[Leica] Re: Noctilux FA now for sale

[rclark01 at comcast.net (Robert Clark)]

Brian Reid wrote:

>
>> Sorry about the earlier post, I will offer it to members. I can end 
>> auction if anyone has a reasonable offer. Thanks.
>
>
> No need. I guess the eBay policy is something that needs to be 
> explained every few months. It's mentioned in the messages sent out 
> every Friday by John Collier, but (brevity being valuable) just stated 
> and not explained.
>
> The LUG tries not to be a marketplace. There are so many other places 
> to buy and sell cameras. Anybody who is trying to buy or sell 
> photographic gear knows how to find them. If you have something for 
> sale on eBay, that's just fine. We don't mind a bit, and we don't 
> insist that you offer it for sale here first. That would be a pretty 
> vain policy, I think.
>
> What we ask is that the LUG not be used as a forum to advertise or 
> promote commercial ventures elsewhere, be they eBay auctions or camera 
> stores or studios. There are a number of camera-store owners 
> subscribed to the LUG, and they don't need to advertise their stores. 
> We see that they are good people by the way that they participate in 
> the LUG, and we know about their stores because it's often in their 
> signature line or mentioned from time to time (in a non-advertising 
> way) in their online presence.
>
> We ask that if you use the LUG to sell something, that you limit your 
> sales pitch to Fridays. We ask that if you do not use the LUG to sell 
> something, that you just leave us out of it. We know how to find eBay 
> if we want to.
>
> Thanks for listening.
> Brian Reid
> Saloon keeper
>
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Brian:
This is such a great message.....firm and polite.....you have a good way 
of doing this and not making anyone feel dumb.  You should have been in 
the foreign service.

Robert Clark
Lancaster, PA