26 Apr
2001
26 Apr
'01
11:47 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
or complainers... <Raises hand>...
John Foust
wrote:
Pardon the auction announcement...
I did this and got blasted for it. I don't think FA (for auction) posts
are that bad, escpecially on classic cmp
for classic cmp related material.
But what I am asking is the offical rule-of-thumb on this for this mail
list. Anyone like to clarify?
Eric
Rules, we have no rules, only complaints. ;)
People on this list do what they want, those that
don't like it complain,
but we have no police, and I don't think anybody has ever been booted off.
That said, if you want to offer something to the list, offer it to the list.
Trying to get a few more bidders on your ebay auction is typically seen as
merchantile, not friendly, activity.
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.
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.
Anyone else want to weigh in on this issue?
Clint