Hi, I really don't see what the big deal (no pun intended) is. I tend to agree with the spirit of your post, Kent, but if someone wants to give is a list of their current eBay auctions, I would guess that Fridays is as good a day as any. If there's anything of interest, I may look at the auction, but probably won't bid, since there aren't very many real bargains on eBay these days anyway.
I have to admit that I would hold someone who offers items to list members only at a reasonable price in higher regard than someone who simply lumps us all in with eBayers at large - you know Pentaxian community and all - but I certainly don't think of such actions as sanctionable, and certainly not worth banishment. With up to 200 and sometimes more postings per day, I can easily delete a few on Fridays that don't pique my interest for whatever reason. My two cents worth... regards, and Happy New Years to all, frank Kent Gittings wrote: > I hate to say it but I think we should use the same rules for posting things > for sale here that we've gone to on the Minolta users list. That is the only > acceptable posting of a for sale item is BEFORE you list it on some auction > site. If you are going to be a member of a group then there is no reason for > you to be allowed to be a member of that group if you are not going to give > the group members first crack at something. This is a case of schilling your > own items to your friends as far as I'm concerned. Sort of like the case > where you and your next door neighbor both collect Steuben glass and he > comes over and says "listen I just put a couple of pieces from my collection > I know that you liked down at Fred's Auction house. So why don't you come > down and bid on them if you are interested." > I thought we forbade this kind of thing after discussing it last year or so. > This is by far the most cluttered list I belong to. Yes I sell things on > eBay also. However I always post any Pentax items before I list them in case > anybody wants them. On the Minolta list you get one warning and then you get > permanently kicked off. I don't mind somebody finding a listing for some > rare piece of Pentax gear that THEY AREN'T SELLING THEMSELVES! Otherwise > they are just conning us into bidding their items up as far as I am > concerned. > Kent Gittings > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
