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Gerard
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 Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:32 pm
That BGE forum sure has done well in the past 8 years |
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Bored.
Absentmindedly hit an old link in my BBQ favorites just looking for something to read and came across: The Jan '99 KAMADO forum archive
Look at that post count!  902 posts in a month! Almost all of them eager new owners or wannabees scheming to get a Johson Kamado ASAP.
Damn... that probably rivaled BGE forum post counts at the time.
Then decided to look at recent K forum monthly post counts: Oct '07: 301; Sept '07: 188.* 
I also note that most of those posts are not from eager new owners or from folks planning on getting a new Kamado. 
In the past 8+ years, the BGE forum participation has skyrocketed many-fold. Almost all of the posts there are still from happy owners or soon-to-be-owners. The K forum numbers and the participants' enthusiam have plummeted in that same time.
I wonder why?  |
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curly
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:23 am
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I see that, "Gerard still has a sharp tongue"  |
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Gerard
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:48 am
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| curly wrote: | | I see that, "Gerard still has a sharp tongue" |
Made me go hunting up the original thread: Gerard, actually participating in a cooking discussion
It was from Feb 2000. My sharp tongue had nothing to do with the cooker or the company. I was still a happy K'er and forum regular. I have no idea why that one post appeared in the K forum archives of Jan'99.
Of course, when you remember who the webmaster was back then  , I'm surprised the messages aren't written with crayons and white-out.
Guess there were only 901 posts in Jan 99. In that case, the current forum is just thriving in comparison. |
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foxhound
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:40 am
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I believe they are well aware the forum is dying and that is why they have moved their focus to the Home Show Consumer where they try to lock in a deposit before the poor souls have a chance to log onto a computer and discover the truth.
I have heard that Kamado OC is claiming RJ conned him into buying 25 BBQs for the Home Show Circuit and there is a problem ( ) with a couple of units and RJ will not answer emails or calls ( ). He is now trying to undersell RJ. He also tried to sell lump back in Dec 2006 at a huge mark-up. Personally I think the two are well suited for each other. |
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