RE: Selling Items on VL

I'm not trying to keep this thread going (REALLY!) but it will come up
again (and again and again and again). Why? Because the FS criteria is
SUBJECTIVE!

I too hardly ever read RGVAC anymore (except for the Clay & Mark Spaeth
threads. They are really funny) because one must do a lot of work to find
the useful information. But I would also like the possibility to share and
get good deals on ANYTHING that could conceivably be related to vector
videogames (parts, equipment, service, records, posters, etc). A lot of
times I don't know that these things exist, so how can I look for them?

I propose we take the previous idea of only allowing them on one day a
month and add the requirement that the subject start with one string:
"COMMERCE:" This would apply for anything to be sold, bought, traded,
beaten up, blended, given away, transmogrified, etc. This would resolve
the issue with the subjective criteria and different people's
interpretations. Then people could set up filters on the string and/or
delete all messages from the specified day if they choose.

HOWEVER, I would prefer to keep the list in it's current state than see it
turn into another RGVAC, if those are the only two choices.

jwelser@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu@lists.cc.utexas.edu on 12/01/99 08:41:13 PM

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Subject: RE: Selling Items on VL

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, first anme last name wrote:

> I understand the consensus that this list could go haywire if FS posts
are
> allowed, but I for one kind of miss them. Can't we have some sort of
> compromise on this issue? Like maybe 1 day a month when we can list items
> for sale? Otherwise, they just all go to eBay and minimise one of the
> benefits of being on this list. Comments?
>

     I think Clay's intentions were good, but I think that his
post was still not appropriate for the list......but not by much. The
problem is, and has always been, that there is no real "quantitative"
way to define what is and what isn't appropriate for the list. Let's
leave it at this: If you are thinking of advertising something on this
list, and there is any doubt in your mind as to whether or not it is
appropriate, DON'T post it, because it's probably not appropriate.
Received on Thu Dec 2 10:00:21 1999