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11/2/2005 11:13:44 AM EDT


Monthly Guns Network Newsletter - for November 2005

Dear Zhukov

First of all I would like to thank you for being a member of the largest Gun Discussion website on the internet. Your participation and support is always welcomed.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are currently in the middle of our 2005 FALL Membership Upgrade Raffle.  Last count, we only had 170 members who have either upgraded or renewed there membership in the last 2 weeks.  That is 598 tickets have been assigned to those 170 members.  Zhukov that is a very low turn out and we really need YOUR SUPPORT NOW!  We have anywhere between 8 to 12 thousand (depending on the day) of you who show up each day.  If only half of you would contribute???  We are putting on the largest raffle to date with thousands of dollars in raffle prizes to be given away.  Zhukov, we have an awesome AR15 from Stag Arms you could win or even any of the multiple AK47’s from JoeKen Firearms and Elite Firearms have donated plus all of the many prizes and AK parts kits. To encourage you, just go here to read about the raffle and to view the raffle prizes: http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?t=257243

All were asking for here is some help from you, just a small contribution for the year.  We only do this twice a year, these are the only times we every ask our members for donations/contributions and if you have contributed again thank you but this email goes to everyone.  I know many of us gun owners are down right tight with our money now a days, I know cause I am one.  But, I cannot tell you the amount of emails we get from folks like you who appreciate how our online community and how we have helped so many of you with problems you were having or for help.  We get daily reminders in the form of emails from thousands upon thousands of members from all walks of life.  I am going to give you all something to chew on:  When I see my money is benefiting others in need I contribute and always will.  Thus the reason I give of my money and my a lot of my time (Cub Master for my sons Cub Scout Pack) to the Boy Scouts of America for the last 20 years as well as the GOA and NRA life member.  Why??? cause my money & my time can make a difference in other peoples lives as well as my own.  Same here, the Guns Network Community is here to help the many who love our sport and hobby.  We are a small group when compared to the world population but we are bonded by our 2nd amendment beliefs.  Our community thou is not free by any means Zhukov and our corporate Sponsors and Advertisers only make up 60% of our websites income but the other 30 % is from you the member. Here is a fact - we do just under THREE QUARTERS of what Microsoft does in bandwidth a day without Mr. Bill Gate’s wallet!!!  So as you can see your money goes to work immediately.  We are asking you to donate and/or contribute now and in return other then the many benefits, you just may win any one of the many raffle prizes we have to offer.  We have one of the largest informational databases where your questions are only a search away from being answered.  Plus we are open 24/7, how convenient, lol.  Zhukov, how much do you spend in a year, month or in a day in monies where you wasted on magazines, snacks, beer, parts you’ll never use, you get the idea.  We are a 2nd Amendment website who not only goes to bat for our members but we are a staunched supporter and national recruiters for both the NRA & GOA.

Many of you have been a member for some time and many of you who have only recently become a member.  Are we not on the same team when it comes to the 2nd amendment?  Are we not in this together in supporting one another?  Are we not entertaining you? (lol, gladiator movie… j/k) Guns Network is free to join but is not by any means free to run and manage daily.  Many of you who have the free accounts who are used to visiting Guns Network each and every day, reading, posting and asking your much needed questions or search for info to build or complete your weapon.  Keep in mind the website is being paid for by the minority of members who do contribute.  We have over 5,000 members who do contribute throughout the year and with over a 160,000+ registered members one would think we would see more you sign up. All we are asking for, is for Zhukov to sign up and contribute at the minimum, the $20.00 level.  ;-)   Zhukov, let me break that $20.00 down for you.  That is just a little over a NICKEL (5 cents) a day or 0.38 cents a week to help support your community, our community.  In return for the $20.00, right now not only do you get TWO TICKETS for the raffle but you also help support Guns Networks Community but your permissions change and you get more forums as well as more support among the members.  Here is an outline of the benefits you get at the $20.00 level:

[blah blah blah]



[ETA] Highlighted the more amusing parts.
11/2/2005 11:19:21 AM EDT
[#1]
"the largest Gun Discussion website on the internet".  That's some funny stuff!!!!!!!

