Withering on the Grapevine

Our friend Arthur Wankspittle contributed the following on our favorite matriarch:

Have you noticed the changes at WhingeCountyContentless recently? Yes, ever since someone did a bit of net research and found one of Carol’s previous addresses, the place has had a security clampdown like a North Korean newspaper reporting a national disaster.

One of the few reasons for visiting WhingeCountyContentless was to see how inane, sycophantic and bland your comments had to be to get past moderation. You have to suspect that the hundreds of moderated comments that didn’t make it were much better reading than the handful that were allowed through; plus they were probably better written. Now all that is left is the doleful ramblings of the second-in-command of Stalag Maxwohlauf. All there is to look forward to is the wishful, covetousness of local real estate, which no one in their right mind would touch in the current market anyway, and the start of the soccer season with its paranoid, agoraphobic, “I don’t really want to be here” reluctant soccer mum postings.

But wait. There’s something new on the net and it’s a new business venture. Or is it? Is this just a revised Temecula Gifts? Is someone in need of a bit of re-branding? Did someone need to lose the “Temecula” part as it is too localised for the world market they are going to compete in?Now you’ve checked out the links you can see that anyone needing a bright and breezy read can head for Grapevine Promotions’ little blogspot. See if you can tell from the style who is the “friendly staff”.

One question though, if you were launching (re-launching?) a web based business, wouldn’t you want the website working first? Currently http://www.grapevinepromos.com/ is showing a message including “If you are the owner of this web site you have not uploaded (or incorrectly uploaded) your web site.” If you need some technical help, there’s this kid in Sacramento who needs some work.

So, who didn’t get the website working such that it necessitated setting up a blogspot blog and “running” the business through it for a few weeks? Why? What’s wrong with an Ebay store?