Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now you're out of hand Carl......calm down. "Reeked of commercialism?" "Wheeling and dealing?" Come on, people, he's one of regular members and he just want to offer us a good deal on an HM for Pete's sake! I appreciate it, and if you were ready to buy an HM, you would too, so calm down, and lets post whatever we want whenever we want. As I said before, we're all adults here. Francesco At 08:40 PM 2/9/99 , csocolow wrote: >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/ >