3 Mar
1999
3 Mar
'99
5:32 a.m.
OK this is getting way OT but I'm going to throw my 2 cents worth in.
At 04:39 AM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
In that case you should be against E-bay and shouldn't use it since it
lets the "lazy" people find stuff easily instead of having to go dig it out
of dumpsters or the back corner of surplus stores. When are you going to
quit using E-bay?
I'm not trying to be rude but they really didn't ask you. They are
expressing their opinions. You don't have to reply to every message.
Fair enough. What do you mean a "public message (directly or
indirectly)"? Sounds like you're saying that you'll continue to post every
time you see a message about it.
Joe
In other words, you're attempting to beat the
odds. So far you have
succeeded pretty well. I'm not trying to be sarcastic. I'm just
boiling the situation down.
No, as I've said, these postings rarely affect me directly. I am honestly
offended by the "unfairness" to those who are willing to spend the effort
to find stuff vs the "helpfullness" to those who choose not to spend that
effort.
Do you consider it "beating the odds" when you choose to attend a physical
auction while somebody else decides to sleep in?
Yes, or when the other person can't attend because they have a 9 to 5
job. It's also an advantage or "beating the odds" when you have internet
access and the other guy doesn't.
It's also VERY monotonous for a LOT of
people, I think.
Hell, it's VERY monotonous to me! But if somebody asks me something in
public, I feel I have to respond in public. There is an alternative. If I actually screened
all the messages on the
list, I would weed out all the spam and junk, but I would get first pick
at all the auction tip-offs! That's nice but it's hardly fair. And
then people would stop posting them. You'd say that would be a relief,
but it might also be a disservice.
I don't think anybody wants to give you editorial control :-) It'd be
nice if there were a consensus on this subject, but there isn't. So, if
it's OK with you, I'll agree to flame people in private whenever they do
something that annoys the hell out of me. I won't make another public
comment unless somebody addresses a public message to me (directly or
indirectly).