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Had another mail today offering money to buy advertising space on the forum. It actually makes me happy that someone out there is aware of our little world and existence.

Bloke a couple of weeks ago got proper stroppy when I said no to him, rambling on about all they can offer us.

No thanks. Is apparently the wrong reply. Lol.
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If they are cold calling you it's probably a rip off anyway, I usually don't reply to those emails at work as it just seems to encourage them.
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Mussels wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:14 pm If they are cold calling you it's probably a rip off anyway, I usually don't reply to those emails at work as it just seems to encourage them.
Indeedy, I didn't bother replying to today's and just deleted it.
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Today's mail was an offer to buy the forum itself.

As you'd expect, I didn't even entertain the mail and instantly deleted it. I would be curious to know the value, if any.

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weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:50 pm Today's mail was an offer to buy the forum itself.

As you'd expect, I didn't even entertain the mail and instantly deleted it. I would be curious to know the value, if any.

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Flog it for many,many pounds and we'll all jump ship to another place. :thumbup:

It's happened before yanno. ;)
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Skub wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:03 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:50 pm Today's mail was an offer to buy the forum itself.

As you'd expect, I didn't even entertain the mail and instantly deleted it. I would be curious to know the value, if any.

Don't worry, I got your back gang.
Flog it for many,many pounds and we'll all jump ship to another place. :thumbup:

It's happened before yanno. ;)
That'd be quite funny. But in the moves we've lost a fair few groups over the years and even though we have a core now, I wouldn't like to lose it.

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weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:04 pm
Skub wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:03 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 12:50 pm Today's mail was an offer to buy the forum itself.

As you'd expect, I didn't even entertain the mail and instantly deleted it. I would be curious to know the value, if any.

Don't worry, I got your back gang.
Flog it for many,many pounds and we'll all jump ship to another place. :thumbup:

It's happened before yanno. ;)
That'd be quite funny. But in the moves we've lost a fair few groups over the years and even though we have a core now, I wouldn't like to lose it.

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Ahem- you're :D ;)
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weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:04 pm That'd be quite funny. But in the moves we've lost a fair few groups over the years and even though we have a core now, I wouldn't like to lose it.

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They'll carve that on your tombstone.

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Skub wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:07 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:04 pm That'd be quite funny. But in the moves we've lost a fair few groups over the years and even though we have a core now, I wouldn't like to lose it.

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They'll carve that on your tombstone.

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I'd take that. :obscene-drinkingcheers:
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My name is Faith Lopez and I handle acquisitions for Groupbuilder.

I reached out a few months ago about our interest in purchasing your forum and wanted to take the time to follow up. Even if you are not open to selling right now, it would still be great to make contact so I can make your acquaintance.

If you are not the best person to contact, would you please direct me to someone who is able to help me?

Best regards,

Faith Lopez
Funny part is, they are actually a company that buys internet forums.
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Sell it, we'll all move somewhere else with you.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 3:39 pm Sell it, we'll all move somewhere else with you.
Not if you're going :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Anybody that uses "reached out" should be told, in no uncertain terms, to fuck right off
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They get ignored anyway
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Yorick wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 8:10 pm
https://www.freestompboxes.org/

a walkout of long time members, which may be exactly what they wanted. They only care about the written posts, the content that makes for the Google hits.


That sounds familiar, Ben
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Horse wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 8:46 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 8:10 pm
https://www.freestompboxes.org/

a walkout of long time members, which may be exactly what they wanted. They only care about the written posts, the content that makes for the Google hits.


That sounds familiar, Ben
He was a total wanker. Money, money, money.