[meteorite-list] eBay notices and posting quotas

From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:49 2004
Message-ID: <20030901175133.71538.qmail_at_web12704.mail.yahoo.com>

It would be nice to set up just like for adds a
filterable word, such as "eBayADD" which can
automatically be filtered out.

Yawn, is not the word for me. But my deletion finger
gets worn out and me frustrated as I remove the chaff
from the wheat.

Steve Schoner/AMS


--- "E.L. Jones" <jonee_at_epix.net> wrote:
> eBay auction notices........arrrrrggggghhhhhh!
>
> While I once defended their posting, in my eyes they
> have become all too
> redundant and a few are obnoxious. Since the early
> days of this list
> the number of dealers has tripled so by shear
> numbers the amount of
> postings have taken a hog share of traffic. There
> are two frequent
> areas of abuse I see in them. This list is
> worldwide now and just like
> some threads here the sun never sets on it! The
> notice telling me an
> auction ends in an hour without telling me which
> date and hour you are
> referring to-- is virtually worthless unless I am
> online the same time
> you are. Someone suggested by convention you state
> in eBay time when the
> auctions close. (BTW an hour's notice is really
> worthless to mose users
> anyway when you think about the timing of things.)
>
> In large the old time dealers aren't as as
> insensitive as the late
> comers , however, the barrage of notices make me
> want to place a weekly
> quota on the number of posts about eBay auctions.
>
> I propose ONE only in a seven day period. Either
> the start or the
> approaching end of an auction series-- let the
> seller choose which is
> more important. Serious dealers (ahem) have the
> savvy to set up their
> own announcement lists and/or to use the meteorite
> sale list. Those
> more interested in selling/ trading (vs. bragging
> and cyber-battery) use
> the meteorite sale list--An underutilized resource
> lost time and again
> on some of the most flagrant abusers--but I digress.
>
> If you ARE going to make an announcement, make it
> worth my time. If you
> are posting just to tell me you have some auctions
> on ebay...(yawn) we
> both have better things to do. If you have something
> NOTEWORTHY tell me
> what it is and be specific. Understand that if I am
> a typical buyer,
> I am already working through the ebay catagory on a
> regular basis and I
> have SEEN your auctions. If I am a fan of yours, I
> have already gone
> thru your entire list a second time.
>
> I am not a list rule maker but I think I am
> expressing what others want
> to say or have said time and again. Speaking of
> rules... the
> requirement to place a SALE or AD(ADVERT?) in the
> subject line on any
> post of that nature is probably the most abused rule
> list I am aware of.
> Whatever is used please standardize it so mail
> filters can be setup that
> work.
>
> Lets choose up sides and let the replies begin.....
>
> Elton
>
>
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Received on Mon 01 Sep 2003 01:51:33 PM PDT