That started off selling books?
We should have burnt those infernal things when we had the chance QQ
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We should have burnt those infernal things when we had the chance QQ
This, saying Rainforest still indirectly mentions the site, how can anyone can take this seriously?, bah
+1 to unban Neil too. Your supposed to improve customer relations not the complete opposite.
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Can someone explain the difference between the rainforests download service and steam in terms of competitiveness?
It's not that the Rainforest's new service competes with OcUK, it's that the Rainforest in general compete with OcUK because they sell things like monitors, mice/keyboards, software, etc.
Soldato
The rainforest also sell hardware which happens to be OcUK's primary business. The rainforest also sell bin liners, books, CDs and all manner of completely unrelated stuff but that counts for .... nothing.
It's still so immature though for OCUK to take the stance they do on competitors. It's like you can't take the competition so don't talk about it. I'm not for one minute suggesting we should be able to link to competitor deals directly on computer hardware, but big shops like Amazon/Tesco...are you seriously going to try to enforce people mentioning just the name? Why are we allowed to say rainforest but not Amazon? It still tells someone who you mean. It's just old fashioned and so unrealistic to enforce in day to day life on forums.
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So just make the rule, the rainforest can be talked about and linked to just no pc hardware please, games are fine tho. (should be this imo).
Caporegime
The amazing thing is that the company in question is mentioned in the other sub forums, it only seems to be the gamers that get this treatment :/
Soldato
We've been through this a couple of times that I remember previously with a variety of competitors.
OcUK are picking up the tab for the forums so ultimately it is their call. If you don't like it then exercise your democratic right.
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VALKIA I'll ask you again have you spoken to Michelle about this and if not can I suggest you do this before posting anything else that further erodes the excellent reputation OCuk once held amongst us in these forums.
That list assumes we understand how OCUK rules define a competitor. That's the whole point. Who are competitors? We need an extensive list of ones we ARE allowed to talk about.
The other don just did exactly that a few posts up :s
Caporegime
Yeah that rule has been there for ever but I've also seen nearly every mod ignore it, hinting is very rarely actioned on. It's the inconsistency that really harms things, leaves you never knowing where you stand.
I entirely understand the reasoning, search terms for various bits of hardware often turn up on google linking to posts here, and if it has a competitor linked to or mentioned in a post someones found there, then it isn't a good thing.
This has just been handled horribly, doesn't make you feel like a wanted customer really does it? I'm abroad at the moment but I still order the odd thing and when back in the UK I would have continued to. This just makes one have second thoughts.
This has just been handled horribly, doesn't make you feel like a wanted customer really does it? I'm abroad at the moment but I still order the odd thing and when back in the UK I would have continued to. This just makes one have second thoughts.
The real issue here is the way the shop and the forums are regarded as parts of the same entity. As a result, OcUK are trying to be careful not to advertise other companies because they fear they'll lose business otherwise. If the OcUK community was regarded as distinct and seperate to the shop, then there'd be no problems at all, as you'd be able to mention "competitors", although that is a joke as I doubt many people go "Hmm, fancy a new game, better go on OcUK." as OcUK is a fringe/niche market and those games appeal to a fringe/niche of that because most people will still buy from "competitors" as they will have been doing so for years.
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