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Why do people post about their post totals in the Shameless Self Promotion forum?

post #1 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:56am
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Are they shamelessly self promoting all the free time on their hands? I would imagine that stuff would go in here.
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post #2 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:58am
They must be proud of their measly accomplishments. Sad, really.
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post #3 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:59am
Thread Starter 
I just thought that self promotion was for your website or your product. In my head boasting about your post total is a Chewer thing.

Also, definitions of accomplishment may vary widely.
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post #4 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:02am
If you channelled all this energy into DVD reviews and whatnot, Dev...
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post #5 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:05am
Well, the Chewers forum is relatively new. Shameless was the place to promote yourself prior to its existence.
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post #6 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:23pm
Yeah, and they really need to stop advertising their shitty books, too.
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post #7 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:29pm
That's right. They're shitty in my store, but not in any other store.

The whole shilling for Barnes and Noble is really a joke -- a riff on the shilling that happens in this place. If you buy a book at one of our competitors, it really doesn't matter to me. It's like someone who works flipping burgers saying on the boards "Eat at McDonalds." Yep, that $2.00 burger purchase is going to go right in that person's pocket.

Read. That's all I care about.

It's good for you.

P.S. <a href="http://www.bn.com" target="_blank">www.bn.com</a>

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post #8 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:32pm
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Conflict Lad:
Why do people post about their post totals in the Shameless Self Promotion forum? Are they shamelessly self promoting all the free time on their hands? I would imagine that stuff would go in here.
Why do you even care? You should follow my "shining example" and not click on threads that don't interest you.

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post #9 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:46pm
Settle down, Blofeld. I was making fun of myself--and my shilling for *my* shitty book/website--not you. No insult intended.
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post #10 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:53pm
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Blofeld and Forwards:
They must be proud of their measly accomplishments. Sad, really.
Look who's talking "Mr 13664 Posts" man.
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post #11 of 23
1/31/03 at 1:54pm
See? Proof that I make fun of myself!
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post #12 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:04pm
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Blofeld and Forwards:

Read. That's all I care about.

It's good for you.
Support your local library....
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post #13 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:07pm
Yes. They need people moving about the books. Helps circulate the stench.
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post #14 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:08pm
The homeless have to read tooooooooooooo
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post #15 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:27pm
I've noticed the cleaner homeless hang out at Barnes and Noble. Or maybe it's the unwashed book nerds. I can't tell. I just know it ruins the book hunting fun when I get a whiff of the BO. We have a Borders opening up in a couple weeks, so hopefully that will disperse the crowd a bit.
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post #16 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:32pm
Here's a funny tale: Working at the shop, and there's a customer who NEEDS a book for a class, have to have it read, etc. We don't have it in stock. The next closest five stores (after calling each of them) don't have it in stock. We could order, but by the time it arrived from the warehouse, it'd be too late.

What do you do?

Me? I call the competitors. Let's locate the book for the customer -- maybe we lose THAT sale (which we wouldn't have gotten anyway), but we gain loyalty. Maybe just a little. It's called Customer Service (if you work in retail, you might want to look it up.... it's rare).

I called Borders. The phone rang. And rang.

And rang.

Finally, someone picked up. "Hello," they said.

"Yes, this is Matt calling from Barnes and Noble ... I have a customer here who needs a book that we don't have in stock. Would you check your shelves to see if you have it?"

"Um..." hesitates the man on the other end of the line. "I can't really help you."

"This is Borders, right?"

"Yes. But I'm a customer."
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post #17 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:45pm
Ah that's a good one.

Something I would do in the end myself.
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post #18 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:50pm
Blo, my best friend hangs out at his local B&N and one day the phone kept ringing for five minutes. Finally he got up, answered it, and even helped the guy out.

Hope your B&N isn't like that. wink
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post #19 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:52pm
No. You don't do the sales volume we do with that kind of "service." We almost meet Will's annual income.
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post #20 of 23
1/31/03 at 2:56pm
Who here doesn't love massive book chains?
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post #21 of 23
1/31/03 at 3:07pm
Blo, Blo, Blo...

As a former manager of a used bookstore, who has done the same thing in the same situation, I would first have checked the used bookstores in the area on <a href="http://www.abebooks.com" target="_blank">www.abebooks.com</a> or <a href="http://www.bookfinder.com," target="_blank">www.bookfinder.com,</a> sorting by state. Have the guy drive to Vail if he needs the book that badly!

You personally are making that Barnes and Noble great.
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post #22 of 23
1/31/03 at 3:14pm
I wish we had 'net access, or I might have searched.

I refer people to <a href="http://www.alibris.com" target="_blank">www.alibris.com</a> all the time. I'll make note of those URLs as well.
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post #23 of 23
1/31/03 at 3:21pm
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Blofeld and Forwards:
No. You don't do the sales volume we do with that kind of "service." We almost meet Will's annual income.
Yet still donesn't match his wife then huh?

And I gotta give Will a call here. Seems that things are going well with the TV show since he hasn't been around much.
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