Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: > > Well, a goodly number of people, myself included, seem to be puzzled about > this whole thing. I, for instance, don't get how you could possibly not see > the difference between advertising on the LUG something you are selling on > Ebay - in other words, something on which you will make a profit - and > responding to a "do you know where I could find a..?" by saying you'd seen > one listed on Ebay. Example one, you are using the LUG to feed the feeding > frenzy. Example two, you are doing a fellow LUGer a favor by telling him or > her about something you yourself stumbled upon - not something YOU have for > sale. > > I personally think that's pretty clear. > > B. D. > This whole argument amused me at first but now it has become quite serious so I think I should voice an opinion as everyone else seems to be doing so. Leave off all the adjectives and get down and simple. We come here to talk about Leicas and using Leicas. Much of talking about Leicas of necessity involves the purchase of equipment and the necessity of selling equipment in order to purchase other equipment. Pretty simple stuff I think. So seems to me the controversy is really about individual member's opinion about e-bay, not about the simple buying and selling of equipment per se. few if any complain about other forms of selling so I don't really understand the problem. We could, of course limit mention of e-bay items to FS Friday, or request an e-bay in the subject line. This would certainly keep e-bay at bay. We are all educated people who are capable of using good judgment about where to buy, where to sell, what is a fair profit, what posts to read, what discussions to join etc. While I am neutral on the e-bay issue, I would rather put up with the E word than have more limitations and restrictions of the general conversation. The more limitations we place on the conversation the more likely we are to loose interesting and knowledgable contributers. I think the list is big enough for both sides of this questions to co-exist without too much difficulty. John Shick