can only see 6 forum sections now?

did you guys change something?

 

You are now a vendor, as you dont need to see off topic and other things of that nature.

 

Mwjahahaha

 

OH Snapppp Welcome back to the site...

 

Yes, vendor accounts can only see certain forums. The idea is to keep the vendors accounts straight and minimize their ability to post all day/everyday in non-vendor related forums such as off-topic.

A quick run down of the threads a vendor can see/post in...

MNSOC Vendor - Yes
FS - Yes
Vendor FS - Yes
Scammer - Yes

 

No i think this one is important

 

Vendors should already have 2 accounts. They are the only ones (besides administrators) who are allowed to do that. There is a vendor acct that all the prices and info about the vendor are under, and then they should have their own separate accts and usernames for their own purpose. Think of it like ... would you want GS (just an example) going into OT and calling everyone names? It makes the company look better to have this sort of consistency.

Bilk is right, this one IS important. It also makes it a lot easier for customers to find vendor sales, since they can only post sales and announcements, people don't have to sift through all their OT posts when they actually do use search.

 

good point.. makes sense now that i think of it.. im hust craby and sick and tired lol

 

SubieDG- If you were on our side of the fence and if you were around MNSubaru for any length of time you would know why this was implemented.

Too many times, too many cases where vendor accounts became mostly personal accounts/posting more for personal reasons than anything to do with their company. It's easier for us to manage and to be honest, it helps the vendors from posting something on a personal level that could have a negative impact on their business.

 

ha ya. thats why i said nvm right after i posted that. i wasnt thinking like i said above. . haha sorry

 

nah thats ok, we expect questions

 

ok so how are vendors suppose to see member questions and reply to them(like in the general and tech forums)? We are part of tons and tons of forums and i've never seen anything like this. we rarely post on here so really we dont care that much..the rule just doesnt make sense.

also vendors like minnetonka subaru, they dont have a vendor name as they use personal names to talk business so that means they get to respond to customers questions or comment in any thread. what about this?

 

Why step in on this? Shouldnt it be up to a company to publicly display themselves in an appropriate manner? If a company is ran by jackasses, I would like to know.

 

well put well put... i really dont know why i care at all about this. but really why so many rules.

so does everyone who has an ad in the vedor announcements have to make 2 accounts. do i get my name red? haha

 

I care because mnsoc is a social network. Restricting anybody, especially vendors, from threads is just silly.

 

exactly..

 

Its not the same thing. My name isnt "morries subaru" and I was a forum member far before I started selling parts.

 

^ I can see where you're going with this, but keep in mind that you represent a large corporate dealership. The only person who should have a "vendor" account for morries subaru is Morrie himself, and then he would need a second account to post in off topic n such?

This rule affects ALL of the members by restricting certain members from posting, but more directly affects vendors. I fail to see the logic behind this decision/rule change.

 

You don't see the reasoning because it was based on an issue that was taken care of before people saw it. Not that it really is any of your business or anything, but we had a vendor posting OT stuff under his vendor name. That is not what the vendor accts are for.

Personally, I don't see why it's a big deal. If you want to see the FS sections as a vendor, log in as vendor. It takes literally 10 seconds, maybe less, to log out and log back in with another username. If you want to post in the other threads then just use your normal name. Why does everyone here need to always make such a big deal out of things like this?

 

Because of this

 

exactly my point of bringing the morries item up

 

*shrug* it's a case of one bad apple ruining it for the whole bunch. Sorry, but that's just how it is.

 

Its cool I'm not anybody in the subaru world, thats why I can get away with it.

 

All i'm doing is speaking my mind and questioning authority, isnt that our right?

 

post count is directly proportional to breast weight

 

Thisss

 

So why do I have so many posts then? I got small tittayz.

Also - these kind of threads are annoying. I see that there are new posts, then I click into them and I'm stuck reading this crap. Snowbum - this doesn't even concern you, why are you whining? And Justin - you have another account, this is just making sure you only use your BUSINESS account for business, and your personal acct for personal. That's much easier for the rest of us.
I for one had a hard time when I'd PM a vendor and sometimes they'd answer on their personal acct, others they'd answer on the business acct.

 

bad apples should get thrown out,

I'm kinda thinking this seems alittle bit of overkill, kinda sounds personal.

anyway, there may be a greater logic I am unaware of, but it seems to me most of the kids are playing by the rules, the people that should suffer are those that are breeching our established norms.

just my $.02 .

 

I can see the need for vendor accounts, just implemented differently. I guess i'll stop "whining" so the site doesnt burn down.

 

I just really think its lame that this is effecting Group A, and Group X is the one wondering WHY WHY WHY.

 

Is it alot of work to log out of a one account and then sign into another?

I dont see why theres such a discussion here.

 

The greater logic I speak of. Russ, you know human nature, should start a thread

"why is the sky blue?" and we could debate how unfair it is that it is not CGM, or San Remo Red, to match our cars....

I catch your drift.

 

FWIW, I agree with the admins and moderators. Vendor accounts should not be posting in off-topic and such. However, something might come up in an off-topic thread that they can respond to via PM, or posting a thread in a topic they can post in. They should be able to read the whole site.

Side note: can it be set up that they choose which account to reply from when they are submitting a reply?

 

^I've got 2 of em.....you want one?

Seriously tho, one hundred bazillion isnt a number.

Why do you take criticism with such hostility?

 

Actually, a lot of us "take criticism with hostility" around here because everything we do to try to improve the site is a problem. Someone always bitches. Always. Even if it DOES improve the site. So, with that said, can you blame us for being hostile?