Hi Pamela, I'm so sorry you are being harassed for your very kind offer to help others. I'm a 68 year old grandmother, have been doing genealogical research for 30+ years and I'm ashamed that anyone on this list has read more into your very kind offers of help, than what they are. I have spent many long and tedious hours trying to restore some of my old photographs and think it was so very gracious of you to volunteer to work on others photo's, so you might learn first hand how it is done. You have also had some very good suggestions for help. Please don't ever quit trying to help others, that is what these lists are all about. Peggy in Utah, who would love to find out more about her GG Grandmother who was born in Schillingsfurst, Bavaria. In a message dated 10/1/2005 12:03:52 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, pamela@palettemasters.com writes: ADVERTISE???? Ok this is the second time I have been chastised for trying to help. I Have not charged even ONE TIME for doing all these fotos and I have never had any formal training in this area. I have worked hard to get where I am and I have done it myself by helping others. A trait that obviously has gone by the wayside in today's society. Nothing in life is free. I can't afford to go to school to learn this, so I thought by offering to do this for other people and using tutorials I find on the web, I could practice so that in time I can offer this service on my website. And yes, at that time I would charge for it. But advertising was not what I had in mind when I ask for old fotos to practice with. I have freely told anyone that ask what program I am using and sent links to the tutorials. Not a very smart marketing strategy if I am doing this to advertising my business! I get a lot of emails every day with people asking for help or sending fotos for repair. Some I can help, some I can't but I always answer every email in a polite and timely manner. It is unfortunate that someone would see this as a manipulative action. Pamela Splettstoesser www.palettemasters.com -----Original Message----- From: W David Samuelsen [mailto:dsam@sampubco.com] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:35 AM To: sharon@marshallnet.com Cc: pamela@palettemasters.com Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA] Foto 8 Sharon, You will not speak of this any more! Your complaint is nullified. I allowed it, as listadmin Sharon Rhodes wrote: > The rootsweb lists are not the proper place to advertise for your > business. You are not new at photo repair or you are, at least, not > untrained. It is one thing to offer free repair, it is quite another > to keep advertising your business. I'm ccing this to the list manager, > please stop. > > Pamela Splettstoesser wrote: > >> Ok, this one was more than a challenge and took considerably longer! >> Thank >> you to Karl and Virginia for the photo! www.palettemasters.com/Roots >> >> Pamela Splettstoesser >> www.palettemasters.com <http://www.palettemasters.com/> >> >> >> ==== PRUSSIA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> archived messages - two ways >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PRUSSIA-ROOTS.html >> >> >> > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html to unsubscribe