Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Friday FS/WTB Policy
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:11:34 -0500

Marc-
Keeping the Rollei list in line? Naw- never happen. There've been times when
I thought it might be wiser to write "Yashikamat" on a piece of paper and
tape it over the Rolleiflex marque on my cameras!
Dan

- -----Original Message-----
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 10:03 PM
Subject: [Leica] Friday FS/WTB Policy


>The reason for the restriction is to be fair to EVERYONE.  If someone only
>decides to sell an item on a Saturday then, yes, they should wait six days
>to post.  By restricting the ads to the 23:59:59 window of a 'Friday", then
>we ensure that the rest of the week is restricted to on-topic discussions
>such as Eric's Nikon experiences and Ted's underwear, not to mention
>single-malts, automobiles, and firearms.
>
>Many other camera lists have a similar restriction:  the IDCC, for
>instance, so rigidly enforces their every-other-Wednesday restriction that
>folks have been threatened with Being Cast Into The Outer Void.  And I have
>to do a bit of policing on the Rollei List to keep even that genteel bunch
>in line!
>
>And, in any event, rules like this aren't subject to discussion:  the List
>Manager imposed this one and we are guests in his house.
>
>I wouldn't want the LUG to become a repository for ads.  I like it the way
>it is.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>