[MR] Shameless Marketing (was RE: War Wagon Salesman)

[Sayyida Halima al-Shafi'i of Raven's Cove]

I am going to have to agree with Lord William...as a self-employed small 
business owner and member of the SCA, even I can see that despite the 
need to market myself to survive, the Merry Rose is not an appropriate 
venue for blatant advertising.  I delete spam unread, and work hard to 
protect myself from it.  However, when it comes under the guise of the 
Merry Rose, it sneaks in under the radar and I resent it even more.  If 
a SCA-dian owned business wants to promote itself to SCA-dians, then the 
honorable method is to purchase advertising space in the Acorn, or 
Tournements Illuminated, or some such other SCA media outlet.

In service,
Sayyida Halima al-Shafi'i
Raven's Cove

Mark Bush (personal account) wrote:

>did not join the Merry Rose to get more. There is NOTHING that is
>SCA-related about anyone plugging their business in this medium. My opinion
>is that I would NEVER do business with someone who solicits in an
>inappropriate channel like this, regardless of their membership in the
>Society. There is an issue of honor at play here IMHO. 
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