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> Wasnt this intended to be a 914 technical fourm?, Im seeing a disturbing trend.
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post Jan 28 2018, 02:04 PM
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More & more I'm seeing the "Garage" being used to solicit sales for various of our member vendors instead of helping members fix problems, impart knowledge & generally discuss 914 related news experience ID parts & the like.
We have a section devoted for Member Vendors ~ don't we ?
I understand the occasional crossover where customers need help or provide a (unbiased) reviews but cant we keep the introductions / group buys ect contained to the forum section CREATED for that purpose?

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^ I'm with Bruce...especially when we are talking about something like new chrome front bumpers, which have become hens teeth for 914 owners.

I do get you sentiment, but don't see it as an overwhelming problem?
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914werke   Wasnt this intended to be a 914 technical fourm?   Jan 28 2018, 02:04 PM
bdstone914   More & more I'm seeing the "Garage...   Jan 28 2018, 02:27 PM
horizontally-opposed   ^ I'm with Bruce...especially when we are talk...   Jan 28 2018, 02:32 PM
mepstein   ^ I'm with Bruce...especially when we are tal...   Jan 28 2018, 04:53 PM
ConeDodger   Like almost everything you can think of, it’s be...   Jan 28 2018, 02:40 PM
914werke   I do not find it a problem to see GB ads here. I...   Jan 28 2018, 02:55 PM
914_teener   I do not find it a problem to see GB ads here. ...   Jan 28 2018, 03:45 PM
porschetub   :agree: with Bruce ...really is it a big deal,hard...   Jan 28 2018, 03:56 PM
shoguneagle   I have been around this site for a number of years...   Jan 28 2018, 04:02 PM
horizontally-opposed   A lot of us do not go to the vendors section unle...   Jan 28 2018, 09:54 PM
Chris914n6   After a decade there isn't much left to talk a...   Jan 28 2018, 05:22 PM
mb911   After a decade there isn't much left to talk ...   Jan 28 2018, 06:19 PM
Unobtanium-inc   I can honestly say from watching many new parts ve...   Jan 28 2018, 05:31 PM
Steve   The garage is supposed to be about CAR topics we w...   Jan 28 2018, 05:35 PM
toolguy   The big difference is 914Rubber / Mark responds to...   Jan 28 2018, 05:39 PM
Mikey914   I do try to walk a fine line here. I know the foru...   Jan 28 2018, 05:40 PM
Larmo63   We need more posts about rust, tire sizes, stock f...   Jan 28 2018, 05:56 PM
ConeDodger   We need more posts about rust, tire sizes, stock ...   Jan 28 2018, 06:16 PM
Mikey914   Well with all the rain we may have a moat soon.   Jan 28 2018, 06:17 PM
ConeDodger   Well with all the rain we may have a moat soon. ...   Jan 28 2018, 06:23 PM
wes   Well with all the rain we may have a moat soon. ...   Jan 28 2018, 08:08 PM
ConeDodger   Actually, many times the posts turn in to forum di...   Jan 28 2018, 06:21 PM
jmitro   they don't bother me, but 914werke has a point...   Jan 28 2018, 06:37 PM
Steve   they don't bother me, but 914werke has a poin...   Jan 28 2018, 07:10 PM
The Cabinetmaker   they don't bother me, but 914werke has a poi...   Jan 29 2018, 07:44 AM
porschetub   they don't bother me, but 914werke has a poin...   Jan 28 2018, 07:48 PM
Coondog   I would like members to use the Sandbox for non-te...   Jan 28 2018, 08:01 PM
shoguneagle   Does post have just sales offering? Does the post...   Jan 28 2018, 08:16 PM
wndsrfr   Whew! Well said everyone....the OP and the res...   Jan 28 2018, 08:34 PM
RickS   No issue what so ever with vendors posting in Gara...   Jan 28 2018, 08:29 PM
thelogo   This is how i feel about this place :first: I k...   Jan 28 2018, 09:20 PM
r_towle   I am too lazy to look at all the forums. It has no...   Jan 28 2018, 09:22 PM
JRust   I have zero problem with the GB threads. It isn...   Jan 28 2018, 10:32 PM
bigkensteele   More & more I'm seeing the "Garage...   Jan 28 2018, 10:38 PM
toolguy   If this was the Gong Show, George Barris would be ...   Jan 28 2018, 11:03 PM
cuddyk   In general, we, as a community stand WAY more to g...   Jan 28 2018, 11:44 PM
rmdinmd   Another thought on this. Unless I am wrong you...   Jan 29 2018, 06:14 AM
76-914   Let me see if I've got this right. 9-10 years ...   Jan 29 2018, 08:54 AM
ConeDodger   Let me see if I've got this right. 9-10 years...   Jan 29 2018, 09:14 AM
Ansbacher   World War I, World War II, the Holocaust, Peace in...   Jan 29 2018, 10:22 AM
r_towle   World War I, World War II, the Holocaust, Peace i...   Jan 29 2018, 05:53 PM
amfab   Most people who come to the tech forum are looking...   Jan 30 2018, 11:27 AM
McMark   I can't emphasize enough, that the admin team ...   Jan 29 2018, 11:52 AM
NeunEinVier   The other day a quarter of the posts in the ...   Jan 29 2018, 12:33 PM