Edited to add I see Thornton still can't spell or put a sentence together!!!!  HAHAHAHA!!
11/2/2005 11:21:16 AM EDT
[#2]
They're giving away JoeKen and Elite guns? Greeeaaaat.

I don't know if thats a raffle I want to win.
11/2/2005 11:27:32 AM EDT
[#3]
Hootbro is a mod. over there. I'm sure he is the sole contributor from this board.  Why anyone bothers with Thorton I'll never understand. Total Loser with a bunch of Morinic posters. Can you say HDR?
11/2/2005 11:29:01 AM EDT
[#4]
I was getting all sorts of begging letters from them when I signed up.  I emailed them and told them to stop spamming me.  They locked my account.
11/2/2005 11:29:25 AM EDT
[#5]
Here is a fact - we do just under THREE QUARTERS of what Microsoft does in bandwidth a day without Mr. Bill Gate’s wallet!!



Sure ya do, you bethca!
11/2/2005 11:33:58 AM EDT
[#6]
got the same email.  Deleted it right away.
11/2/2005 11:38:03 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
got the same email.  Deleted it right away.



Guess I'm still on double secret probation or have been banned outright.  No such letter to me.
11/2/2005 11:40:46 AM EDT
[#8]
"That is just a little over a NICKEL (5 cents) a day or 0.38 cents a week "

Someone needs to go back to math class.
11/2/2005 11:49:18 AM EDT
[#9]
Zhukov is gonna get banned from goonsnet.
11/2/2005 11:49:55 AM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
Zhukov, we have an awesome AR15 from Stag Arms you could win or even any of the multiple AK47’s from JoeKen Firearms and Elite Firearms have donated plus all of the many prizes and AK parts kits.



Ahhh... JoeKen and Elite mentioned together by DThor himself...

The trifecta! At last!!
11/2/2005 12:10:57 PM EDT
[#11]
I started to point out the grammar mistakes but I became too disillusioned to finish.
11/2/2005 12:13:51 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
Zhukov is gonna get banned from goonsnet.





Oh no! The horror!

11/2/2005 12:16:52 PM EDT
[#13]
That's what they get for banning everyone..I've been waiting for the whole shipwreck to go down anytime..
11/2/2005 12:20:34 PM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:
got the same email.  Deleted it right away.



+1  - I stopped giving to both gunsnet and fal files.    I only contribute here now.  I guess this is my primary residence.    .. Pretty good residence I must say!
11/2/2005 12:22:53 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
That's what they get for banning everyone..I've been waiting for the whole shipwreck to go down anytime..

Its more like that trash fire that never burns out,it just keeps stinking up the neighborhood!
11/2/2005 12:25:22 PM EDT
[#16]
“Inside Microsoft”, Microsoft’s published traffic numbers state that microsoft.com got 1.2 billion page views during the month of May 2004.
quote from:
http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/throwing_tables/


That's about 750,000,000 for .net per month, based on 30 days it's 25,000,000 a day, so the odds of ALL 160,000 members each viewing 156 pages every day are not so good for a site that was simply blown away arfcom when the 'visitor odometer' was used last year.

11/2/2005 12:31:13 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:
Its more like that trash fire that never burns out,it just keeps stinking up the neighborhood!



That's pretty funny.  

Sadly, gunsnet was the first forum I ever signed up for back in 01.  I still have my original account but rarely check in.
11/2/2005 12:51:05 PM EDT
[#18]
It was different back in 1999,it was also my first site.
11/2/2005 12:53:18 PM EDT
[#19]

Quoted:
It was different back in 1999,it was also my first site.



+1..Mine too..
11/2/2005 2:06:51 PM EDT
[#20]
I replied "Un-Subcribe Me!"



Maybe he will lock my already locked account.
11/2/2005 2:27:30 PM EDT
[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Zhukov, we have an awesome AR15 from Stag Arms you could win or even any of the multiple AK47’s from JoeKen Firearms and Elite Firearms have donated plus all of the many prizes and AK parts kits.



Ahhh... JoeKen and Elite mentioned together by DThor himself...

