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Name: Yung
Dog's Name: Joy
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 380
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the delayed response. I was home over the weekend and yesterday nursing a cold and I haven't had the energy to read through everything.
The article written by Lucas was to review a product by one of the sponsors for Petguide.com which is owned by VS. If you have concerns about this, please create a new thread and we can discuss about it there. Thanks!
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I may be stepping into a big pile of poo, but here goes...
OK, so the cutsie pet story written by a VS employee was actually a thinly veiled promotion for a sponsor of another VS holding. Have I got that right? Why didn't Lacus/VS make the business connection in the opening line in the first place? The story must of had the approval of management before it was posted. I think it's offensive to our paying vendors struggling in this tough economy for the new ownership of SM to come through the back door and post a front page ad on a product for another of VS holdings. How about posting front page ads for our paying vendors and let everyone know what they carry? In the future can we expect to see ads on our home page for other VS companies?
I am NOT trying to tell VS how to run it's business as implied in the other thread. I just think there has been a miss guided opportunity for VS to be up front with its SM members, and underestimated their intelligence and sensibilities.
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Name: Yung
Dog's Name: Joy
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 380

Hi everyone,
Sorry for the delayed response. I was home over the weekend and yesterday nursing a cold and I haven't had the energy to read through everything.
The article written by Lucas was to review a product by one of the sponsors for Petguide.com which is owned by VS. If you have concerns about this, please create a new thread and we can discuss about it there. Thanks!
__________________
I may be stepping into a big pile of poo, but here goes...
OK, so the cutsie pet story written by a VS employee was actually a thinly veiled promotion for a sponsor of another VS holding. Have I got that right? Why didn't Lacus/VS make the business connection in the opening line in the first place? The story must of had the approval of management before it was posted. I think it's offensive to our paying vendors struggling in this tough economy for the new ownership of SM to come through the back door and post a front page ad on a product for another of VS holdings. How about posting front page ads for our paying vendors and let everyone know what they carry? In the future can we expect to see ads on our home page for other VS companies?
I am NOT trying to tell VS how to run it's business as implied in the other thread. I just think there has been a miss guided opportunity for VS to be up front with its SM members, and underestimated their intelligence and sensibilities.