Re: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I agree with you  and the others who have criticized the use of the LUG chat
media to promote something they have for sale on Ebay.

I receive over 100 messages per day on the LUG address.   I don't want or
need any junk promotion of items placed on Ebay.

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Buzz Hausner" <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 7:50 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE


> There is a difference, humble correspondent, and it is that in the first
> instance, one is offering his- in your case- colleagues an item at a fair
> price.  In the second instance, friends are being invited to a feeding
> frenzy at which their host stands to benefit to the greatest extent.  Of
> course one may argue that nobody is forced to bid at e-bay or to pay too
> much for an item, but one may also argue that there is no place for
civility
> and friendship within a use group.  I say that calling upon members of
this
> group to bid on one's e-bay offering is a violation of our camaraderie.
> Anyone is free to disagree.
>
> Buzz Hausner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Jagitsch [mailto:robertj@powerlogix.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:28 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE
>
>
> >
> >  >
> >  > I rise once more to condemn the promotion of one's own e-Bay
> >  > auction on the
> >  > LUG.  I find this behavior smarmy.  It is one thing to offer
> >  > items for sale
> >  > to the LUG at a fair price BEFORE posting it to an auction, but it
> bothers
> >  > me to find a subscriber trolling for bidders among his or her sibling
> LUG
> >  > members.  On the other hand, I tend towards dyspepsia and others may
> >  > disagree with me.
> >  >
> >  > Buzz Hausner
>
> What's the difference? A for sale sign on LUG is no different that a
> for sale sign on eBay. :)
>
> Speaking of which, here is my chrome M6 no one on LUG was interested
> in the past two Fridays:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=406296109
>
>
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