Re: poster printing

Wait a minute. I didn't look far enough. There was also this exchange in
reply to the message I quoted, also posted on Aug.7.

<< hey John,

no unfortunately I can not say much about wal mart. I have a found anotehr
cheap option on http://www.printrates.com - it is called
pephoto.com<http://pephoto.com>- I think I will give them a shot and
see. have you ever heard or used them?

 
gregory donsky <gregory0107@yahoo.com> wrote:
John hi,

I actually bumped into the same printrates.com <http://printrates.com> site
a few days ago and posted it here - was wondering if you ever tried wal mart
services before - any experience with them?
 john stone <johnstone1001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey y'all - I was doing some surfing this weekend and found this website
that compares photo printing services http://www.printrates.com thought it
would interest the rest of you here. i am using ofoto and snapfish mostly
for my stuff and I am kind of happy with it. >>

Tom

On 8/28/05, Tom Micklin <tmicklin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sandy,
> A message was posted by the same person <john stone (*
> johnstone1001@yahoo.com*)>
> on August 7.
> This is the text of that message:
> << Hey y'all - I was doing some surfing this weekend and found this
> website that compares photo printing services http://www.printrates.comthought it would interest the rest of you here. i am using ofoto and
> snapfish mostly for my stuff and I am kind of happy with it. >>
> Draw your own conclusions.
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> On 8/28/05, Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Your point is very well made.
> >
> > As you say, the original poster may return and clarify his intention,
> > but my initial reaction to it from the outset was that it was most
> > likely disguised advertising SPAM. I see this kind of thing all the
> > time on the web.
> >
> > And regardless, the message was entirely off-topic for this list,
> > which is dedicated to discussions of alternative photography.
> >
> > Sandy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >RE: "The e-mail was not Spam, but a polite and honest question, even
> > >if naive and/or misplaced."
> > >
> > >I'm not certain one can so quickly assert quilt or innocence with
> > >these types of messages. On one hand it takes some effort to join the
> > >list, so the SPAM isn't so effortless. On the other hand, the newest
> > >phenomenon to emerge on the Internet is just this type of unethical
> > >usage known as "comment spam" which seeks to drive page ranking stats
> > >higher on a given site in order to appear nearer the top of Google
> > >(and other's) search list. It has become the latest bad boy (& girl)
> > >behaviour on the web and it mostly seen on BLOG sites. One of my
> > >favorites (film and culture) BLOG sites has suffered recently from
> > >these innocuous comments which ALWAYS have links to other sites, which
> > >ALWAYS are unrelated in any way to the BLOG content.
> > >
> > >Unless the original poster returns to clarify, I would have to be very
> > >suspicious of this post. HELL, I'M JUST VERY SUSPICIOUS OF
> > >EVERYTHING...
> > >
> > >
> > >Darryl Baird
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Judy Seigel [mailto: jseigel@panix.com]
> > >Sent: Sat 8/27/2005 11:11 PM
> > >To: Kerik
> > >Cc: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca;
> > > alt-photo-process-error@sask.usask.ca
> > >Subject: RE: poster printing
> > >
> > >
> > >The following is uncalled for and mistaken, not to mention
> > >gratuitously
> > >vulgar. It does no credit to either the writer or the list, in fact is
> > >
> > >degrading to both.
> > >
> > >The e-mail was not Spam, but a polite and honest question,
> > >even if naive and/or misplaced.
> > >
> > >Where are the vigilant & valiant "list minders" and other concerned
> > >list
> > >citizens so energetic in defending the list from "the left"? What
> > >about
> > >from "left field"?
> > >
> > >What is kerik@kerik smoking?
> > >
> > >J.
> > >
> > >On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Kerik wrote:
> > >
> > >> Great. Now we get spam to the listserve.
> > >>
> > >> Well John, since you asked, I can think of a much better place for
> > >you to
> > >> stick this message...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: john stone [mailto:johnstone1001@yahoo.com]
> > >> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:15 AM
> > >> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> > >> Subject: poster printing
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I just bought a new camera 8MP and I am so excited to start
> > >shooting
> > >> photos. Now that I have enough pixels I want to make posters out of
> > >the good
> > >> ones and I have looked at http://www.printrates.com for prices for
> > >20X30
> > >> prints and I see it varies from like $10 to almost $30 - what a
> > >difference!
> > >> any suggestions for a which of the cheaper services is also good
> > >quality?
> > >> lilke pephoto.com <http://pephoto.com> is cheapest at around $10 but
> > any experience with
> > >them?
> > >>
> > >> I hope this is the right forum for this if not i'd like to know
> > >where a
> > >> better place is.
> > >>
> > >> John
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _____
> > >>
> > >> Start <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
> > >your
> > >> day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
>
>
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