Re: [Leica] Re: RULES

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

Hello Michael:

I have purchased for sale items from LUG members and been satisfied.   I ask
for no discount and expect none.

However, the procedure of posting a referral to an auction is an unsolicited
posting that is a third party type of activity.   If I want to shop Ebay for
Leica equipment, I can connect with Ebay and search "Leica."  Any Lugger's
posting will come up on the listing.

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "MEB" <templar@celticweb.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 8:32 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: RULES


> At 12:01 AM 8/13/00 -0700, Roland Smith wrote:
> >IMO, what is relevant is the availability of the LUG chat room as a junk
> >mail recipient of unsolicited listings of items on Ebay.
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> >I am interested in the information, experiences and work product Luggers
> >have to share.   References to Ebay are not consistent with that.
>
> Roland, By this logic ("unsolicited listings"), all listings of items for
> sale on LUG are not consistent with what you are interested. I've
purchased
> items FS on LUG and have been very happy with the price and quality. I,
> therefore think the FS feature very useful on LUG.
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> Brian, personally I think the best compromise would be to not list any FA
> items that weren't offered FS to LUGgers first.
>
> Mark, I see your comments about LUGgers grudgingly offering items FS here
> first just to get information for their eBay listing as sadly cynical.
From
> your previous posts I would have thought you had a higher opinion of your
> fellow LUGgers (or humans in general.)
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> I like the LUG, I've learned a lot from being here and hope that
> occasionally I contribute something of use to someone out there. I will
> offer Leica items that I have no longer have need for to LUGgers first at
> the minimum price that I'm willing to sell an item for. If I find no
> interest on LUG I will list them in the greater global marketplace with
the
> same minimum price. If allowed, I will mention that listing for those who
> might have missed the post the previous week or who hadn't the funds at
the
> time. (I would have loved the $850 M3 that one LUGger listed a few weeks
> ago, but at the time didn't have the funds. Some weeks are better than
> others. Had I known about the auction, I might have had the funds by then
> to bid.)
>
> And yes, Johnny, I do actually agree the worst in human behaviour is
> certainly genocide, but I think that you will agree that that is a far cry
> from anything we see on eBay. My statement should have said "amoung the
> worst in human behaviour..." (is the belief that the world owes you
> something.) Thanks for bringing us some real world perspective.
>
> Carpe Luminem,
> Michael E. Berube
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