Just to clarify my earlier posting, when I said I thought it was ok for FSBO's to advertise on the list, i certainly didn't mean they should do it to the exclusion of real estate agents doing the same. I think it's great to post every new house that goes up for sale.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I find the housing market in West Philly highly relevant to this list and to my life. Every house near mine that sells affects the value of my home. And the people who live around me affect my quality of living. It's in my interest to know about the houses for sale so that I can encourage people I know and like to move in. This list may have been created specifically for discussions, but it's certainly not the only way it's been used historically. People use it to make announcements and advertise all sorts of things, some of which cost money, and some of which don't: Yard Sales, Boy Scout pancake breakfasts, community meetings, farmer's markets, large musical instruments, concerts, etc. Why are houses any different? If someone wanted wanted to sell the original leaded glass windows in their house, or the beautiful 100-year old radiators they have, would you rather they go downtown and sell them to a dealer who will probably end up selling them to someone in the burbs at a huge mark-up? Or post them to the list and keep them in the neighborhood? To ban all "for sale" postings on this list would not only be extreme, but a disservice to all of us who actually might be interested in buying something offered. If you don't like a certain posting, just delete it. i have never understand people's apparent inability to comprehend the usefulness of the "delete" button on their keyboard. There are whole discussions on this list that are not relevant to me and that I couldn't care less about. I delete them. Heck, there's one person on this list that got on my nerves so much a while back that I just set up a filter to delete everything he posted. My 2, no make it 4 cents. dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pobox.upenn.edu/~davidtoc ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
