[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Cryptic ebay auction postings

[J Forster]

Agreed, except I'd suggest cutting and pasting the title & item number, rather than the URL, as they often get screwed up in emails.

Best,
-John

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Mike Morrow wrote:

> Real nonsense...these postings, I mean, not the auction item, which I did not waste my time looking up.
>
> Something I don't understand is why so many of these messages are posted referring to an auction item without ANY indication of what the item is or why it is noteworthy.  Obviously it is some juvenile desire to hold us all in suspense until we go through the generally wasted effort of looking up the item to see why the original list posting was a shock to the original poster.
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> Simple, decent, common courtesy would dictate that in such messages you:
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> 1.  Accurately describe the item, or at the least state the equipment nomenclature.
> 2.  State what it is about the item that has sparked the posting.
> 3.  Include the complete URL so that several step aren't required to reveal the treasure/travesty that is being cited.
>
> If you can't be bothered to do these simple tasks, you are insulting ALL the members of the list.
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> I'm sure that this message won't change anyone, but at least you'll know what I think.
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> Mike / KK5F