Armorbeast opened this issue on Jul 17, 2004 ยท 25 posts
Armorbeast posted Sun, 18 July 2004 at 7:26 PM
Well I agree in regards to there being a lot of fraud...but to use that as a grounds to say no is in itself an afront to legitimate help organizations.Its kinda like the member contests that rosity is allowing,in Fergusens last one she set it up to where you could only enter using Cimerones products and since Cimerone basically had no freebies (well one),it basically was a mandate to most members that you had to buy her products.I was sent replys from both that they had spoken with attourneys who informed them it was legal when in fact I already knew it wasn't. The trick is that the only reason I said anything about the Fergusen contest is that I live in Alabama and was watching the debates as Tennessee adopted a state lottery,so I already knew the law there in regard to requiring purchase to enter a sweepstakes and that it was no different than most states...so when Cimerone and Fergusen told me they had legal advice that it was ok to run their contest this way,I saw problems because others would follow their example and rosity could have gotten in a lot of trouble as well as making a large number of its members angry that they allowed this to happen.In the contest I organized to honor Kozaburo I actually already knew that "you can" require the usage of products in the contest so long as "no purchase" is required and the product is made accessible to all entrants...maybe thats where Fergusen and Cimerone misinterpreted what their legal advice was,but rosity refuses to regulate these things and its members are totally vulnerable to any number of things that can go wrong as a result.For Fergusen it must have been embarassing to change the rules after saying she wouldn't because there was nothing wrong with the rules and they were legal...rosity knew different or should have and there should have been measures in place to prevent this. There is as much or even more opportunitys to rip people off in allowing member organized contests as there is member organized charity-the only real difference is that with charity you might actually save a little girl needing a kidney transplant and getting ripped off in a contest,well who benefits there??Before anyone jumps in to say nay,I did ask "why can't these member contests be reviewed before posting" and was told that rosity has someone for managing site contests but they have no intention for managing member organized contests in the gallerys.They will of course take action if someone raises a valid complaint like I did about the legality of the Fergusen contest,but they know the law in Tennessee better than I and had already looked at this contest,said nothing and many members felt compelled to buy Cimerones products to enter before I and a few others raised questions. Charity is something that most wealthy people and businesses give to willingly because the more you make the more you take-people see businesses and wealthy people as greedy and charity gives them a means to give back or even to dispell such beliefs.It is also why every state in the US and the US government give back huge tax breaks for pursuing charity whether it is giving to charity or merely hosting charitable events...and Tennessee is known for how generous its wealthy individuals and businesses have been. The last word...I am not raising a fuss because rosity doesn't have charity or allow it.The issue here is that no explanations were given as to why not,as if we are all familiar as to the reason why it can't be done.If this had been done from the start there would have been no complaints or arguments on my part-just regrets I didn't know earlier so I wouldn't have wasted my time and gotten disheartened-but thats just me,nobody elses fault except mine.
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