[Milsurplus] SCR-178 on ebay (Not mine)

[Tom Norris]

I wonder it the "Ebay is Evil" crowd will let us split the difference
and let us run the url for the auction through TinyURL? To me,
posting things like the heads-up on the SCR-178 means I get to
see an example of one. If I were just searching the auction site
I'd have never have run across it. There are lots of items that
are unique and that some of us have never seen and seeing the
photos of an auction listing may be the only time one of those
items see the light of day. I know many of old time folks saw such
stuff in the 50's but I wasn't born till a decade later and missed
out on a lot of the surplus gear.

Tom NU4G

> PS:  I have violated these de facto customs for citing ebay items:
>
> (1)  Don't state what the item is, except cryptically.
> (2)  Don't include the whole URL, just the item number.
>
> Custom number 2 is particularly vexing.  It is just as easy to copy  
> and post the whole URL as it is just the item number, and then much  
> easier for a reader to call up the item.  I guess some want us to  
> "work" for the info, or they think the list manager will smite them  
> for any posting that contains explict reference to ebay.  But the  
> list manager for milsurplus has a very reasonable policy in regard  
> to allowing list citation of ebay gear of interest to the list that  
> is not being auctioned by the member making the post.
>
> There may be a few like me who never look at ebay citations on this  
> list that don't include the URL.
>