Richard, you are so right.
Sometimes I think that the list is about anything BUT OM equipment.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] RE: Keep eBay Off List (was "Olympus Zuiko 180mm F2 for
sale on Ebay")
> Give me a frigging break. While I do not like the self-serving
> look-at-my-auction posts, but try to say keep the ebay URLs off list is
> nonsensicle. So it is OK to talk about SUV, Genealogy, Flat Panel or CRT,
> Arse and Elephant Boots (I just looked at my trash folder for samples of
> these topics) but not OK to talk about ways to purchase camera equipments?
>
> Are we hypocritical or what?
>
> At 03:50 PM 3/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> > >===== Original Message From Frank van Lindert <Frank.van@xxxxxxxxxxx>
=====
> > >As far as I am concerned all postings containing pointers to eBay
> > >auctions should be banned from this mailing list - but in particular
> > >advertising one own's auctions is just not done.
> > >
> > >Which does not mean that I don't like eBay: it is just the connection
> > >with this mailing list which I dislike. Every list member is capable
> > >of browsing eBay him/herself.
> >
> >I could not agree more.
> >
> >It seems unfair to point out this and that item being sold on eBay when
we
> >explicitly hold our members to not pointing out their own auctions. Why
> >should
> >the OM list help publicize auctions of everyone but its own members? The
> >only
> >fair thing seems to be to keep all postings pointing to eBay auction off
> >list,
> >as Frank suggests.
> >
> >Joel W.
> >
> >
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> // richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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