[Boatanchors] Ebay links

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

The problem is, once the door is opened all control seems to go away. "You 
let X post, so why can't I?" And so forth.

This was tried a decade ago and it did not work. The battles and arguing 
nearly destroyed the list. Personally I do not care to go through that 
again.

For what is worth, there is a list on 'mailman.qth.net' just for EBAY links, 
comments or whatever. Guess what? Nobody liked that either! As far as I know 
that very list is still here, so go there and post all the EBAY related 
stuff you feel inclined to do.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W2HX" <w2hx at w2hx.com>
To: <sjotrollet at yahoo.com>; <comcents at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:03 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Ebay links


> Maybe the rule could be no sales via ebay, but links for informational 
> purposes like unusual sets or funny or unrealistic listings
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy and Sherry Guttery [comcents at bellsouth.net]
> Received: Thursday, 14 Jun 2012, 6:57pm
> To: Walter Treftz [sjotrollet at yahoo.com]
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net [boatanchors at mailman.qth.net]
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 101, Issue 15
>
> On 6/14/2012 3:16 PM, Walter Treftz wrote:
>> "No links to eBay" - hell, lets get real (for a change). These last 
>> couple links weren't done with the
>> idea of selling something, it was all in humor. Get a life, if we can't 
>> laugh at our selves (and eBay)
>> then lets just start collecting stamps.
>> 73
>> Walt (N4GL)
>>
> While I agree with you in part - I have been part of news
> groups (and reflectors) which were basically destroyed by
> ebay ads and similar "hawking of wares". While I certainly
> appreciate both humor - and the occasional "oh WOW" -
> allowing any links has been - and still is - a slippery
> slope into any "discussions" being totally buried by ads.
> While it may seem draconian - an across the board ban seems
> to have been effective in preserving the "discussion" nature
> of this (and other) group(s).
>
> just my .02....
>
> --
> randy guttery
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