Point taken. If in the future I decide to send another eBay link (which I doubt I will do considering the recent discussions...) I will include more information as to what I am sending the prospective buyer.
Can't we all just get along! ;-) Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: for the collectors > >> Christian, do you really want everyone who is a member of the > >> PDML to log on to the net and then download that URL just to see > >> if it has something of interest to him/her? > > > well, actually, yes if they are interested in a collector's item. > > [snip] Forgive me Fred but I thought it was an interesting > > collector's piece that showed up in last month's Popular > > Photography and it did have a BIN so I thought it would be ok to > > share without pissing off someone who may have been waiting to > > buy it. Perhaps I could have included more in my message but > > obviously if you are not interested in collectors pieces you could > > just delete the message after seeing that it was a link to an eBay > > auction. > > Christian, ~because~ I am (unfortunately - <g>) a "collector" (as > many of us here are), I was attracted to your subject line. However, > even a dedicated collector doesn't have time to look at every piece > of collectible gear out there on eBay or at on-line dealer sites. > (On eBay alone, among the thousand-plus Pentax items up for auction > at any one time, there are literally at least a hundred or even two > hundred that are of collectibles, keeping in mind that there are a > lot more Pentax items that are collectible besides Asahiflex's.) > > That's why a simple mention (preferably in the subject line, but at > least in the body) that the link was to an Asahiflex would have > saved many of us from having to fire up our browsers and connect to > the Internet just to see what you were teasing us with. > > Or, from the point of view of a collector, probably worse than > wasting time downloading blind URL's (just to see if they are of any > value) would be that some collector of Asahiflex's might ~miss~ your > tip, simply because he/she can't download every blind URL he is > presented with, and he/she did not know that your tip was for an > Asahiflex, becasue you didn't bother to type the word "Asahiflex". > > You see, adding just one word - "Asahiflex" - to your subject line, > which probably would have taken you an extra 3 seconds, could have > saved several minutes of wasted time each for quite a few PDML-ers, > and might ~really~ help an Asahiflex collector by letting him know > that this is one URL that he/she ~would~ be interested in. > > As it turns out, not only am I a collector (of sorts), as I > mentioned above, but I am in fact also an Asahiflex IIA owner (with > the 58/2.4, 135/3.5, M37-to-M42 adapter, extension tubes, etc.). So, > I was in fact interested in your URL tip once I downloaded it > (although only out of curiosity, since I don't plan on owning > multiple Asahiflex's). But, if I had happened to have a shortage of > time at the moment I came across your tip, I might never have looked > at it at all (since you provided nothing for me to go on). > > Well, I've spent enough time on this, I guess... > > Fred > - > 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 . - 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 .
