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Re: Tom, Ebay auction group? What happened?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:32:48 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Rose Regner writes:
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> Rob Farver wrote in message ...
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> > You know, the people that put eBay in there title are doing it as a • courtesy.
> > It's certainly not required (and shouldn't be in my opinion). Now you want
> > to turn around and harass the people that don't? And please don't reply to
> > this saying they're harassing you. If an eBay auction announcement is • placed
> > in market.auction it's not harassing, whether it has eBay in it's title or • not.
> > I'm tired of seeing all this animosity towards eBay auctions. eBay • auctions
> > are a WHOLE lot easier to run than "hand run" auctions, and reach a WHOLE • lot
> > more people. I used to have time to run auctions by hand but with two • kids,
> > a new house and my wife and I both working it's just not possible anymore.
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> I don't believe that it is a requirement that Ebay be listed in the subject
> header. Using a filter was suggested as a means to filter out unwanted Ebay
> auction announcements. I am just pointing out that the filter is becoming
> less useful because people are not putting Ebay in their subject header when
> they are announcing an Ebay auction. It was assumed that people would use
> Ebay in the subject header. Why would you not use Ebay in the header if you
> are selling on Ebay? I am curious why someone feels that they want to
> "hide"(?) this fact.
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> My comment about "spamming" was said in jest. I feel that I get "spammed",
> by people not putting Ebay in their subject header, because I have put a
> filter on auction announcements.
I did not know this was the done thing. A quick glance at the group shows that
most do not follow the practice.
Scott A
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> I buy and sell (sometimes) on Ebay, however the Ebay auction announcements
> have become so numerous that I found I was missing auction announcements by
> "privates". I personally find all the Ebay auction announcements annoying. I
> will find the auction when I search in Ebay and I believe that most people
> on LUGNET DO search for sets on Ebay. I can only find out about "privates"
> by looking here on LUGNET.
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> I just want to know if there were any decisions made about this subject or
> else Tom can tell me to hang it up.
>
> Rose
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| Rob Farver wrote in message ... (...) courtesy. (...) placed (...) not. (...) auctions (...) lot (...) kids, (...) I don't believe that it is a requirement that Ebay be listed in the subject header. Using a filter was suggested as a means to filter (...) (27 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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