The trifecta! At last!!



Thats a big steaming helping of shit on a plate if I ever saw one!
11/2/2005 2:33:18 PM EDT
[#22]
with over a 160,000+ registered members one would think we would see more you sign up.

More like 160,000 names registerd to 160 users.
11/2/2005 2:41:31 PM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
got the same email.  Deleted it right away.



Guess I'm still on double secret probation or have been banned outright.  No such letter to me.



You just have a better spam blocker
11/2/2005 3:08:54 PM EDT
[#24]

Quoted:
Here is a fact - we do just under THREE QUARTERS of what Microsoft does in bandwidth a day without Mr. Bill Gate’s wallet!!



Sure ya do, you bethca!




Where I come from, they call that "dellusions of grandeur". but what would I know?
11/2/2005 3:22:11 PM EDT
[#25]

Quoted:
with over a 160,000+ registered members one would think we would see more you sign up.

More like 160,000 names registerd to 160 users.



You got it wrong my friend, 160,000 registered members, and 159,500 banned ex-members!
11/2/2005 3:33:25 PM EDT
[#26]
Hell, I was banned under 5 different names!
ojf
11/2/2005 3:35:01 PM EDT
[#27]
It was my first forum as well.  I got what I needed, and moved on, simple enough...
11/2/2005 4:05:52 PM EDT
[#28]
....my check is in the mail ol' Davie!
11/2/2005 4:06:23 PM EDT
[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
with over a 160,000+ registered members one would think we would see more you sign up.

More like 160,000 names registerd to 160 users.



You got it wrong my friend, 160,000 registered members, and 159,500 banned ex-members!



Rats! That WAS funnier than what I posted.


11/2/2005 6:42:48 PM EDT
[#30]
Checked my spam filter, I got my letter, Been banned for years yet they still count me as a member and have my email address. Go figure.
11/2/2005 6:55:01 PM EDT
[#31]

Originally Posted By Jackasses at Gunsnet:
Here is a fact - we do just under THREE QUARTERS of what Microsoft does in bandwidth a day without Mr. Bill Gate’s wallet!!




Funniest line of the entire email.  These guys must think their members are completely clueless.

take care,
Tec
11/2/2005 6:58:41 PM EDT
[#32]

Quoted:
“Inside Microsoft”, Microsoft’s published traffic numbers state that microsoft.com got 1.2 billion page views during the month of May 2004.
quote from:
http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/throwing_tables/


That's about 750,000,000 for .net per month, based on 30 days it's 25,000,000 a day, so the odds of ALL 160,000 members each viewing 156 pages every day are not so good for a site that was simply blown away arfcom when the 'visitor odometer' was used last year.




And that's 'pages'.  Last I checked, Gunsnet wasn't offering 200+ meg service pack downloads to practically every PC in the world.
11/2/2005 8:37:25 PM EDT
[#33]
I never signed up. I've never been banned. Am I missing something?
11/2/2005 8:53:02 PM EDT
[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:
“Inside Microsoft”, Microsoft’s published traffic numbers state that microsoft.com got 1.2 billion page views during the month of May 2004.
quote from:
http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/throwing_tables/


That's about 750,000,000 for .net per month, based on 30 days it's 25,000,000 a day, so the odds of ALL 160,000 members each viewing 156 pages every day are not so good for a site that was simply blown away arfcom when the 'visitor odometer' was used last year.




And that's 'pages'.  Last I checked, Gunsnet wasn't offering 200+ meg service pack downloads to practically every PC in the world.



+1, that's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard computer related.  HTML content is NOTHING, SP2 and all the downloads Microsoft offers are huge.  Not to mention they have a market share in the 90's% of every PC in the WORLD.  I have a feeling he forgot to carry the 5 or multipied by 1,000,000,000.
11/2/2005 9:22:22 PM EDT
[#35]
I got that same email. I just ignored it. Goonsnet sucks.
11/3/2005 3:12:22 AM EDT
[#36]
Shut yer cockholsters and listen up !

