|  | Posted by SalesMart.com.au on 05/08/07 14:28 
On Tue, 08 May 2007 08:45:10 +1000, Franc Zabkar<fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote:
 
 >On Mon, 07 May 2007 04:53:53 GMT, "peter" <peter@aust.com> put finger
 >to keyboard and composed:
 >
 >>"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message
 >>news:bpms331o3f4ucs4q4vsn6ugfgpp7toncrf@4ax.com...
 >
 >>> The DVD format was only finalised in ****Dec 95**** and the first
 >>> player shipped in ****Nov 96****.
 >>
 >>You silly little man the alt.video.dvd groups which are quite a few were
 >>created on Oct of 1995.
 >
 >You were right about the creation of alt.video.dvd in Oct 95
 >(congratulations, you got one right, mea culpa), but most (all ?)
 >other DVD groups appear to have been created in 1998.
 >
 >http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups/msg/84be225a302ca0f7?dmode=source&hl=en
 >http://groups.google.com/group/alt.video.dvd.tech/msg/4864f1489ce100e5?dmode=source&hl=en
 >
 >I suggest you acquaint yourself with the respective charters, or are
 >you going to claim that the above posts were made by trolls, too?
 >
 >>>>thre is no charter but there is a guidelines for aus.dvd which
 >>>>clearly states that Comm posts are allowed along with Auction, Forsale,
 >>>>WTD for wanted etc...
 >
 >>> Rubbish.
 >
 >>Not rubbish, its in the history books or in this case in the first postings
 >>to the aus.dvd news group.
 >
 >aus.dvd was created in March 98:
 >http://groups.google.com/group/aus.dvd/msg/c5f7525f1aeb44bb?dmode=source&hl=en
 >
 >Its original charter, posted by the convenor of the group, is here:
 >http://groups.google.com/group/aus.dvd/msg/f2c77e67ab9d2067?dmode=source&hl=en
 >
 >"Limited commercial information is permitted but NO [the author's
 >emphasis, not mine] commercial advertising. Permitted info is limited
 >to info regarding the location of Web sites etc relating to DVD
 >software and Hardware."
 >
 >Notice that the charter specifically says "NO commercial advertising",
 >read NO SALESMART COMM CRAP. My posted links to various computer fairs
 >constitute "[permitted] info regarding the location of Web sites etc
 >relating to DVD software and Hardware" and are therefore legitimate,
 >just as they are in EVERY other newsgroup ever created.
 >
 >In fact I'll now permit myself to direct Australian buyers to 23
 >Australian vendors of the Pioneer DVR - 112D, all of whom sell it for
 >less than the AU$55 that SalesMart is touting, with some as low as
 >AU$44:
 
 I sell the Pioneer DVR-212 drive for $43 without Nero and includes a
 bonus DVD-R 16X disc in a Slim DVD Case.
 
 More info at:
 http://www.salesmart.com.au/dvd_burners/
 
 >
 >http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=dvr-112d&position=search
 
 I've asked for my site to be added to this shopbot so thanks for
 directing people to my site.
 
 Have a great evening.
 
 SalesMart.com.au
 Perth, Western Australia
 http://www.salesmart.com.au
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