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Re: which threads, ethics (was: Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge)
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 23:35:21 GMT
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 06:18:42 GMT, Eric McCarthy <bendyarm@aol.com>
wrote:

But I didn't contact any bidders.  I posted another offer in an
open forum.  It is as if I had another auction for the same item.
People do that in Ebay all the time.

It might have been more politic to either change the subject, or edit
the "References:" header, or both. By posting to the same thread, you
_are_ effectively walking in on Steve, instead of being _completely_
separate. Note that I don't think you're in the wrong, I might have
done the same myself - but I think it would have generated a lot less
flamebait ;)

Jasper "Flame, dammit, not Falme!" Janssen



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  Re: which threads, ethics (was: Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge)
 
(...) I would like to differentiate "it _is_ discourteous" from "you find it to be discourteous." Clearly, some folks do not consider it discourteous. (...) But I didn't email any bidders. (...) But I didn't contact any bidders. I posted another (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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