[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
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----- 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
>
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