Lee, I agree, however, you mean you" will drop this after you have one more
shot at the old trooper!" Hey, that's ok, I have stated that my position is
to help people locate things they want, and chime in when I think I have
something constructive to say. I too look over this list like you and some
of the slobber here is not worth commenting on.
Have a great Easter! Paul.
R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
> In your message dated: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 23:33:47 CST you write:
> >Gee R.L. you need to get a life! Paul.
>
> My apologies to the list for my previous crass remark. Bascially, what
> it boils down to, Paul, is that you gave your word a while back not to
> get "commercial" again on the list. And you were doing a good job, and
> I was just on the verge of requesting that Larry put you back on his
> website of used dealers, because I felt you had "served your pittance".
> And I was planning to buy a couple of wide angles from you, if I didn't
> find a better deal on them at the local camera show (which from past
> experience leads me to believe I wouldn't have). But you decided to
> break your promise to the list, and that is what prompted my irate
> message on the subject. And messages like the one above (I know, I
> know, and my crass reply) don't do any of us any good. All in all, I
> think if you had handled things like John H., and emailed people
> privately, you would have built up a good reputation here, and it would
> have increased your business and we all would have thought of you as a
> "friend of the list". But I'm not the only one who gets annoyed by your
> commercial posts, and that probably means we won't buy anything from you
> in the future. I know this won't impact your business much, but it's
> the only way I have of objecting to your conduct here. And I probably
> wouldn't be so put off at your conduct if you hadn't promised not to get
> commercial again on the list, and then broken that promise.
>
> Let's stop discussion on this now, and move on. I and anyone else who
> this bothers can just ignore Paul's posts. Those of you who find them
> informative, please continue to read them.
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
>
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