

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> I thought I'd provide folks with an alternative and with the help of Steve Nervig, we very quickly did just that. We have had about 28 people sign up for the new list, and there has been some traffic on it.

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> However, I do see via this list that people want to continue using this antiquated list, and I guess people don't mind the spam here.

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> The trial period for the "new" list at mbcoupes.org <http://mbcoupes.org/>  is coming to a close on September 2nd, and after that point I'll be required to pay $65 to continue to operate the list for the next year. I don't mind paying this myself (as I paid for the mbcoupes.org <http://mbcoupes.org/>  domain name already) for the good of the community, if people want to use it. It's not a money thing, at all. But it seems that the usage has been lower than I thought -- people didn't seem to want to move from this list over to the new one.

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> I'm good with that, folks vote with their feet ... or not. If people don't want to use the new list, I'm not going to push the issue nor spend $65 per year to operate a dead list.

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> 

> So, just a heads up to all, I'm going to let the "new" mbcoupes.org <http://mbcoupes.org/>  e-mail list expire on September 2nd. I will delete all names and email addresses for the 28 folks who signed up. For those who signed up for the new list, a heart-felt thanks for your willingness to try something new. I think Steve will also delete the sign-up web page he created for the new list.

> 

> Cheers,

> 

> Gerry


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