It's just the new way of things being sold on the "Information Super Highway".
Newspaper ads will eventually be a thing
of the past probably within the next decade (at least my crystal ball says
so... :^)
I can understand both sides of the story, and change is sometimes hard to get
use too. I've lost out on opportunities
on this list and many others because I don't religiously read it day-by-day. I
just look at it as a message that I
probably didn't really need it in the first place.
We're all allowed to have a pet peeve from time-to-time :^) Sometimes it's
nice to share it amongst friends!
73,
Eric, W5WLW
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert k stephens" <bstephens1@mindspring.com>
To: "John" <jlockj@earthlink.net>; "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt@ameritech.net>;
"tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve
> Hi
> Well , I check this list 3 times per day; once before going to work, once
> after coming home and one more time before going to bed.. Very often I read
> the sold notice at the same time that I read the for sale notice. One only
> has to read the paper once in the morning whereas you would have to have
> constant access to the web and be able to read your e-mail throughout the
> day in order to read these notices as soon as they are "published" Not a
> major problem perhaps, but it's not quite the same as responding to a
> newspaper ad once in the morning.
> 73
> Bob KB1CIW
>
>
> At 05:22 PM 8/9/02 -0500, John wrote:
> >Hi Carter,
> >
> >I don't see much of a difference between e-mailed ads and the for-sale s in
> >newspapers or on physical bulletin boards.
> >
> >He or she who checks most frequently and shows up with the money first makes
> >the purchase!
> >
> >A delayed drawing does not reward people willing to put in the effort to
> >search out good deals - sounds more like socialism than capitalism to me.
> >Nothing wrong with socialism if a person wants to live where it's practiced.
> >; )
> >
> >73,
> >
> >John W0DC
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
> >To: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
> >Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 5:04 PM
> >Subject: [TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Well group,
> >>
> >> I'm probably just getting grumpy in my old age and /or have too much
> >> time on my hands. Anyway, here is my pet peeve:
> >>
> >> When someone is selling something on this reflector, many times it is
> >> offered to the first one that replies. This is the problem; i.e., it
> >> becomes an e-mail race. Whose ISP is faster or goes through fewer links?
> >> Who is available to continually hover over the computer all day? (Heaven
> >> forbid if you have some kind of appointment or (gasp) actually had to be
> >> at work).
> >>
> >> I'm sure there are many ways to handle these types of sales, but one
> >> obvious suggestion comes to mind. Just post your "for sale" message, and
> >> give a cutoff date/time (2 days, 1 day, whatever). At that time, the
> >> seller just writes down the name or call of everyone interested and
> >> draws it out of a hat. Not eBay, not an auction, it just goes for the
> >> originally advertised price. Maybe not the greatest way but certainly
> >> more fair than the e-mail horse race.
> >>
> >> Flame thrower OFF
> >>
> >> 73/Carter/K8VT
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