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Subject: 
Re: Ebay auction advice
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:23:19 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:

> That's absolutely, positively, 100% OK.  :)

Alright, the blessings of the almighty Todd, not to be confused witht hte
almighty Larry! :)



> 
> Actually, I'd prefer it most if you -didn't- acknowledge the source (or at
> the very most saying something very short and simple such as "Set image
> courtesy of LUGNET").  Acknowledgements like that just make the source seem
> less "always available" and more "special" or "incidental."  It's best IMHO
> if people simply take the resource for granted rather than acknowledging it.

Alright, I will do that in the future.

> Also, once someone clicks on the link, the page that comes up takes care of
> identifying itself in the URL box and the color band across the top including
> the logo and the "Home" link.  And it's unnecessary to ask people not to link
> directly to the picture because the server prevents this anyway.

Alright, I will modify that in the future. I am playing around with Ebay a
little, nothing I would want to do too much!

> You're OK!  :)  You could make the text simpler and quicker for people to • read,
> though, if you deleted the two sentences below the link (the ones you quoted
> above) and made the link text something like "6544 in the LUGNET Set Database"
> or "6544 at LUGNET" or something along those lines.

Alrighty! Thank you, sir. Funny, this is one of the few subscriptions I don't
have, and I didn't see your response until Larry posted something in auction.
Thanks again!

Scott S.



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(...) That's absolutely, positively, 100% OK. :) (...) Actually, I'd prefer it most if you -didn't- acknowledge the source (or at the very most saying something very short and simple such as "Set image courtesy of LUGNET"). Acknowledgements like (...) (27 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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