RE: poster printing

OK, maybe this is a coincidence BUT:
 
Administrative contact for www.printrates.com <http://www.printrates.com/>
domain: Ziv Haparnas zivha2001@yahoo.com
John Stone: johnstone1001@yahoo.com
 
Yeah, it's a shame we're going to miss John's valuable contributions to
this list.
 

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From: john stone [mailto:johnstone1001@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:28 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
Subject: Re: poster printing

wow this list is hostile... yes I am new to digital photos and printing and
did my own experiments. I wish I would get some helpful help here rather
than accusations... this is really a shame you're not going to see me around
here anymore this is not the kind of netizens I was looking for help from.
 
John

Tom Micklin <tmicklin@gmail.com> wrote:

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 <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
<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.com
<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. >>
Draw your own conclusions.
Regards,
Tom

On 8/28/05, Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu <mailto: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
>
>>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
<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
Received on Sun Aug 28 14:31:28 2005