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

[Yousef]

Change is good .. Am for the "simplelist" .. Keep it up Gerry

Yousef

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On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:22 PM, <rltimmerma at cox.net> wrote:


> I've been lurking and learning a great deal over the years,  i signed up right away and welcome the upgrade.  I vote don't give up yet.  Lets keep reminding folks to get with the new program!

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> Ray Timmerman

> '90 SEC

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> I agree with Ramay, give it another month. I will even help slap for the

> cost Gerry.

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> B.C.

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> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com

> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of joe chiappinelli

> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:31 AM

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> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Decision time with regard to the "new" MB

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> Just registered. Please don't give up Steve. This site is not what it

> once was or could be. Come on folks, take the time to register.

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> J.Chip

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> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Brent von Behrens <fdvb at msn.com> wrote:

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> Well that sucks. Thanks for trying Gerry, I really thought it was a good

> idea. 

> Regards,

> Brent

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> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> From: gerryvz at me.com

> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:17:05 +0000

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Decision time with regard to the "new" MB Coupes

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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 talking woefully out of date.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.

> The trial period for the "new" list at 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 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

> 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.

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> Cheers,

> Gerry

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