On Mon, 7 May 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
>
> > >> characters or something. It's nice if I am the only person to find it,
> > >> but it isn't nice if I can't find it either!
> > >
> > >Good point. We should invite all sellers on the eBay
> >
> > Don't be such a dick, commentary on the issue far outweighs any actual
> > posting, go elsewhere to find a problem.
>
> Might as well complain now and cut a big fart over it before a flood of
> eBay auction postings start showing up.
>
> There's a time to be nice, and a time to be a dick, and on this issue I
> choose to be a heat-seeking moisture missile.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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In the absence of procrustean rules and moderation, which are the last
things I want to see here, I agree with Mike on this. It can at least
provide some positive incentive.
I do concur with your general premise. I'm sure most posters of Ebay ads
to various mailing lists, Usenet, etc. are trying to be helpful, but more than
the odd relvant notice or two amounts to shilling for Ebay sellers, and
has nothing to do with the purpose of the list. I hate to use the
"s" word, because it has come to mean just something that annoys
somebody, but it has the potential to be a DOS attack, whether intended or
not. I certainly don't benefit from it, and I don't think most anyone else
here does, either.
There are discussion boards on Ebay for this kind of thing. I would
encourage people to use them. And encourage Ebay to come up with a more
intelligent or useful search engine,
jbdigriz
Received on Mon May 07 2001 - 10:23:23 BST