[Leica] Re: RULES

[MEB <templar@celticweb.com>]

At 12:01 AM 8/13/00 -0700, Roland Smith wrote:
>IMO, what is relevant is the availability of the LUG chat room as a junk
>mail recipient of unsolicited listings of items on Ebay.
>
>I am interested in the information, experiences and work product Luggers
>have to share.   References to Ebay are not consistent with that.

Roland, By this logic ("unsolicited listings"), all listings of items for 
sale on LUG are not consistent with what you are interested. I've purchased 
items FS on LUG and have been very happy with the price and quality. I, 
therefore think the FS feature very useful on LUG.

Brian, personally I think the best compromise would be to not list any FA 
items that weren't offered FS to LUGgers first.

Mark, I see your comments about LUGgers grudgingly offering items FS here 
first just to get information for their eBay listing as sadly cynical. From 
your previous posts I would have thought you had a higher opinion of your 
fellow LUGgers (or humans in general.)

I like the LUG, I've learned a lot from being here and hope that 
occasionally I contribute something of use to someone out there. I will 
offer Leica items that I have no longer have need for to LUGgers first at 
the minimum price that I'm willing to sell an item for. If I find no 
interest on LUG I will list them in the greater global marketplace with the 
same minimum price. If allowed, I will mention that listing for those who 
might have missed the post the previous week or who hadn't the funds at the 
time. (I would have loved the $850 M3 that one LUGger listed a few weeks 
ago, but at the time didn't have the funds. Some weeks are better than 
others. Had I known about the auction, I might have had the funds by then 
to bid.)

And yes, Johnny, I do actually agree the worst in human behaviour is 
certainly genocide, but I think that you will agree that that is a far cry 
from anything we see on eBay. My statement should have said "amoung the 
worst in human behaviour..." (is the belief that the world owes you 
something.) Thanks for bringing us some real world perspective.

Carpe Luminem,
Michael E. Berube