Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread diane
At 3:59 AM -0700 9/30/08, Dan the listmom wrote: If you're not willing to share your name and location, there are other places to post your items, but to protect members of LEM Swap, we require this information. My zip code *is* my location. And I don't see how asking for full name/zip is

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On 9/30/08, diane wrote: My zip code *is* my location. And I don't see how asking for full name/zip is going to weed out bad apples. If someone wants to be a crooked buyer/seller, they are going to do it no matter what. Same argument I presented a long while back. The logic seems to go over

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 30, 2008, at 10:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/30/08, diane wrote: My zip code *is* my location. And I don't see how asking for full name/zip is going to weed out bad apples. If someone wants to be a crooked buyer/seller, they are going to do it no matter what. Same

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread James E. Therrault
Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 30, 2008, at 7:40 AM, diane wrote: At 3:59 AM -0700 9/30/08, Dan the listmom wrote: If you're not willing to share your name and location, there are other places to post your items, but to protect members of LEM Swap, we require this information. My zip

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:49 AM, James E. Therrault wrote: Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 30, 2008, at 7:40 AM, diane wrote: At 3:59 AM -0700 9/30/08, Dan the listmom wrote: If you're not willing to share your name and location, there are other places to post your items, but to protect

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Len Gerstel
Folks, This subject is now closed. It has nothing to do with the original question, which barely had anything to do with G3-5 Macs. If you wish to discuss Swap list rules, feel free to discuss them on the lemlists list or email Dan directly. Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Nanny G3-5

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread John Callahan
On Sep 30, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: Folks, This subject is now closed. It has nothing to do with the original question, which barely had anything to do with G3-5 Macs. If you wish to discuss Swap list rules, feel free to discuss them on the lemlists list or email Dan

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread James E. Therrault
Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Dan wrote: At 10:29 AM -0400 9/30/2008, Charles Davis wrote: My zip code *is* my location. Unless your Zip code includes the Optional +4 information, your Zip code is an area of possible locations. Sorry, but unless you have a totally

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread diane
be found. My ebay profile lists New England. Anyway, before this is completely locked down, my original question - are there any other Mac buy/sell lists other than Craigslist/ebay? Thanks! Diane in New England breathlessly awaiting her SATA card, 2 500gb hard drives and a 5 port USB card to put

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Will S
- are there any other Mac buy/sell lists other than Craigslist/ebay? Thanks! Diane in New England breathlessly awaiting her SATA card, 2 500gb hard drives and a 5 port USB card to put in her G4 1.42DP ps - I never thought my simple query would get so out of hand. It's Dan's list and he can do what

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Will S
PS Sending a private answer in case the post gets deleted . It seems clear much of the post has been deleted .I just sold a car on Craigs list. What a nightmare of conartists . I've never seen anything like it. Spring early summer I had no such problems . Perhaps the economy is having an

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Will S
My 2 posts were removed by me . I didn't realized the thread was closed and posted in error. Sorry List Nanny Dan . --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-29 Thread diane
I rejoined the LEM Swaplist which I fell off of when it migrated to Google to sell a few things. Somewhere along the lines they now require a full name and city/state when posting to the list. I listed my zip code which is what I used to do, but my message was rejected since I did not follow

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-29 Thread Technophobic_Tom
On 9/29/08, diane wrote: I rejoined the LEM Swaplist Somewhere along the lines they now require a full name and city/state when posting to the list I do not feel like posting that much info to over 3000 people on the off chance that someone may be interested in my obscure items. Give a

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-29 Thread Dan
At 6:50 PM -0400 9/29/2008, diane wrote: Are there any other lists that are maybe a little more private? I do not feel like posting that much info to over 3000 people on the off chance that someone may be interested in my obscure items. 3000? You're off by several magnitudes. Google Groups

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-29 Thread B Woods
Give a phony name and street address. If someone expresses interest, you can straighten it out with them at that time. Half the sellers are doing it this way. Speaking as a Swaplist nanny, this is a bad idea. The reason the stupid rule came into being was so that persons could decide if