I know the list is sick of this already, but I must eat a little crow. The unpleasant, personal email, that I posted to the list, was a breach of etiquette, and for that I apologize. To make matters worse the email was NOT from Matteo, but from Flasher1, who signs himself "vic" , who I don't know from a bale of hay, and who continues to send unpleasant emails off list. Flasher1 is, apparently, known for nasty, off list emails concerning matters that are none of his business.
So, that said, I want to publicly apologize to Matteo for accusing him, in error, of sending a nasty off list email.
I'm done. John in Boise
> In a message dated 10/29/2002 11:39:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> bikehunter@msn.com writes:
>
> << As for the URL not working, that may be a personal email problem, since
I
> find that the ebay URLs work about 80% of the time, for me. If they
don't
> work, THEN it's NECESSARY to do a search. Tom may be forced into this
since
> his email program, apparently needs some upgrading, but I, for one, will
not
> waste my time if I have to do the seller's work. I'd be willing to bet
that
> there are others that feel the same. >>
>
> I have to agree.. Let me go further:
>
> If copying and pasting a URL in an e-mail DOESN'T work, it seems to be a
> serious flaw in that particular e-mail service, as this is about as basic
and
> universal as can be in this web world we use...
>
> Now, I can perhaps understand if it is not a "clickable" link... That is
not
> necessarily what we are asking for ... we just want the literal URL
address,
> for instance, like this:
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> This may appear as an active link on some e-mail services but at least it
> should appear as a series of letters and numbers that can be highlighted,
> copied and pasted quickly into the recipient's browser.
>
> There is a joking (I hope!) reference to someone being lazy, but I have to
> agree with John in that it should be the seller's obligation (and in
his/her
> interest!) to make finding their "For Sale" items as easily and quickly as
> possible! If you want the most potential buyers to view your offerings,
you
> should be more serious in your own efforts...Supplying a URL is very easy
and
> less time consuming than opening Ebay, opening the search mode, conducting
a
> search, etc. For dial up folks especially, this can take up valuable time.
> Personally, I simply do not bother looking at those offerings without a
URL.
> If you wanted me as a bidder, you are SOL.
>
> For a seller to accuse their potential customers of being lazy, and not
> wanting to perform extra steps to arrive at your auction, is...... not
smart
> business.
>
> Just my 3 cents...
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina