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Post by cgolf on Aug 3, 2019 19:42:41 GMT -5
Time to break out the CD player What's that? Mark We had our monthly poker game the other night. I have a cheap Sony CD player that I'm trying to give away. I asked the guys if anyone wanted it when we sat down, Almost in unison, they all looked at it and at me and said, "what is THAT?" Another dinosaur from the past!!!! The CD player, not me!!!
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Post by vcautokid on Aug 10, 2019 14:48:35 GMT -5
The basic of anything sold. No one likes to hear What is wrong..... It sends a negative message right away. More like, what do you love about..... And how can we help you reach the next levels. This is about egos no two ways about it. Manufacturers are proud of their products. Perhaps rightfully so. Just as we are proud of where we are so far.
So help us out here vendors by taking us to those next levels discovering things we haven't seen and heard yet. How do we make the experience more for you.
Vendors never go ego against ego. Your customer will go somewhere else. And rightfully so. You serve your customer with product and service they cannot do without. Never forget that. Your approach will encourage or discourage me. Vendors? Your move.
P.s. called out one cable manufacturer on how he is losing his market by letting his own ego push away customers. Silly that really. Pushed me away too. Might have even tried his product otherwise.
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Post by Axis on Aug 10, 2019 21:43:00 GMT -5
Before I go, somthing cool happen a couple weeks ago. I met a real Treasure Hunter and Salvage Master. This guy is in the history books. I'm trying to talk him into taking me with him to go find the Santa Maria. It ran aground off the northern coast of Haiti. It has not been found. He searched for the ships ballast for years before and says that is the treasure.
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Post by novisnick on Aug 10, 2019 22:41:32 GMT -5
Just got a pop up saying I was a winner! While on this lounge! What’s up with that?
Anybody else having a problem?
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Post by 3labman on Aug 11, 2019 7:36:40 GMT -5
Just got a pop up saying I was a winner! While on this lounge! What’s up with that? Anybody else having a problem? Has happened a few times to me since they started displaying adds.
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Post by vcautokid on Aug 11, 2019 7:44:47 GMT -5
Proboards are monetizing from our clicks likely to keep their site running. Really annoying but reality folks. I don't like them either. But look around. It is almost impossible to go anywhere without an ad showing up. Subscribers to a service portal is not enough anymore. A sign of our times.
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Post by mountain on Aug 11, 2019 8:25:27 GMT -5
Just got a pop up saying I was a winner! While on this lounge! What’s up with that? Anybody else having a problem? Very annoying.
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Post by novisnick on Aug 11, 2019 11:35:58 GMT -5
Proboards are monetizing from our clicks likely to keep their site running. Really annoying but reality folks. I don't like them either. But look around. It is almost impossible to go anywhere without an ad showing up. Subscribers to a service portal is not enough anymore. A sign of our times. Thanks for your response Vince but this isn’t click-bait, I don’t think! I only way to get it to go away is to close the page and start over!! Open a new page and type in Emotiva lounge. This happens at AVS Forum all the time, I don’t go there much anymore because of it.
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Post by DavidR on Aug 11, 2019 12:07:43 GMT -5
I believe ALL Proboards sites are free for the user running a website. If so they own the software and can use it as they please. I'm betting Emotiva has no say in the matter. Ads ARE annoying but are now an everyday part of life on the internet. Now tracking cookies see that you 'Googled' (let's say) tomato seeds. You will then see ads from seed companies and others for tomato seeds. So much for invasion of privacy. Expect none on the net.
