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GNIOM1498
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Pryme]
#4265759 - 06/06/05 09:50 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Pryme said: Yes the whole Jesusland comment did offend me even though I'm not a big supporter of the US anyway. I might not purchase from you for reasons about you bashing the country I live in, and I think some of the other shroomer-ites might agree with me that that is not a smart move to get customers. But do what you want...just remember that there are people with money in the US...believe it or not.
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since we don?t deliver to jesusland we just don?t get any customers from here; definitely strange as hell...
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yesNick
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: GNIOM1498]
#4268495 - 06/07/05 03:02 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: yesNick]
#4269087 - 06/07/05 06:17 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alright guys come on now, Give the guy a chance to make admends (right word?)
-Gnostic
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Entheo
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: IGnosticAbhorI]
#4269223 - 06/07/05 06:46 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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yo, thanx for all the comments and the cheering up, thats very cool!
@ road: we are doing great business with the entire world especially europe, I just wonder why not a lot more international customers came to us through the shroomery
@ gnostic: problem is that we?re not only selling spores, but mostly our ready made spawn bricks and these are certainly illegal in the entire US
@ all thanx for posting and hey I was being ironic when talking about jesusland..
we?re definitely not quitting our business, it?s been running snuggly for years now. I was simply expecting much more traffic and / or interest in our products from the shroomery members since we got the phattest shroom shop outthere
anyway let?s see how the upcoming months develop
cheers again
marvin
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5meopsyco
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Entheo]
#4269425 - 06/07/05 07:59 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Damn Europeon women with the hairy ass arm pit...
i feel better steriotypes are so fun...
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GNIOM1498
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: 5meopsyco]
#4269901 - 06/07/05 10:01 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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maybe u should ship to usa maybe make a special page with stuff you can ship there.
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: GNIOM1498]
#4269935 - 06/07/05 10:12 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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@ gnostic: problem is that we?re not only selling spores, but mostly our ready made spawn bricks and these are certainly illegal in the entire US
But you are selling Spores, which are NOT illegal, So you could def. make money off of spores in the U.S...Especially since you could be sending to Ohio, Georgia, And california...
It's really up to you though.
I'll change my rating to a four, you sound friendly
But using sterotypes is really, just not funny..It is, but not in the context of how you put it.
"Hey, we're not getting any business, and we don't send to jesus land"..Yeah...Real nice...
-Gnostic
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Burke Dennings
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Registered: 11/29/04
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Entheo]
#4270636 - 06/08/05 03:04 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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marvindashroom said:
@ all thanx for posting and hey I was being ironic when talking about jesusland..
No, that's not ironic. What's ironic is that you made this thread trying to stimulate business, but you just pissed a bunch of us off.
On a personal note, I don't take seriously any vendor who starts all their posts with the word "Yo". Try to sound like an adult if you want people to respect your business.
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Burke Dennings]
#4270821 - 06/08/05 06:02 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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electrode said:
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marvindashroom said:
@ all thanx for posting and hey I was being ironic when talking about jesusland..
No, that's not ironic. What's ironic is that you made this thread trying to stimulate business, but you just pissed a bunch of us off.
On a personal note, I don't take seriously any vendor who starts all their posts with the word "Yo". Try to sound like an adult if you want people to respect your business.
Sounds just like the PM I wrote..Gee...I wonder
Yes I think it matters, Damn
Yea, that is pretty ironic I'd say.
-Gnostic
Edited by IGnosticAbhorI (06/08/05 06:08 AM)
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dumbsnake34
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: IGnosticAbhorI]
#4271988 - 06/08/05 01:31 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Come on you all, give the dude a break. He, like most people in the world has a negative view of the US. Whatever, he was just joking about jesusland or maybe he wasn't. It doesn't matter. Drop it. He has good products and frankly when 10 people jump down your throat after one slip up when you are supporting the site that allows them to do that, it probably doesn't give you a good impression. Seems to me that we should give him another chance. I would love to have him stay as a sponsor and I appreciate his contributions to the financial wellbeing of this site. That said, if you read the posts and ignore the senseless cruelty of those who attack our sponsor, you will find some good ideas, and I appreciate all of you who were helpful to our sponsor. Is there anyone here who wouldn't be willing to give this sponsor another chance? Is there anyone here who really wants to be angry with him? If you do, well, I am sorry because living a judgemental life is a great way to be miserable. When I first came to this community I though of the people as nice and helpful and there are many of those folks here, but you assholes that just senselessly attacked our sponsor should be ashamed because you make the rest of us look like monsters. Please be respectful.
Peace all.
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: dumbsnake34]
#4272698 - 06/08/05 04:42 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Seems to me that we should give him another chance. I would love to have him stay as a sponsor and I appreciate his contributions to the financial wellbeing of this site.
Ditto.
But the guy needs to be more professional IMO.
In terms of Puncuation,speech,ect ect.
I feel like My $$$ is going to some 13 yr. old living in his mom's house.
-Gnostic
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poboy
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Registered: 03/08/05
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: dumbsnake34]
#4273174 - 06/08/05 07:17 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wow you call us assholes and you think you are taking the high ground. Then you say Please be respectful.What a joke. Quote:
dumbsnake34 said: When I first came to this community I though of the people as nice and helpful and there are many of those folks here, but you assholes that just senselessly attacked our sponsor should be ashamed because you make the rest of us look like monsters. Please be respectful.
Peace all.
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Edited by poboy (06/08/05 07:20 PM)
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Liquidkick
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: poboy]
#4273588 - 06/08/05 08:49 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Main reason i don't order. I don't want to be doing any currency conversions.
