Well, Scott has set me up with a temporary subscription while they try to figure out what the Hurricane did to my DSL. The auction site continues to run fine, as it always has, because its server is in Kansas, not the Banana Republic of Floridia.
I made some comments on the AOL issue earlier which may have made it to the individuals, but not to the list. So let me just respond to Henry's recent post: People are down on AOL because when they try to send messages to people with AOL addresses, they don't get through half the time. This is a serious problem that has been going on for a long time now and it is a very real pain for a lot of people -- particularly sellers. Henry, you're a seller. Your messages get through to AOL members because your address ends in .AOL -- but what if you didn't have an AOL address? What if, as a seller, you had to hassle endless hours trying to get through to people with AOL addresses who had won auction items from you? How would you feel about those people continuing to use AOL? What if some of those AOL users left negative feedback for you on eBay, claiming you never contacted them about completing a transaction(even though you'd been trying for weeks)? The simple fact is that AOL creates uncessary problems for its users that other ISPs don't -- and even worse, it transfers those problems to a whole lot of other people who are not AOL users, but who have to interface with AOL users. That's why so much justified resentment has built up towards AOL. That's why the "viscious" reaction when people start venting about AOL. Personally, I've had to hassle with this issue a lot while running MoviePosterBid.com -- I'm always getting a seller who is asking me for help trying to invoice an AOL user. Or from bidders who have won an auction and are trying to get through to the seller using an AOL address. Or from bidders who have an AOL address and are convinced the seller is trying to stiff them on the item they've won (while at the same time the seller is convinced they are ignoring his invoices!). It's ridiculous. Often by the time these people come to me for help, they are irritated if not downright mad because they think they are being deliberately snubbed by the other party, when its just a case of AOL not delivering messages... or a message is delivered one day, but the reply to it the next day never gets through... or simply that important messages are being shuffled into a junk folder without the user's knowledge. I have wasted more time and energy dealing with AOL-caused problems than any other issue on the internet by far. If the only reason you're staying with AOL is because you don't want to hassle changing your email address, that's your choice. But it means people trying to reach you at that address will have to go on having unnecessary problems trying to communicate with you at that address. It seems you have chosen not to use AOL for communications services for ThePosterMint.com, which I think is very wise. But you can't blame "other people" for being incredibly frustrated and pissed off at AOL -- they're not being mean or unreasonable. They're just fed up with being forced to hassle year after year with continuing AOL-specific problems. Please note that no one ever says anything bad about any other ISP -- just AOL. That's no accident. And it isn't cavalier. --JR ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Mazel To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 4:44 Subject: [MOPO] AOL attacks I'm surprised at the viciousness of the attacks on AOL. Yes, they suck, but it totally simplistic to tell us to change ISPs. It's an inane suggestion. My main ISP is Roadrunner broadband, and I piggyback AOL for the e-mail addresses, which I've owned for 10 years. I'm known to everyone, both personal and business contacts, as well as Paypal and dozens of other such forums by my AOL address. I wouldn't know where to begin if I change my AOL addresses. As Sam Goldwyn said, "In two words, im possible." I do use Eudora as well, but for my PosterMint.com business. So it pissees me off that some MOPOers are so cavalier about this issue, and some even seem to gloat. I don't usually get involved in the occasional internecine disputes on MOPO, but this one just tears it for me. Henry The Poster Mint ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
