Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Welch wrote: > > I remember it the same way. Wasn't Friday a guideline or suggestion, rather > than a rule? Maybe I missed something. > > As for dealers, I like reading our dealers' postings here. Better reading > than some threads, and far more tempting. I don't think any of our Lug > dealers abuse this privilege, and the feedback they get daily from Lug > users is worthwhile for both sides. > > Bill My recollection is that the LUG was not meant to be a commercial buying or selling venue. Then, in an attempt to realistically and practically accomodate a need the Friday provision was enacted. That need was that we do periodically buy and sell this equipment and the LUG was a logical place to do so. But the Friday provision was settled on so that we wouldn't become overloaded with marketing posts and to generally keep the LUG a source of information and not commerce. My objection to the M6 TTL HM post was that it reeked of commercialism. The poster was basically wheeling and dealing and acting as a middleman; not selling a piece of his own equipment. I think we've all been willing to turn a tolerant cheek when someone is selling their own stuff and it doesn't quite meet the LUG's timeframe. But that post was pretty flagrant and deserved to be commented upon. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/