Well said, John!
Gregg
From: John W. Sloane, DMD
> Hi Group!
>
> Well, in light of the recent exacerbation of the Post/Don't Post FS, FA,
> eBay controversy, I have taken time in my day to pause and reflect on what
> my feelings and thoughts on the subject really are. So far it seems to be
> an argument ove having mor or fewer restrictions. Maybe it's time to
think
> "outside the box" on this one and go the other way. I have come to the
> conclusion that I, like most others want to see what is available as well
as
> wanting to post my own for sale items on this list. I am talking about
the
> "Pre eBay Offering" that we all seem to make. I believe that this
courtesy
> is appreciated by all of us (list members), as I like "first dibs" as well
> as the next guy. We also like to feel comfortable in dealing within our
own
> trusted circle of freinds, and thus it isn't as "iffy" as eBay can be.
> However, I have been and will remain an active eBayer, both buying and
> selling OM Equipment (genuflect now, please). I would like to see a lot
> more of "private offerings" of list members excvulively to the list, as
well
> as list member anouncements of interresting items being auctioned on eBay.
> Of course, I would object to having to sift through the downloaded list to
> sort out FS/FA, etc from "OM CONTENT". Can anyone see where I'm going
with
> this? C'mon folks! This is the computer age and we all have one or more
at
> our disposal. My email program is Microsoft Oulook Exprss, and when I
> joined the list irealized that "sifting through" the OM vs regular email
was
> a bit of a chore, so I simply took 5 minutes to learn how to create a
> separate folder for any email with [OM] in the subject line, and have that
> mail automatically diverted to that folder. No muss, no fuss. When I want
> to settle back and read OM list mail, I go to the folder and it's
> there...all there, and nothing BUT OM list mail. I bet other email
programs
> have similar, if mot identical features. Likewise, my other email isn't
> ensnared in the OM stuff. Perhaps we can use this technique for sale and
> auction items, and requiring the use of another keyword in the subject
line
> that would allow, say, [OM] {FS} mail to go to separate folders on our
own
> systems. I don't know how the server works, but I'll bet there would not
be
> THAT much FS/FA to make it impossible to have a small "separate FS/FA
list".
> Maybe I can be done so that we would not get the mail from that list
unless
> we made a special, separate call for it, kind of like a newsgroup. I toss
> these ideas out in an effort to enlist our members in a manner of thinking
> that may actually resolve the controversy and allow an end to the
flare-uos,
> but it will take ACTION by some or all of us to get what we really want,
and
> not just more "Rules and Regs".
>
> Respectfully Submitted,
> John
>
> John W. Sloane, DMD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Packard <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: OlyList <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:20 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: on ebay
>
>
> > I recollect the last time this subject came up the accepted resolution
> was:
> > 1) List member are allowed to post FS messages provided:
> > a) The message does not point to an item already being auctioned on
> eBay or
> > elsewhere.
> > b) That a description and price of the item FS are included in the
> message,
> > urls to the FS items are ok.
> > 2) Messages referring to sites or individuals with items for sale are
ok.
> > (Especially if the reputation and/or price is righteous)
> > 3) As far as messages containing urls to eBay or other auctions:
> > a) The item MUST be rare or unusual. (for example, the endoscope
> that a
> > list member thought about using for TOPE1)
> > b) The item MUST be ridiculously priced. (for example, Lens shades
> and
> > cases)
> > 4) List members are not allowed to post FA, "FS by auction"?, messages.
> > 5) List members are not allowed to conduct auctions on the list.
> > 6) List members not wanting to hassle with selling items they no longer
> want
> > must send them to me.
> > Where they will be cared for and stored in environmentaly controlled
> > conditions. ;-)
> >
> >
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