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Post by Soup on Aug 11, 2019 13:37:35 GMT -5
VPN helps
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Post by monkumonku on Aug 11, 2019 17:04:01 GMT -5
Proboards are monetizing from our clicks likely to keep their site running. Really annoying but reality folks. I don't like them either. But look around. It is almost impossible to go anywhere without an ad showing up. Subscribers to a service portal is not enough anymore. A sign of our times. Thanks for your response Vince but this isn’t click-bait, I don’t think! I only way to get it to go away is to close the page and start over!! Open a new page and type in Emotiva lounge. This happens at AVS Forum all the time, I don’t go there much anymore because of it. I use Mozilla Firefox and Chrome for browsers and installed the AdBlock Plus add-ons. I very rarely see any ads. When they do happen show up, they disappear after a second or two. Recently I noticed ProBoards has a banner below the menu asking me to pay $2.99 a month for ad-free browsing, and they also have a blue banner at the bottom promoting paid subscriptions. It's annoying, but I don't see any ads and never get pop-ups. The other add-on I use in conjunction with AdBlock Plus is Privacy Badger. You might give that a try and see. I don't know if they are available for Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer since I don't use those browsers unless I encounter a site that won't display the pages because I am using an ad blocker.
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Post by novisnick on Aug 11, 2019 17:18:03 GMT -5
Thanks for your response Vince but this isn’t click-bait, I don’t think! I only way to get it to go away is to close the page and start over!! Open a new page and type in Emotiva lounge. This happens at AVS Forum all the time, I don’t go there much anymore because of it. I use Mozilla Firefox and Chrome for browsers and installed the AdBlock Plus add-ons. I very rarely see any ads. When they do happen show up, they disappear after a second or two. Recently I noticed ProBoards has a banner below the menu asking me to pay $2.99 a month for ad-free browsing, and they also have a blue banner at the bottom promoting paid subscriptions. It's annoying, but I don't see any ads and never get pop-ups. The other add-on I use in conjunction with AdBlock Plus is Privacy Badger. You might give that a try and see. I don't know if they are available for Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer since I don't use those browsers unless I encounter a site that won't display the pages because I am using an ad blocker. I’m using Safari on my IPad.
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Post by vcautokid on Aug 11, 2019 21:39:59 GMT -5
Interesting used a VPN and now proboards is promoting using proboards....whatevers. pretty funny how this works.
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Post by novisnick on Aug 12, 2019 0:29:01 GMT -5
Interesting used a VPN and now proboards is promoting using proboards....whatevers. pretty funny how this works. Which VPN are you using Vince? Txs
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Post by teaman on Aug 12, 2019 2:05:35 GMT -5
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Post by vcautokid on Aug 12, 2019 9:28:36 GMT -5
Interesting used a VPN and now proboards is promoting using proboards....whatevers. pretty funny how this works. Which VPN are you using Vince? Txs I am using surfshark as I still get the nag posts from proboards no more ads otherwise. Proboards is being annoying but I can say the same of Facebook and any other site I see. Data Mining is a Trillion dollar business. Even know it all Keith can't refute that. Everytime you visit someone you leave them valuable information. Those stupid games on Facebook are also a data miners paradise. As the net gets more and more, the providers and vendors have to do more to get what they can. I think it is only going to get worse as you are driving, you get a nag fest for McDonalds or some such stupid thing. Apple Car play and Android Auto was not for you. It is for the Data Miners and vendors pimping their *bleep* wares. The prostitution on the internet is here, and it totally legal. All it takes is for you to knock on the door once, and all come looking out for you and your money. Plain and simple!
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Post by DavidR on Aug 12, 2019 21:33:48 GMT -5
I use Mozilla Firefox and Chrome for browsers and installed the AdBlock Plus add-ons. ...............................................................I I use Firefox and looked into AdBlock Plus. I did NOT like their terms. It was worse than dealing with ads. Allows them too much access - worse than accepting cookies IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 0:27:53 GMT -5
XV.VIII.MCMXLIVWow! Trí cheathrú de chéid. Fart sean mé! Maligayang kaarawan sa nut.
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Post by novisnick on Aug 19, 2019 22:01:23 GMT -5
A small storm just rolled through an hour ago and the power is still out! ARG!
Generator is fired up and keeping us cool, a limb must have taken out the cable at the same time as the electricity. I’m tethered to my phone for internet!
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Post by novisnick on Aug 19, 2019 23:33:59 GMT -5
Update, lights flashed on for 15 seconds! 😁 and they’re off again! 😲 Maybe it’s time to call it a night. 😢
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