Gimme the goddamn money


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Subject: Any member starting up a business in regards to Goons Network

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Due to problems that have happened in the past I need to make sure this is known and out in the open. You fuckers have been getting over on me

Seems we are seeing more members wanting to start up a busienss on the side as they see a need that they can benefit from. It's called "Capitalism" you dumbass

Guns Network is reconized as the leader in the gun discussion industry as we have paved the way for many over the years. Are you fucking kidding me ?  Quit drinking the kool-aid Thornton

We have paid our dues over the years and all we ask from those wanting to use our resources due to starting a business hoping our members will help fund this new venture, is respect our rules and guidelines. Use Engrish dumbass

Guns Network is 10 years old (not bad for a DOT net company) this year, we have open the doors for many members starting side businesses and in return very few acknowledge it was Guns Network that put them on the map. This was very disturbing to me and some memebers went so far to even promising to conpensate the website never did. Do you actually believe the drivel coming from your lips?

So..........

If you a member start a business where you plan on using Guns Network resources in some way, marketing a service or have other members market it for you on our website you, infomercial, whatever you are planning. Guns Network will need to be compensated up front. You will need to also become a PowerSeller. PowerSeller fees vary from $20.00 to $200.00 a month. You will need to discuss your business plan with me to see where you fit in our PowerSeller program and adjust accordingly when needed. My fucking rent is due and momma needs new batteries for her bedroom toys

Bottomline is Guns Network comes before me, my admins, you and your business. Cause without Guns Network you would be pissing in the wind, that I can promise you. Yes, every other company out there is pissing in the wind...Shut yer stupid cockholster Thornton, you don't make sense!

Now then the downside, none of us like reading or hearing bad things, especially me but things have happened where I had to get ugly on a few members and staff member taking advantage of our websites resources. Yes, I even had to threaten to kill a member because he left and started a new gunboard

It has taken us 10 years to build this website to what it is today. It has taken you 10 years to run that train wreck into the ground.

I personally am not only to allow anyone a free ride, after what it has cost my partner and I in the long run. You bought the domain name from the original owner, and then you proceeded to extort money from everyone because you are a fat, lazy, greedy, sorry excuse for a businessman

If someone here thinks they are smarter then my staff and/or I think everyone on the internet is smarter than you and your half-baked staff if we or I find out you are using Guns Network resources and have never asked permission to do so, you will be banned from our websites indefinately I don't want to ban you permanently because I want more money from you to have youand billed by our legal department and I will collect. You won't collect shit, fatass.

I am tired of people who are selfish and only think of me me me. Again, C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M.  Get use to fatass.

Seems the Gun Industry has more of them folks then you think, very sad and pathetic. Just you, fatass.


But on the brighter side, we are here to help and any of our advertiser will tell you, we will go out of our way to help you and in this case get your business off the floor. We are here to milk you and go out of our way to get our hands into your pocket.

Goons Network Staff
11/3/2005 5:48:43 AM EDT
[#37]
The soap opera at Goonsnet never ceases to amaze me. What a bunch of TURDS!!!!!!!!
11/3/2005 6:59:08 AM EDT
[#38]
I wonder how much more traffic he would have if he did not force the spawning of Gunco?

For those just tuning in, Dave decided to make the Builders Forum an extra charge to access all those handy methods. Nevermind the info came from his members who found it very easy to take what was in their own heads and hard drives to another place.
11/3/2005 8:26:14 AM EDT
[#39]

Quoted:
I wonder how much more traffic he would have if he did not force the spawning of Gunco?

For those just tuning in, Dave decided to make the Builders Forum an extra charge to access all those handy methods. Nevermind the info came from his members who found it very easy to take what was in their own heads and hard drives to another place.



Not to mention that the 6 of us that formed gunco, were all silver level contributors or higher.
And that the majority of those who originally followed us were at least bronze level members.

He lost at least $500 a year in contributions right off the bat, by making BIY a contributor only forum.

Screw him. Between this forum and gunco there is all the info available that a AK builder could ever need.
11/3/2005 7:27:47 PM EDT
[#40]

Quoted:
Zhukov is gonna get banned from goonsnet.



HMMMMMM, thats funny...

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