RE: [Leica] LUG rules

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Well, a goodly number of people, myself included, seem to be puzzled about
this whole thing. I, for instance, don't get how you could possibly not see
the difference between advertising on the LUG something you are selling on
Ebay - in other words, something on which you will  make a profit - and
responding to a "do you know where I could find a..?" by saying you'd seen
one listed on Ebay. Example one, you are using the LUG to feed the feeding
frenzy. Example two, you are doing a fellow LUGer a favor by telling him or
her about something you yourself stumbled upon - not something YOU have for
sale.

I personally think that's pretty clear.

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
> Rabiner
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:44 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG rules
>
>
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
> ><Snip>  Certainly no one is
> > under any kind of obligation to offer anything for sale on the
> LUG, or when
> > offering anything for sale, to give LUGers some sort of price
> break. But if
> > one wants to offer an item for sale on the LUG, offer it for
> sale - don't
> > put it up for sale in an Ebay auction and do your advertising here.
> >
> > B. D.
> > >
>
> I think I see people putting stuff for sale here and the whole
> time thinking:
> "why should I be dealing with these shlubs? when I could be
> having the thing on
> the international feeding frenzy forum where I don't give a shit
> about these
> people and the price could go off the deep end"
> "Oh well we'll see what these guys can come up with. Maybe
> they'll give me some
> new angle on this thing and I'll work that into the description
> on the listing"
> Mark Rabiner
>