I suppose that I am at the opposite end of the opinion scale on this one.
What business is it of ours where Mark bought these? He's offering them
here at more then fair prices. He could make more by just putting the pieces
back on ebay. I think he is doing the list a courtesy by offering them here
first, which is our custom. If he makes a healthy profit that he can
reinvest in more OM---more power too him. If anything, I kind of feel that
sharing what he bought it for is a bit of an invasion of his privacy (not
being critical, I understand the motivation, just sharing my thoughts).
Heck, I offer my congratulations on a good buy (I was aware of it in advance
and shared my thoughts with him on the purchase).
What difference is it for him to do this than for Doris to sell one of her
famous garage sale finds (just using that as an example Doris, not picking
on you---I've never even seen you sell anything here).
I'm sure my opinion on this particular topic doesn't mean much to some, as
I've been accused of 'overselling' myself and have chosen to go directly to
ebay rather than offering items to the list anymore. I know I am not the
only one to make this decision, as I've had off-line conversations with
others. The traffic discussing and criticising and arguing about posting
about sales has just turned me off from doing so.
Just my 1 cent, not even worth 2.
Tom
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Kiker, James wrote:
>
> > 16mm f/3.5 Zuiko full-frame fisheye lens.
> >
> > Black OM-2.
>
> I know that for-sale postings have been a touchy subject in the past, and
> I really don't want to open that can of worms again, but I can't let this
> posting go by without comment. The general "rule" that's been more or
less
> agreed upon is that personal for-sale postings are ok, but commercial
postings
> are forbidden. This one kind of falls inbetween. James just purchased
this
> lens and body off of eBay (see auction 467425170) a few days ago. He's
now
> trying to use the list to sell these items for a considerable profit.
> Personally, I feel this is wrong. I'm all for seeing the for-sale
postings,
> I really love them, but I feel that this is going beyond the "personal"
> aspect of the rule.
> -mark
>
>
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