10-11-2011, 01:46 PM
Ethical question here:
I've got a budget goal to turn my Miata from a cheap rusty street car into a cheap rusty track car. My goal is have it ready for the beginning of next season, but saving enough to have it in a state like Jake's (with pretty much everything but seats/harnesses) is going to be pretty tough.
So I've been looking hard for work on the side, specifically web work, but I've used up all of my possible leads and connections and my responses to CL ads are going unanswered (big surprise). I was thinking of making a thread in the Lounge to ask if anyone had any dads, moms, uncles, co-workers etc that run a small business, or for some reason have a website they need redesigned. However, I'm concerned that it would come off as self-promotion or advertising and make some people unhappy.
I feel like I'd just be making a post to hopefully take advantage of some connections, and, if it worked out, somebody would get a website for a pretty awesome price, and I could finance my race car fetish. Its not like I would be repeatedly posting advertisements or doing anything else that would hinder or clutter the forums.
However, I can also see the flipside of the coin, where I'm taking advantage of the club's discussion forum for my own personal financial benefit. So I decided to take it here, thoughts, kosher, not kosher?
I've got a budget goal to turn my Miata from a cheap rusty street car into a cheap rusty track car. My goal is have it ready for the beginning of next season, but saving enough to have it in a state like Jake's (with pretty much everything but seats/harnesses) is going to be pretty tough.
So I've been looking hard for work on the side, specifically web work, but I've used up all of my possible leads and connections and my responses to CL ads are going unanswered (big surprise). I was thinking of making a thread in the Lounge to ask if anyone had any dads, moms, uncles, co-workers etc that run a small business, or for some reason have a website they need redesigned. However, I'm concerned that it would come off as self-promotion or advertising and make some people unhappy.
I feel like I'd just be making a post to hopefully take advantage of some connections, and, if it worked out, somebody would get a website for a pretty awesome price, and I could finance my race car fetish. Its not like I would be repeatedly posting advertisements or doing anything else that would hinder or clutter the forums.
However, I can also see the flipside of the coin, where I'm taking advantage of the club's discussion forum for my own personal financial benefit. So I decided to take it here, thoughts, kosher, not kosher?
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S