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Originally Posted by Nine8Six
Nothing is wrong with having a guy standing firm behind his products, being there, making it better, sharing development. You guys sure this is simply called "advertising"? I personally see far more than that to it, no???
Don't forget that Mr Raby have helped hundreds of Porsche owners out there (if not thousands, and on various forums) for nothing else than a simple thank you in return. Advertising his generosity is one alone that I am convinced about
Surely he could do less with this kind of thread-going to....
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There is nothing wrong with marketing your product, that's the American way, the free market, and I'm damned proud of it. My hat is off to anyone who does this, builds a successful business and helps people along the way, as many in this forum have done. I can't think of a more ethical business plan than that. So in a very real way, this is marketing. I have seen many on this forum who 1) know about books and classes on the M96 (like me), and 2) are willing to shell out for them (like me). How many are waiting for the book to come out and will snap it up at the first chance? How many know about and have been to the RED website because of this forum like me? Many, and there is nothing wrong with that, in fact that is a good thing. Is everyone generous to a fault on this forum? That has been my experience, and just to be clear, there is nothing wrong with marketing, without it selling (extremely high quality) headlight retrofit kits for niche market cars would be very difficult.