RE: Selling Items on VL

I have an idea. I am a lurker who does not have enough technical knowledge
to fill a thimble, but I find that the list helps me greatly. Why not start
a companion list that is for sales related to the hobby? Then those that
want the direct information ( lets face it the email client is up all day,
the news reader isn't) can subscribe, and those that don't want to see the
posts don't subscribe. Make a rule that there is NO crossposting, and no
mention for for sales in the vectorlist. Wouldn't this work? Sorry to keep
this going, I will go back to lurking...

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John
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                -----Original Message-----
                From: FBowen@checkfree.com [mailto:FBowen@checkfree.com]
                Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:54 AM
                To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
                Subject: 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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                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 14:00:12 1999