On Feb 11, 9:42 am, wrote:
On Feb 10, 10:48 am, "Dominic T." wrote:

On Feb 9, 10:17 pm, wrote:

I see you've begun learning to create and use poor-quality vector
graphics to a nauseating degree. I'm not sure if you ever spent any
time even finding out about this newsgroup before your ad, but I'm
guessing not. Best of luck to ya but I'd imagine this ain't the place
you'll find it.

- Dominic

hi dominc,

thanks for the feedback. our labels are deliberately minimalistic,
focusing more on the quality of tea and not some fancy branding. we
are in the early stages of this project (fourth month) and have seen
mild, yet consistent success.

we have only two goals through precious will tea: 1. to make tea
approachable for those who know nothing of tea beyond the yellow
lipton box; and 2. sell enough tea to afford us the opportunity to
someday visit the very fields from which our teas are produced - a
very long term goal.

i noticed you participate in many tea chats and would love to see what
your knowledge has produced, may it be your own line of tea offerings,
a tea shop or formal publications on the topic. otherwise, please
refrain from random blasting's until you've seen and tasted the
product first hand.

thank you,

wdw

Wow, you got a pair of brass ones. I honestly have no time or patience
for you or your snake oil. Your website is terrible, offers no
information beyond "the best tea in the world" which *must* be true
since you have never even visited any growers nor have you listed any
origin or really anything beyond ****-poor graphics and generic names.

Your "ordering system" is solely comprised of an Excel spreadsheet.
There's a thing called SSL, you may want to look into it.

You go ahead and send me a sample of your "best" tea (it can be very
small, 1 gaiwan's worth even) and I will pay for the actual shipping
costs happily. I would be the first person to shout from the rooftops
of its excellence regardless of your lack of tact in this newsgroup,
your disrespectful attitude, ignorance, and lack of web savvy. I'm
100% straightforward and honest, and that is what I was to you as
well. You came here to astroturf this newsgroup with an advertisement,
and I called you on it. Not just me, but everyone here is no stranger
to this behavior as it happens quite frequently and is not the way to
drum up business.

Attacking me or anyone here is certainly the wrong way to turn your
initial faux pas into anything productive. You made a mistake,
apologize and move on. If you'd like to participate in this newsgroup
and provide insight, intelligent conversation, and to probably learn a
ton about the business you've chosen... go ahead, we'd be glad to
learn more about you, the real scoop on your product, and offer help
and insight about tea... not business, but tea. Business will
naturally follow without ads.

- Dominic