I found this site http://www.themarketcollection.com I stumbled on it
searching for wine glasses for my home. They actually don't have the
online sales working yet, but apparently the host company has been in
business for a long time, they sell, Libbey, Arc, Mikasa and their own
brand of glassware and crystal. It seems their primary business is in
selling to decorators in bulk but they want to open a retail end.
Anyhow, if you go to their site you can find pretty much anything you
might want to eat off of, or drink out of.

I hope this helps the people that were looking for wine glasses for
their home.

Shawn

Shawn Hall wrote:
SNIP commercial post

*sigh* That's why you posted this from 206.244.182.98, the IP address of
the website you're shilling for. I might be willing to overlook a
commercial post if you weren't so blatantly trying to pass it off as a
"disinterested" informative post... Marck & Assoc. looks like a
reputable company, so you'd better desist this "stealth marketing"
campaign if you want to keep oar.net as your webhost.

Mark Lipton

Mark,

Your correct but I don't work in sales for the company, I just really
love the ware. I myself am a Tech, and I love wine, I usually come to
this site looking for new ideas for when I visit my local store, which
is called "The Vineyard". If you are ever in Toledo, OH check it out,
they carry all kinds of specialty wines. And they are right near a
place that specializes in fly fishing equipment and cigar sales.

And really oar.net has no cares as to "stealth marketing" as you call
it. I do know that. But I just wanted to direct people to a place where
they could get wine glasses and not have to pay the big mark ups that
we all seem to get retail. And I do buy from the company, I was just
trying to help out a company I like, sorry if I offended.

Shawn

"Shawn Hall" wrote in
oups.com:

Mark,

Your correct but I don't work in sales for the company, I just really
love the ware. I myself am a Tech, and I love wine, I usually come to
this site looking for new ideas for when I visit my local store, which
is called "The Vineyard". If you are ever in Toledo, OH check it out,
they carry all kinds of specialty wines. And they are right near a
place that specializes in fly fishing equipment and cigar sales.

And really oar.net has no cares as to "stealth marketing" as you call
it. I do know that. But I just wanted to direct people to a place
where they could get wine glasses and not have to pay the big mark ups
that we all seem to get retail. And I do buy from the company, I was
just trying to help out a company I like, sorry if I offended.

Shawn



Like my momma always said, "Honesty is the best policy."
You were tryin to be cute and in the process brought dishonor to your
emplyer and to yourself.


--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

Shawn Hall wrote:
Mark,

Your correct but I don't work in sales for the company, I just really
love the ware. I myself am a Tech, and I love wine, I usually come to
this site looking for new ideas for when I visit my local store, which
is called "The Vineyard". If you are ever in Toledo, OH check it out,
they carry all kinds of specialty wines. And they are right near a
place that specializes in fly fishing equipment and cigar sales.

And really oar.net has no cares as to "stealth marketing" as you call
it. I do know that. But I just wanted to direct people to a place where
they could get wine glasses and not have to pay the big mark ups that
we all seem to get retail. And I do buy from the company, I was just
trying to help out a company I like, sorry if I offended.

Shawn,
You should understand that commercial advertisements are not welcome
in this group, as in most alt.* hierarchy groups. Our FAQ gives the
guidelines:
http://www.virtual-ink.com.au/afw-faq/guide.htm#3.1

You probably didn't understand that, which is why I warned you, but you
must be careful now because people may very well complain to OARnet
should they perceive a flauting of our posting guidelines. I don't know
whether OARnet would act on those complaints, but why chance it? We
have other posters who have commercial interests, and that's fine so
long as they don't use afw as an advertising venue.

HTH
Mark Lipton

p.s. If I'm ever in Toledo, I'll stop by The Vineyard

In article .com,
says...

Mark,

Your correct but I don't work in sales for the company, I just really
love the ware. I myself am a Tech, and I love wine, I usually come to
this site looking for new ideas for when I visit my local store, which
is called "The Vineyard". If you are ever in Toledo, OH check it out,
they carry all kinds of specialty wines. And they are right near a
place that specializes in fly fishing equipment and cigar sales.

And really oar.net has no cares as to "stealth marketing" as you call
it. I do know that. But I just wanted to direct people to a place where
they could get wine glasses and not have to pay the big mark ups that
we all seem to get retail. And I do buy from the company, I was just
trying to help out a company I like, sorry if I offended.

Shawn

Shawn,

Over the years, many posters have offered up "commercial" posts. Instead of
doing so openly, or maybe not so "openly," I'd suggest that one follow the
posts and threads of the group. When they have something to offer, regarding a
particular thread, their comments are always welcomed, providing that they are
well thought out and courteous. As there have been many recent threads on
glassware, these would have been perfect for your comments. The only caveat
would be to identify oneself, as part of a commercial venture with a vested
interest. Nothing wrong with that. Many posters here are in the wine business
at some level and their close contact with the business is appreciated, but
they always identify their ties, so everyone knows where they are "coming
from" in their statements. Many others are in the restaurant business, and
their comments are also appreciated, so long as they are, in fact,
contributing to the discussion, and not trying to sell us something.

Please feel welcome here, and do not hesitate to contribute. I think it was
the manner of the first contribution and the possibility of impropriety, that
offended some, with possibly good reason.

Please weigh in on the next glassware debate, with your observations, and any
testing data that you can bring to the table.

Hunt