On 12/1/06, Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think that is a fair policy. Besides, I think if items are listed in the AM Fone "Sell/Trade" section of the classifieds they have a much better chance of moving fast and at the desired price. I have listed items there and had great success. However, at times I have listed them elsewhere AFTER a reasonable period of time has expired and there are no takers on the AM Fone list..
I agree with you on the amfone list, Rick. I got my beautiful GenRad 1931A mod monitor there a few months back from Steve, W8TOW for much less than what I'd have paid on ebay. I've also sold a number of items on amfone, including the Raytheon RA-1000. It's the best place with the most targeted audience one could ask for, if you're really looking to sell an AM-related item. I've also sold unrelated items on ebay with success, even without posting an ebay ads to the lists. It works. However, I will add one thing: if you allow people to post personal ebay ads, you will not be pleased by the results. While it sounds fair and reasonable, it will be twisted and manipulated by those interested only in making money, not in fairness we're used to. I speak from 10 yrs experience on these lists, after leaving the newsgroups when they became virtual ebay-spam factories. All they'll have to do is list it with a high price, and when it doesn't sell....here come the ebay auction ads. Others will plead ignorance after posting a slew of ebay auction ads. Brian can remove people, and they can resubscribe with a new email account. Al Waller, the owner of the qth.net servers actually banned ebay ads years ago to prevent this, and started a special ebay reflector for that type of stuff. As far as discussion, it's never been a problem. People post item numbers for reference, or to ask 'what is this?' and it works fine as long as someone isn't trying to promote a sale. Or think of it this way: if you were Al trying to keep these servers going, would you want to use your bandwidth giving ebay free auction ads? eBay makes millions/billions, not so for Al. Last I knew, ebay wasn't giving him a commission. I don't think anyone should be required to list things anywhere they don't want to list them. But they also shouldn't use the list to promote their sale elsewhere. It's certainly not fair to Brian as list admin, or the members of the list (in my opinion, of course). ~ Todd, KA1KAQ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
