earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) (06/08/88)
In article <1126@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mikel@eyeball.ophth.bcm.tmc.edu.UUCP (Michael W. Wellman) writes: > >I have the following items for sale: USE THE FORSALE NEWSGROUP. THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR. OR PUT AN ADVERT IN A MAGAZINE. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, YOUR PRICES AREN'T THAT GOOD, EITHER. GRR! ********************************************************************* *Earle R. Horton, H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 * *********************************************************************
phil@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Phil Sohn) (06/09/88)
In article <8840@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes: >In article <1126@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> mikel@eyeball.ophth.bcm.tmc.edu.UUCP (Michael W. Wellman) writes: >> >>I have the following items for sale: > >USE THE FORSALE NEWSGROUP. THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR. OR PUT AN >ADVERT IN A MAGAZINE. I think that it is perfectly fine to post these items in the newsgroups that he posted them to. Maybe you are interested in everything that is for sale, but I am only interested in Macintosh things that are for sale. phil
david@randvax.UUCP (David Shlapak) (06/10/88)
I dunno, it seems to me that more precious net "bandwidth" is consumed by people bitching about things being posted for sale than by those seemingly intolerable postings themselves.
philf@med-isg.uucp (Phil Fernandez) (06/11/88)
At the risk of getting flamed myself, I need to ask the following question: Why does it bother people so when folks post "for sale" ads for Mac stuff (or other "inappropriate" messages) to the Mac newsgroup? I've been reading the newsgroups for some time now, and I've never been able to figure out why people get quite so emotional about where/how things are posted. What's it hurt? What am I missing? phil Internet: philf@med-isg.stanford.edu UUCP: {decwrl|sun}!med-isg.stanford.edu!philf