I think Joe, the torch wielding magician, has it by gosh...
I like hearing about cool bikes on ebay, and a post about a really evil no-goodnick is helpful, but a critique of the shipping fees ad nauseum is too much bandwidth (as is my reply I suspect, unless it leads to savings in the future)
Mike "hopeful" Kone in Boulder CO
> --- "richardsachs@juno.com"
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > hersefan@comcast.net wrote:
\r?\n> > "I can't take this much longer... but shouldn't
\r?\n> > we be
\r?\n> > re-named the ebay rendezvous list where we spend all
\r?\n> > our
\r?\n> > time discussing pet peaves..."
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > i propose that discussing ebay practices and the
\r?\n> > critiquing of ebay listings and their veracity be
\r?\n> > off limits. i usually get no support on this one,
\r?\n> > but i hate to think of mike in agony. c'mon, let's
\r?\n> > give ebay a rest.
\r?\n> > e-RICHIE
\r?\n> > chester, ct
\r?\n>
\r?\n> It's the "shipping" thing hersefan is bonking on,
\r?\n> isn't it? As for "critiquing of ebay listings and
\r?\n> their veracity," when a listee posts, "There's a '62
\r?\n> whatever on ebay, what do you all think?," wouldn't
\r?\n> that question be part of the reason for the existence
\r?\n> of CR, discussion of vintage bikes? Richard, are you
\r?\n> proposing to shun from helping a CR listee ebay-buyer
\r?\n> of a vintage bicycle?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Just wondering if I misconstrued your words above,
\r?\n> Joe Starck,
\r?\n> masidon, wi
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