On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> Vintage Computer Festival declared on Monday 27 October 2003 09:23 pm:
> > I hate when morons like this spam me in such a manner. It's also a
> > violation of eBay's rules (not like they'd do anything about it
> > though).
>
> Yeah, I know what you mean, it annoys me when people send me information
> about things I'm interested in... perhaps I just have a lower level of
> this than you do. I'm sorry if I offended you, Sellam, but this looked
> like a decent person trying to sell something, the start bid is about 1
> Pound. There are people on this list that don't have the time or energy
> to watch eBay (on which there *are* good deals to be had at times) and I
> figured I'd let people know that this was out there.
>
> So, do you also 'hate the morons that spam you' to offer you something for
> your collection, or just the ones that have the items up for public sale?
> (I understand you have "some adversions" to eBay, but it DOES help some
> people.... me, for instance.)
I hate when people take what I say as a personal attack against them.
If someone wants to sell something to me, they can offer it to me
directly. If someone just wants to let me know of their stupid eBay
auction, I consider that spam. See the difference? I don't come knocking
on your door telling you that I'm having a garage sale.
And if you don't have the time or energy to watch eBay then they probably
don't care either way. eBay has a search tool.
And it's a violation of eBay's rules (not like they'd do anything about it
though).
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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