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PDX_VW_Erik
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Joined: November 15, 2015
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Location: Oregon
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 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:11 pm Post subject: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads.
Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
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PDX_VW_Erik
Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2015
Posts: 199
Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads.
Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
There isn't even a quick way to get to the forum. |
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
Posts: 69820
Location: Phoenix Metro
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easy e
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Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 3931
Location: 1 hr north of Santa Barbara
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:00 am Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
| When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads. |
The same banner is at the top of every page... it provides the links/buttons to go wherever you want, like the forums.
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| Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
For regular 'everyday' members, Everett provides free classifieds listings, *enormous* amount of hard to find technical reference material... all for you.... FREE (donations appreciated... and well deserved)
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| There isn't even a quick way to get to the forum. |
See response to first comment, above. Or, see pic below... of the home page. Note... if you click on the word "Forums"... it takes you to, you guessed it... the forums. 
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79SuperVert
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Joined: May 31, 2002
Posts: 9758
Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads.
Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
That's because VW people are always looking for deals! 
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Glenn
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Joined: December 25, 2001
Posts: 76935
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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Use a ad blocker like Ad Block Plus for Firefox. It get ride of the banner ads.
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jays58s
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Joined: August 23, 2004
Posts: 2133
Location: Nor-Cal
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| Someone must be bored. |
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Jennepher
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Joined: September 10, 2002
Posts: 4767
Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| Use a ad blocker like Ad Block Plus for Firefox. It get ride of the banner ads. |
I thought he was complaining about the free classified ads.
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EverettB
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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The Sage
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Joined: December 10, 2005
Posts: 2470
Location: Traverse City
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| It get ride of the banner ads. |
How can you have logged 60k + posts and still produce sentences like this? Focus some time on quality not just quantity... 
Glenn, I'm making you my first buddy.
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John Moxon
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Joined: March 07, 2004
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Location: Southampton U.K.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:46 am Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads.
Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
There isn't even a quick way to get to the forum. |
Totally puzzled by the complaint...here's a tip...
Paste this... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/ ...into the url window of your browser, click the button to bookmark it...rename your saved link as "Samba Forums" and you can join the rest of The Samba Community completely oblivious to the sordid commercial world of overt advertsing.
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[email protected]
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Joined: June 02, 2011
Posts: 1593
Location: Louisville, ky
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:49 am Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| I like the ads. I come for the forums but I also click an ad a couple of times a month because I spot something I want to pursue. There is a really good looking jim-dandy knockoff, I wouldn't know about without the ads. Not only that, but the ads pay for this awesome sight. |
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mandraks
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Joined: November 28, 2004
Posts: 7050
Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:28 am Post subject: Re: This site is great, but it's totally focused on ads |
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| John Moxon wrote: |
| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
| PDX_VW_Erik wrote: |
When you get here, initially, all you see is ads. It's nothing about the members. Only ads.
Come on. Do you care about people or ads? |
There isn't even a quick way to get to the forum. |
Totally puzzled by the complaint...here's a tip...
Paste this... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/ ...into the url window of your browser, click the button to bookmark it...rename your saved link as "Samba Forums" and you can join the rest of The Samba Community completely oblivious to the sordid commercial world of overt advertsing. |
or you could simply use a decent browser, like Opera or Chrome. i always go straight to the forums, that is what the browser remembers, too
type thes... in the search windows, autocompletes faster than i can type
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