Classic Computer Stuff

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri May 5 02:47:52 2000

At 05:45 PM 5/4/00 -0700, Bruce Lane wrote:
> Then you have my profound sympathies. I, for one, ceased to patronize Ebay
>some months back for various reasons which I will not bore the listmembers
>with, though I will say that the attitude of "Epay" towards its users'
>privacy had a lot to do with my decision.

I wouldn't be bored.

> May I suggest offering your stuff here before you post it on Ebay? It may
>well save you listing costs, and you'll get an audience that will actually
>(in most cases that I know of) put what they're buying to active use rather
>than treating it as some sort of trophy.

Ah, over time, the existence of limited-attention-span trophy hunters
will only increase the size of caches for collectors to discover. :-)

Listing costs might only be 25 cents.

- John
Received on Fri May 05 2000 - 02:47:52 BST