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Praseodymn
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Entheo]
#4273687 - 06/08/05 09:13 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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When one comes to a community that (s)he is trying to support and asks for suggestions, it does not help to be insulting or personal. Yes, you can be scathing, yes, you can be harsh for effect. But keep it there. Keep it impersonal.
On being professional: Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Start your posts with something other than "Yo," as this is the largest and most elucidate way of saying, "I'm unprofessional." Which is NOT what you want to be doing. Do not insult your customer base. When I recently wrote to a mentor about how my customer base was ignorant about the product I was selling, my mentor wrote back with an absolutely demolishing letter about how that is an absolute recipe for failure. And I didn't say it to my customers. If I had, they would be no longer.
Now, as for what you can do for your business. I would definitely support those who have said that shipping to the USA would be a great boost to your sales. Possibly giving Euro/US prices on spores and prints. Put a note above your growkits section that it cannot ship to the USA. If they try, just deduct the amount and charge for the spores without the kits, and ship. Send them an email about it, I'm sure no one would object. If they did, they have no one to complain to. Advertise more, as others have said, post more on the forums, do giveaways (if you're interested in the European market, specify Europe in your giveaway posts), do special offers, etc. as everyone else has suggested. And as Ralph said, mention Europe in your banner ads if you wish to stay Euro.
As with all other business, it helps to be a good businessman. You have a good vision, and a good site. Now work on the business side of things. Maybe you could read a book on business in general? It seems the things you are having trouble with apply to almost any business in existence.
Best of luck to you in business!
Pras
Edited by Praseodymn (06/08/05 09:14 PM)
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Praseodymn]
#4274026 - 06/08/05 10:35 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Praseodymn said: When one comes to a community that (s)he is trying to support and asks for suggestions, it does not help to be insulting or personal. Yes, you can be scathing, yes, you can be harsh for effect. But keep it there. Keep it impersonal.
On being professional: Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Start your posts with something other than "Yo," as this is the largest and most elucidate way of saying, "I'm unprofessional." Which is NOT what you want to be doing. Do not insult your customer base. When I recently wrote to a mentor about how my customer base was ignorant about the product I was selling, my mentor wrote back with an absolutely demolishing letter about how that is an absolute recipe for failure. And I didn't say it to my customers. If I had, they would be no longer.
Now, as for what you can do for your business. I would definitely support those who have said that shipping to the USA would be a great boost to your sales. Possibly giving Euro/US prices on spores and prints. Put a note above your growkits section that it cannot ship to the USA. If they try, just deduct the amount and charge for the spores without the kits, and ship. Send them an email about it, I'm sure no one would object. If they did, they have no one to complain to. Advertise more, as others have said, post more on the forums, do giveaways (if you're interested in the European market, specify Europe in your giveaway posts), do special offers, etc. as everyone else has suggested. And as Ralph said, mention Europe in your banner ads if you wish to stay Euro.
As with all other business, it helps to be a good businessman. You have a good vision, and a good site. Now work on the business side of things. Maybe you could read a book on business in general? It seems the things you are having trouble with apply to almost any business in existence.
Best of luck to you in business!
Pras
Very well put
My thoughts Exactly!
-Gnostic
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ohmatic
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Registered: 02/28/04
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: IGnosticAbhorI]
#4274457 - 06/09/05 12:54 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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being austrian just as marvin, i feel like i have to add a little info here.
mm.org has been the first and so far still is the only "company" selling ready to fruit casings and what i know, they make good profit out of it.
the sole fact that there hasnt been any competition for them yet, may have resulted in sloppy service as they simply never had to face any competition.
marv is a nice guy but from what i read it really seems as if the international business venture, especially by advertising on the shroomery, is a bit too big for him.
i perfectly recall once he saw a user statistic and narly dropped his shit as he saw that like 1% of the users if from euro, oh well marv, i could have told you that beforehand already
anyway, as a matter of fact, he seriously needs to consider all the points mentioned in Praseodymn's post, as this here is a wee bit bigger than the german/swiss little mushroom growing boards which seem to form his solid customer homebase, besides the normal austrian customers.
anyway, besides the fact that i think his producs (the casings) are too expensive hes doing a very fine job and if he cares to adjust a bit, im su re shroomery business would become better aswell. peace ohm
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IGnosticAbhorI
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: ohmatic]
#4274513 - 06/09/05 01:14 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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hes doing a very fine job and if he cares to adjust a bit, im sure shroomery business would become better aswell.
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CidneyIndole
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Entheo]
#4274589 - 06/09/05 01:44 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Pay attention:
Roadkill was right, as usual. Myndreach got it too. They all offered some good suggestions. Here's my 2 cents:
You're advertising on a site that gets metric tonnes of US hits. If you shipped legal products to the US, and combined it with better advertising, your business would increase dramatically. You have no excuse to exclude the US from your business. Unless of course you don't like money.
There was a poll I was looking at the other day, asking what the Shroomery members' favorite vendors are. You know who got the most votes for a spore vendor? RALPH! His selection is amazing, and I've seen him posting on the boards a bunch of times and even giving away spores. This is a brilliant tactic. The community obviously loves him and his product. Take a page out of his book.
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ohmatic
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: CidneyIndole]
#4274658 - 06/09/05 02:07 AM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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CidneyIndole said: Take a page out of his book.
or numerous .. peace ohm
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fearfect
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Re: MagicMushrooms.org about to give it up :( [Re: Entheo]
#4277083 - 06/09/05 05:46 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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personally, I like your comments and attitude. You don't have to be "professional" to gain my business. If I wasn't in the U.S. I would definitely try you out. BTW, the United States is DEFINITELY Jesus Land territory. Learn to take a joke people, and open your eyes a little.
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