On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> > John Foust wrote:
> >
> >Pardon the auction announcement...
> >
> >
> >
> >I did this and got blasted for it. I don't think FA (for auction) posts
> >are that bad, escpecially on classic cmp
> >for classic cmp related material.
> >But what I am asking is the offical rule-of-thumb on this for this mail
> >list. Anyone like to clarify?
> >
> >Eric
>
> Rules, we have no rules, only complaints. ;)
>
or complainers... <Raises hand>...
> People on this list do what they want, those that don't like it complain,
> but we have no police, and I don't think anybody has ever been booted off.
>
> That said, if you want to offer something to the list, offer it to the list.
>
> Trying to get a few more bidders on your ebay auction is typically seen as
> merchantile, not friendly, activity.
>
I'm curious... Has anyone here purchased something from EBay that
they wouldn't have found unless the advertisement showed up here?
I believe that if people are going to buy something from EBay, they
already have searches set up or email announcements, and don't need
to see the announcement here. The people that HATE EBay don't want
to see the announcement because it only pisses them off.
So, I vote for no EBay advertisements. Especially the one line
http://www.ebay.com/... kind with no supporting text. Many of
us don't read email with a HTTP degraded browser.
Anyone else want to weigh in on this issue?
Clint
Received on Thu Apr 26 2001 - 18:47:16 BST