[ARC5] Ebay Citations: Item number only -OR- Full URL ?

[Michael Hanz]

I think all of us have preferences in this area, but once all the 
persuasive arguments are done, we are all going to have different 
opinions, and that's fine.  If I see something that might be useful to 
someone on the group, I will continue to use the short form full ebay 
address out of courtesy to those who are time or platform constrained.  
I will also continue my practice of including a short description of the 
item and why it is related to our communal interest, so that anyone can 
decide whether it might be interesting enough to visit.  That goes a 
long way to avoiding the occasional pirated e-mail address posting we 
occasionally encounter here with subjects like "look at this!" and "This 
is important!"   You never see a coherent description associated with 
those traps.

For those who disagree, they are free to do what they wish.  Life goes 
on. :-)

73,
Mike  KC4TOS

On 1/8/2016 8:58 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> Robert wrote:
>
>> Clicking even a sanitized URL takes several seconds to start a new browser
>> instance from cold.  It only takes one mouse click to switch to eBay and
>> two if I don't happen to be already logged in, and a second (or third) one
>> to get into the Search field followed by a ^V.
> You left out the step for highlighting and copying the item number from the original text AND the step to paste that into the search box.  Obviously, the process completely described is much more convoluted and lengthy than the simple URL click I describe.
>
>> Clicking on URL's sent through a reflector or BB can be dangerous,
>> and I seldom take the risk.
> That is an issue with ALL URLs cited in a posting.  But that is a very frequently used and valuable process for this list...one I would not seek to banish.  With respect to the danger it presents, that pales into absolute nothing compared to that from opening attachments...a popular recently-added feature here on arc5.
>
> I suspect we may have a difference of attitude toward this issue! :-)