I whole heartedly agree Evan, Sellam can be a little errr "direct",
I've been told I can be a bit "direct" myself as well and I would tend
to agree. I've used VCM several times, both selling, but mostly
buying and I do tend to use Ebay a lot more, because there are more
eye's on it. So instead of banning the guy, rallying the village, and
burning him at the stake for his venting, why not do what we are all
here for in the first place -
find information and resources, and in exchange we -
work with others for a common interest in the classic computing fields
help one another when we can with knowledge, advice, recommendations
offer information and materials to help one another to maintain the
knowledge base
VCM is a good tool and resource that is there for all of us, its not
mainstream like ebay, true, but with some support and backing (spreading
its existence around a lot more) it could find a strong following by
those outside of the cclist and other related area's, there-in lies the
key, to get more eye's on the site.
So with that, lets try to perhaps use and be involved with VCM a little
more, a link or a banner (hey Sellam, a banner ad would be nice, huh!
:-) on our sites, maybe make a mention about VCM here and there in
responses, usenet posts, etc... could hurt right?
Curt
Evan Koblentz wrote:
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is the only way to simply GUARANTEE failure. .... Warren E. Wolfe
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Only if people jump to conclusions without really considering what he was
saying.
Sellam knows he's, shall we say, a "direct" communicator. That's why I
like
the dude. :) Anyway, the fact remains that his auction site DOES address
all of the stuff we hate about ebay -- and if it's doesn't in some case, he
will quickly fix it.
Of course there's a paradox. Sellers won't post if there aren't buyers
present, and buyers won't be present unless sellers post.
I think we should all put aside personal feelings to DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE
HOBBY. I believe that what's best for the hobby is to encourage Sellam to
keep up his work on the VCM, and I believe the best means of that
encouragement is to USE HIS SITE. (And conversely, just because he doesn't
technically subscribe to cctalk doesn't mean he no longer USES it.)
-Evan