Cross listing Ebay items

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Jun 10 20:41:38 1998

Jack Peacock wrote:
>
> >During my hiatus, I was spending alot of time on usenet,
> >a place where this is done all the time.
>
> Well no, it isn't done all the time. At least on the comp.sys,
> comp.os,
> and alt.comp newsgroups I follow. It's considered spam and those who
> do
> it are invited to go elsewhere. Besides, no point in listing that
> stuff

Spam is generally considered to be unwanted and inappropriate postings.
I don't think such for-sale notices when they *directly* relate to what
this list is supposed to be all about could possibly be considered spam.

> here if you are also going to ebay, the people here know the relative
> scarcity/worth of the items. On ebay you can take advantage of
> ignorance and buying frenzy.

Or, you can choose not to find out what others consider the value of
these things to be. Thus ignorance can be expanded to include those who
should be aware of what others value these computers/etc. at. It is all
a matter of perspective :)!
Received on Wed Jun 10 1998 - 20:41:38 BST