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

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

 From what I gather,most list moderators do not allow references to 
specific auctions which include a reference to the auction site.It 
would be giving free adverising to the auction site.
 Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:05 pm
Subject: [Milsurplus] Cryptic ebay auction postings



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.

Simple, decent, common courtesy would dictate that in such messages you:

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.

I'm sure that this message won't change anyone, but at least you'll 
know what I
think.

Mike / KK5F




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