I don't mind seeing the announcement, but if I and I have was going to sell
something on ebay or any other auction site, I would offer it to the group first
for a charge if I have money invested in it and let them know that I will be
putting it afterwards at what ever dot com. I don't have a problem with it.
Bill Claussen
elecdata1
"Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" wrote:
> 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 - 19:28:41 BST