27 Apr
2001
27 Apr
'01
4:01 a.m.
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.
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 don't have so any problem with someone posting a mention of something
rare that they came across while browsing Ebay. I have bid on some
items mentioned here, but I can't recall if I've ever been the high
bidder on such an item.
I also don't have a problem with people mentioning their own auction
if they have an unusual or unique item (for example, a working IBM
PGA adaptor and monitor.) Of course, I'd rather they just entertained
offers from readers of the list...
What I would have a problem with is people advertising their auction
of common items like "R4R3 IBM Serial/Parallel Combo Card!!!!"
I'd rather that people use good judgement about what auction postings
are appropriate that have an unenforcable rule that forbids all such
postings.
For some of us it would be pretty much impossible to search Ebay for every
item we might be interested in.
Eric