KELTY360   The other day a quarter of the posts in the ...   Jan 29 2018, 12:40 PM
shelby/914   :agree: It ain't broke Dan   Jan 29 2018, 12:49 PM
Mikey914   I try not to be too obnoxious. It is a concern, I ...   Jan 29 2018, 01:05 PM
The Cabinetmaker   I don't have a problem with the group buys. Th...   Jan 29 2018, 01:37 PM
rhodyguy   I don't quite understand the complaint.   Jan 29 2018, 02:26 PM
gothspeed   This place is clearly filled with people posting i...   Jan 29 2018, 02:32 PM
Mikey914   In the aviation world known as armchair flying :D   Jan 29 2018, 02:46 PM
Mikey914   I think we are going to make some changes hopefull...   Jan 29 2018, 07:06 PM
bigkensteele   I think we are going to make some changes hopeful...   Jan 29 2018, 07:13 PM
Norskpole   I think we are going to make some changes hopefu...   Jan 29 2018, 07:26 PM
KELTY360   [quote name='bigkensteele' post='2573088' date='J...   Jan 29 2018, 07:38 PM
bbrock   I think we are going to make some changes hopeful...   Jan 29 2018, 09:21 PM
Jeff Hail   Easy fix. Just drop Garage and change it to Locker...   Jan 29 2018, 07:35 PM
ablesnead   ....I think these kind of sites develop to what th...   Jan 29 2018, 11:27 PM
mark04usa   "More & more I'm seeing the "Gar...   Jan 29 2018, 11:32 PM
SirAndy   I can see we are in the minority here, but I'l...   Jan 30 2018, 12:48 AM
bbrock   :agree: I can see we are in the minority here,...   Jan 30 2018, 09:08 AM
Firstcar   I can see we are in the minority here, but I...   Jan 30 2018, 11:32 AM
bbrock   I can see we are in the minority here, but I...   Jan 30 2018, 01:32 PM
Mikey914   Regardless, I do hear what you are saying, and wil...   Jan 29 2018, 11:49 PM
Costa05   I am relatively new to this forum but don't ch...   Jan 29 2018, 11:49 PM
RickS   ^ Never seen a tech post ignored or pushed aside h...   Jan 30 2018, 12:04 AM
Mikey914   The tech stuff is quite interesting and you can fi...   Jan 30 2018, 12:09 AM
Perry Kiehl   The inter-personal aspect is what keeps this forum...   Jan 30 2018, 07:08 AM
jmitro   SirAndy he didn't say anything about admins ...   Jan 30 2018, 07:09 AM
76-914   the old timers like to howl about this being ...   Jan 30 2018, 10:03 AM
Ansbacher   the old timers like to howl about this being...   Jan 30 2018, 10:36 AM
rmital   [quote name='76-914' post='2573240' date='Ja...   Jan 30 2018, 11:32 AM
ConeDodger   SirAndy he didn't say anything about admins ...   Jan 30 2018, 11:42 AM
Front yard mechanic   Yeah well what about that super blue blood moon...   Jan 30 2018, 07:22 AM
burton73   Yeah well what about that super blue blood moon...   Jan 30 2018, 12:53 PM
naro914   I wanted to throw my viewpoint out there on this t...   Jan 30 2018, 07:50 AM
bulitt   Yup! The great thing about Merica- if you don...   Jan 30 2018, 10:39 AM
gandalf_025   Yeah, you can start your own forum.... Or you can...   Jan 30 2018, 10:53 AM
rhodyguy   'Popular vendors vs unpopular ones'? Are y...   Jan 30 2018, 11:04 AM
mb911   So last time I reply on this thread. I started m...   Jan 30 2018, 12:19 PM
Mikey914   This is pretty much my same exact situation. I gu...   Jan 30 2018, 01:08 PM
gandalf_025   BINGO.. if Andy has an issue, he isn’t bashful ...   Jan 30 2018, 01:16 PM
7TPorsh   My 2 cents; I 've been around awhile and long ...   Jan 30 2018, 01:44 PM
Mikey914   Well think about this, to keep the forum going may...   Jan 30 2018, 02:12 PM
mb911   Well think about this, to keep the forum going ma...   Jan 30 2018, 02:58 PM
Racer Chris   Well think about this, to keep the forum going ma...   Jan 30 2018, 03:30 PM
Garold Shaffer   Well think about this, to keep the forum going m...   Feb 1 2018, 02:52 PM
SirAndy   My memory is a little foggy It is indeed ... This...   Feb 1 2018, 03:02 PM
Garold Shaffer   My memory is a little foggy It is indeed ... Thi...   Feb 1 2018, 03:25 PM
Mueller   Well think about this, to keep the forum going ma...   Jan 30 2018, 05:04 PM
StratPlayer   IMHO I like the GB, we owe a great deal to 914 ru...   Jan 30 2018, 02:15 PM
rhodyguy   When vendors become paying customers, unlike the c...   Jan 30 2018, 02:22 PM
Mikey914   I think for the most part we are adults. Not to cr...   Jan 30 2018, 02:43 PM
horizontally-opposed   Very title of this thread is odd, as the name of t...   Jan 30 2018, 04:32 PM
Mikey914   The banner ads dont go to support the site. I woul...   Jan 30 2018, 04:45 PM
Mikey914   That's really not for us to decide. I gave you...   Jan 30 2018, 05:24 PM
mepstein   Part sales are one of the things that bring people...   Jan 30 2018, 06:25 PM
r_towle   its not a money issue, and frankly that would comp...   Jan 30 2018, 07:16 PM
Philip W.   Most people who come to the tech forum are lookin...   Feb 1 2018, 08:25 AM
914_teener   [quote name='amfab' post='2573286' date='Jan 30 2...   Feb 1 2018, 02:14 PM
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