[meteorite-list] WHY, WHY, WHY does this posting bother everyone so much???

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun May 1 16:06:44 2005
Message-ID: <002b01c54e89$27879450$0200a8c0_at_davide8oe7r2ch>

Dear Ssteve;
Why, Ssteve WHY?


----- Original Message -----
From: "stan ." <laser_maniac_at_hotmail.com>
To: <steve_arnol60120_at_yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] WHY, WHY,WHY does this posting bother everyone
so much???


> And most of all I do not do it to see my posts because I love
> >myself.I do it to let people know about my sales,my website,my givaways.I
> >want people to know, to remember.I have noticed alot of people have a
> >tendancy to forget things.THAT IS WHY I DO IT!!
>
> Steve - if the majority of people are responding to your posts by way of
> complaining about the frequency of them - then quite OBVIOUSLY people are
> NOT forgeting about what you have to offer. How could they forget when
> sometimes you post about the same material so frequently to the list that
a
> person is likely to have several emails from you in their inbox each time
> they check their email - each email about the same subject?
>
> my impression of you has always been that of a descent (although quirky -
> then again who isnt?) guy who loves meteorites and wants to share his
> enthusiasm with others. I'm impressed by the fact that you are willing to
> give away specimins for free to anyone interested. I dont mean to get down
> on you - please take this as CONSTRUCTIVE criticism - tone things down a
> notch or two. If you have something for sale - fine - post to the list.
you
> dont need to update everyone hourly, daily or even weekly about how your
> sale is going. people WILL see your offers and if they are interested
people
> WILL let you know.
>
> Why do you think people give you such a hard time about campo sales? it's
> not because the material isnt nice - it's because you probably made
hundreds
> of postings to the list about your efforts to sell the material (or at
least
> it seems that way). for the sake of pete man! you arent selling martian
> orthopyroxenite for 3$/gram - it's just campo sales - that kind of posting
> to the list just wasnt needed - thats why people have become fedup with
the
> volume of posting you do in terms of your sales efforts.
>
>
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Received on Sun 01 May 2005 04:05:42 PM PDT