See what I mean folks. Six years now and the same answer.
Yep. Banner ads stink. They are pollution.
Blaine…If you were a vendor and were asked to pay for a banner ad by an association that claimed (depending upon what day of the week it was) 10,000 …now 6,000 members alleging to be potential customers…would you expect to see more proof of the market’s existence than a CD full of bad email addresses or rosters filled with non-working phone numbers?
Jeff, I stand by my statement that you quoted.
Jim. Wake up and pay attention. We don’t sell banner ads. Blaine already explained that he’s heard me say this for 6 years now!
Jim, every member on our rosters has renewed, joined, or edited their profile www.nachi.org/profileintro.htm within the last 365 days at most.
Nick, I am assuming that you are drawing a distinction between Nachi and you. Vendors don’t pay YOU, they pay Nachi…is that correct?
That is kinda like saying Bill Gates never made a penny selling computer software, but Microsoft has made billions doing so…:shock:
If that is not what you are saying, please correct me.
JB, your vow to stop, did not last long, is there anyway you can fight with Nick, without harming innocent inspectors?
According to Jim, the vendors make payments to me personally in green cash. Here is Jim’s quote:
He’s full of crap. Totally untrue. I’ve never gotten paid (cash, check, or gold bullion) by any vendor.
I think any business purchasing advertising would do their due dilligence. I was using a hypothetical, and I knew Nicks answer before I wrote the post.
He should consider an across the board flat fee for vendors both member and non member though. That way everyone is on the same playing field, and there can be no valid accusations from outsiders.
Nick, I am not Jim. I only speak for myself, and don’t answer questions presented to other people, like some people do around here.
I think the point is that you defend a system (call it pay to play, preferred vendor list, whatever you want to call it) that our own code of ethics prohibits us from participating in. That is my only point in this conversation.
Blaine, we’ll consider your suggestion, seems reasonable on the surface.
Jeff, I can recite InterNACHI’s Code of Ethics from memory. Where does it say in our COE that vendors getting free access to our members on this message board is unethical?
No vendor pays to post here. No vendor pays to be in www.InspectorMall.com
I don’t care what Jim Bushart tells you. It’s simply not true. Name one vendor. You can’t.
I certainly never said they did…my question remains…
Jim has never “told” me anything. I NEVER said a vendor paid YOU…I NEVER said a vendor pays to post here.
You said vendors pay to be a preferred vendor. I am referring to us paying to be on a real estate agents “preferred vendor” list. That is MY question, not Jim’s. You and Jim can have your fight, I am just asking a legit question.
Jeff writes:
No I didn’t.
Yes you did.
There is one vendor who pays you a monthly fee to be a preferred provider and regrets it.
LOL…
As the sole officer on the NACHI Board of Directors who has the autonomous discretion as to how the funds made payable to your corporation is spent…these payments go to you, Nick.
In fact…this is how you described these shakedowns in your email to me…
Bottom line: Any vendor wanting to sell as a “preferred vendor” to NACHI members need not have a superior product or service. All he needs to do is write a check to NACHI (which goes into a bank account that Nick personally controls).
More nonsense. Totally untrue.
Ok. This is where I will bow out of the conversation. Over 800 posts, 16K hits on the thread, and we are starting over…no thanks. I don’t have the energy!:roll: