On Sun, 6 May 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> >How about avoiding this nonsense and making things available to the list
> >first before posting them to eBay? It sure would be much nicer. I'd hate
> >to see ClassicCmp become a damn ad board for eBay.
>
> In case you haven't noticed this could be easily known as the classic
> cheapskate computer list, which I of course am proud to be a member of. ;)
Aren't we all? And isn't that why we collect classic computers in the
first place, because we couldn't afford them when they were new?
> I don't want to see ebay ads here either, EXCEPT for anything
> genuinely unusual, then I would like to know about it, call dibs and
> have the rest of you not bid. ;)
I don't care if someone points out an odd auction here or there, but I do
object to people using CC to advertise eBay ads. That's what the search
function is for. If you want to advertise on CC, it should be to solicit
offers directly.
I want to say something here that includes the word "carpetbagger" but I'm
afraid it would be too incendiary.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 12:05:46 BST