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10-08-2009, 03:38 PM #21Senior Member
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I always thought free honing offers from members was great thing... still belive it is... But can someone tell me why free honing is now "not allowed" on the forum?... is there a thread with that discussion?
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10-08-2009, 03:44 PM #22Little Bear
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I think free honing is still allowed. However, they just don't want to see any ads offering free honing. If a member is expressing frustration or having trouble, then free honing offers via pm would appear to be fine from my understanding.
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10-08-2009, 03:58 PM #23At this point in time...
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Originally Posted by smythe
Originally Posted by richmondesi
Asked and answered correctly....
If there are any other questions I would be most happy to discuss them, in PM...
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10-08-2009, 04:01 PM #24Hones/Honing/Master Barber
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haha, except I wouldn't really consider McDonalds the top of their "craft." Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I won't even eat at the place...just thinking about it...ehh...
So just because you've serviced billions doesn't make you great IMO
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10-08-2009, 04:07 PM #25I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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McDonalds is very good at what they do though. They are not pretending to be fine dining.
Originally Posted by avatar1999
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10-08-2009, 04:10 PM #26Little Bear
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Considering McDonald's is truly in the Real Estate business, and they own the most valuable real estate of any company in the world... Originally Posted by avatar1999
Edit: brief explanation of the pointLast edited by richmondesi; 10-08-2009 at 04:23 PM.
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10-08-2009, 04:14 PM #27Hones/Honing/Master Barber
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Yes, they are very good at contributing to the obesity and poor health of the population Originally Posted by Slartibartfast
No wonder everyone wants public health care...most of em probably eat at McD's hehe
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10-08-2009, 04:31 PM #28Senior Member
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Pretty soon the burger and fries will have a label that says it may be hazardous to your health. Originally Posted by avatar1999
Yes, they are very good at contributing to the obesity and poor health of the population
No wonder everyone wants public health care...most of em probably eat at McD's hehe
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10-08-2009, 04:50 PM #29Senior Member
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A perfect example of SixGun being amazingly helpful once again!!
Originally Posted by gssixgun
The way things work, have worked, and don't work...
The truth of the matter is there is no test other then the public opinion one...
Way back in the old days if you wanted to establish yourself, you just jumped right in, Joe Chandler actually explained it to me... About doing some work for free, actually just helping out when needed.. So that's what I did, I saw a newb struggling, I would just jump in and offer.. Doc had a few razors for the troops going out, I offered, someone had their great grandfathers razor to fix up, I offered, pretty soon people were asking me to do more and more, and they offered $$$, that was the old way and it still works...
What happened next was the newer way, people started posting "Free Honing Offers" at first we thought this was a good thing, but quickly realized that this actually was not so good, so we stopped those offers on the forum...As some people took advantage of it and basically were running a supermarket promotion out of it, basically buy one get one free... this was just not in the true spirit of the forum...
You can definitely just hang your shingle out in the classifieds, but if people don't know of you, and haven't heard of your skills then business will be slow starting...
Still the best way of getting established is "JUST HELP" if you read about some poor newb stuck in the hone zone, just offer to help. If yer a restorer just offer to help out in the monthly giveaways...
There are tons of people on the forum that just need help...
I still do this, so does Lynn, and Max, and we all are swamped with work...
Remember what the forum is really about, and it all just comes together...
we are really here just to help each other out....
The more people you help, the more people will know your name, and the ball starts rolling along...
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10-09-2009, 11:45 PM #30Senior Member
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I must tell you all that I am enjoying my freshly roasted coffee from Pyment. During the course of doing free honing I did some bartering with several of the folks requesting honing. I do believe in the barter system, by the way. One of those was dave. His coffee is delightful and his honing continues to be free. He is a great guy to do business with.
Ray
