Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:47:16 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net>
Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> John Foust wrote:
>
>Pardon the auction announcement...
I'm curious... Has anyone here purchased something from EBay that
they wouldn't have found unless the advertisement showed up here?
I believe that if people are going to buy something from EBay, they
already have searches set up or email announcements, and don't need
to see the announcement here. The people that HATE EBay don't want
to see the announcement because it only pisses them off.
IF it is something very uncommon then I would not mind at all to see a
mention on it in the group, say a MTU sound card or software for the PET
of instructions for installing an MTU video board for same, I don't mind
seeing ebay posts as long as thier not common items (if you search e-bay
and find two similar (or more) already on auction it probably is
common), like 1541 disk drives or Amiga 500s... :/
I have been known to post a "heads-up" or two on e-bay auctions I
stumble upon that I find uncommon. Just because I know others are
looking for such items or I appreciate that it is available and want to
make sure it goes to a deserving fellow computer fan.
So, I vote for no EBay advertisements. Especially the
one line
http://www.ebay.com/... kind with no supporting text. Many of
us don't read email with a HTTP degraded browser.
I vote to use common sense, don't piss us off with boring auctions and
DO PLEASE at least write a decent description of what the item is -
beyond the link to the auction.
I.E. "Commodore 900 Computer" not "Rare Commodore Computer!"
Anyone else want to weigh in on this issue?
Clint
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