While I can't outright ban posts dealing with people who have things for
trade/sale, at the same time they are not worth the inevitable hate-mail
that occurs whenever people get these posts. So to sum up the argument -
Point - Money should not be made off of SDRE's merchandise
Counterpoint - some people have nothing to trade, and willingly pay money
Counter-counterpoint - some people will give things away for free/price of
CDR
FinalPoint - it's not my, or anyone else's, job to make sure that people
are aware of the many possibilities for trade/selling that exists. As
buyers/traders, it's the responsibility of the people to seek out the best
buy. Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware. I'm not here to baby anyone
and lead them to the best buy.
As such, posts listing things for sale/trade will be let through.
Bitching and complaining about it will not. If someone wants to post a
list of things they have available for free, that goes too. Snide
comments like "This is free, don't buy from John Smith" followed bya list
of free stuff WON'T be let through - just state "I have the following
available for free".
On a final note - EBay posts won't be let through, because I dont' have
the time to check each link to make sure it's something SDRE-related. If
you have something to auction off, you can always post it here - you have
over 800 SDRE fans available to bid, just manage the auction yourself.
THis is of course up for debate, if someone can convince me of the merits
of ebay over a list auction, although he entire no-time-to-check-links
argument from me is a hard point to overcome.
(Personally, the conecept of free trade seems ideal to me, but my opinion
can't really enter into matters related to moderation of the list
(ideally), so don't send me a bunch of mail telling me not to approve
messages advertising sales. Caveat Emptor.)
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