[meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for saleonEbay
From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jun 17 16:32:42 2006 Message-ID: <006401c6924d$2b191900$67394842_at_ATARIENGINE> Hi, I have to respectfully disagree with Walter and John Gwilliam, fine fellows both, but I took the view on reading Darren's original post that he was providing a caution to List members about this one particular domain-squatter, not at random raising the topic; the seller had already posted to the List. In other words, Darren took the effort to check into the seller's practices and provide a warning with the interests of List members in mind, as a community service, and for their benefit. Hard to fault that, whether you feel the warning was required or not. And it was NOT, as was claimed, unrelated to meteorites. If the seller would have sold one meteorite-related domain to a member of the List, would he then not immediately register another 50 such names in the belief that he had found a fishing hole crowded with suckers? As for the quality of the other names offered by the seller, it is clear that Darren posted them to demonstrate the quality or lack thereof of the fellow. He did not create these names. And it would not be the first time that tastelessness and vulgarity of some sort made their appearance in our midst, no? I would suggest that we are all grownups here but someone will inevitably point to the one or three bright middle-schoolers who subscribe. I would submit that any 12-year-old savvy enough to find his way to the List has already encountered website names (if not the sites themselves) that outdo these by a country mile. And, Walter, it's alright to gripe about your insurance company just once and parenthetically; you need to vent. Once we've had to deal with them, we all hate our insurance companies, and for good reason. Darren thinks domain-squatters are scum; he's obviously never dealt with insurance banditoes, or maybe it just isn't on-topic. Unless the insurance company refused to pay for burglarized meteorites... Not everything has to be totally on-topic, does it? Sterling K. Webb -------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Walter Branch To: Meteorite List Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for saleonEbay Oh brother. I should be thanking him for (a) posting a list of vulger/tastless/lewed/sexually oriented words to a... (b) mailing list intended for the discussion of meteorites? SO WHAT if he is exposing someone. The man has a penchant for stating the obvious. BIG DEAL. THAT WASN"T MY POINT (YES, I AM SHOUTING). Do you really want THOSE WORDS in the list archives? If the guy bought your domian name the YOU let it lapse, in which case it wasn't your domain name anymore. You obviously didn't care enough about it to re-register it so why would you care if he wanted to sell back to you? Personally, on a meteorite list, I don't care if there are domain name scaplers. Maybe we should all join the I HATE DOMAIN NAME SCALPERS list server so we can talk about meteorites. Gee, and people sometimes wonder why most the scientists left the list years ago. Look at our favorite auction site. Do you think everyone who has meteorites for salel on ebay are collectors? I don't. Maybe we should all expose them for the true non-collectors that they are. Maybe we can list stuff they selling that are not meteorites. Oh my goodness. I just realized. A while back I listed some of my wifes dolls and some used kids clothing on ebay. Man, I am glad no one caught it and exposed me to the list Well, I just 2.5 hours on the phone dealing with an insurance company, who admitted they were wrong but they want me to pay for their mistake. Lets all start a thread on why I HATE INSURANCE COMPANIES. -Walter "Not Afraid to Sign My Name" Branch ______________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: David & Kitt Deyarmin To: Michael L Blood ; Walter Branch ; Meteorite List Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for sale onEbay Darren was just posting a list of other URLs that "Mike" was scalping. I believe he did that to prove that this guy was not a fellow collector just trying to sell a domain name he had got tired of using but rather a SCALPER As Darren said, these guys are the lowest of the low, I had a guy buy my own domain and then he tried to sell it back to me once he realized no one would pay his inflated price. Instead of admonishing Darren EVERYONE should be thanking him. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael L Blood To: Walter Branch ; Meteorite List Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale: LUNARMETEORITE.COM Domain name for sale onEbay Hi Walter, Derren & "Mike" I followed this posting thread for a couple of reasons, and had some problems with it - each and every one - I hope we can all learn from (This is not "aimed" at you individuals - this is to point out common behavior from which we can all learn): 1 - The person who initially posted signed his post only "Mike" and there is no definitively identifying element in his email address. So, was this from Mike Blood Mike Farmer Mike Jensen Mike Massey Mike Martinez Mike Cottingham Mike Franco Mike Fowler Mike Miller Mike Tettenborn or some other Mike that does not immediately come to mind? I see this frequently and it drives me nuts. I have no problem when someone signs their first name IF (like I) they have their last name as part of their email address - but when they do not, it makes me batty. With WHOM are we dealing? In addition, people likely make guesses and sometimes guess wrong, crediting (or blaming) someone else uninvolved simply because they share the same first name. (This is not such a problem with unique or very uncommon names like Moni or Norbert, but are a nightmare with almost all others, such as the Mikes, Bobs, Jims, Pauls, etc, etc, etc.) Therefore, PLEASE sign your posts fully if your last name is not part of your email address. 2. The next person to post has a couple of problems in his post: he "attacked" the original person to post (the anonymous "Mike"), which is very poor form if not an outright violation of list policy, then followed up with a long list of website names that were far from tasteful. 3. Finally, the last respondent failed to include the post of the person to whom he was addressing his comments, requiring those of us suffering from oldtimers' disease to go back and check to see every post, in case we missed one or more to see just whom it was being addressed. I do want to acknowledge that the honorable poster in this instance may have been wanting to avoid further publication of the tasteless list of names, but those could have been omitted and at least included the name of the person to whom the post was responding. So, there are my concerns with this thread - and the main reason I bring them up is it represents FREQUENT errors made in this list I would hope to see disappear (and NOT to "scold" the particular people in this particular instance). They are: 1 - Make your identity clear when posting 2 - Be courteous and non-attacking in your responses 3 - Exclude any tasteless web names, etc. 4 - Make it clear to whom you are responding. To those of you who say, "Who are YOU to tell people how to act on the list!?" I respond - just a list member hoping we can follow the list rules and practice common sense to make the list a pleasant experience for all of us. Some "protocol" is more than meaningless cultural tradition. Some of it is there for very specific reasons & I think the issues I have identified fit that category. These are not just "pet peeves" of mine - the least are basic courtesy and at least 2 of them are specified list rules. Again, my apologies to Walter, Derren & "Mike" who merely provided examples of very common behavior on the list and whom are in no way exceptional in violation of protocol and/or rules. Best wishes, Michael (the one identified by my email address). on 6/16/06 3:49 AM, Walter Branch at waltbranch_at_bellsouth.net wrote: >> in which case I owe you an apology! > > I think you owe the list an apology. > > -Walter Branch > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- "He is not a lover who does not love forever." - Euripides (485-406BC) -- * If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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