Fw: Listserver Auction, was Re: Canon Cat

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed May 23 21:00:53 2001

Hey!!!

Cut the damm RTF formatting, I'm tiring of OE jumpin to the stinking 16pt
font.

Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Marvin .org><marvin_at_rain
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 2:09 AM
Subject: Listserver Auction, was Re: Canon Cat


>
>
>Sellam Ismail wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 22 May 2001, ip500 wrote:
>>
>> > And this is BETTER than eBay ??? How is it that this just sort
>> > of slides by and yet if you DARE to stick an eBay pointer up you get
>>
>> If you didn't catch the irony of my message, I find this "auction" to
be
>> so absurd that I am just laughing at it.
>
>I, for one, think it is a great idea and have no problems at all with
it!
>Among other things, it does away with the luck of being the first person
to
>read a post and get the item. Also, it keeps the item in this community
>which is most likely a good thing.
>
>Another approach is to use the pre-approved bidder list on Ebay, and
only
>approve people on this list to bid. From my standpoint, that might
penalize
>the lurkers since *I* would only recognize the people that have posted
in
>the past. OTOH, it might encourage people to post once in a while :).
Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 21:00:53 BST