Xref: utzoo news.admin:2404 comp.sys.mac:16729 misc.forsale:1504 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!bigtex!juniper!ut-emx!ut-sally!utastro!werner From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.sys.mac,misc.forsale Subject: Re: 1 Mb SIMMs for sale Summary: in my opinion, this is beyond "acceptable use" of the net Message-ID: <2716@utastro.UUCP> Date: 27 May 88 21:15:30 GMT References: <4980@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 33 Posted: Fri May 27 16:15:30 1988 In article <4980@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, cooper@odin.ucsd.edu (Ken Cooper) writes: > I posted a message a few days ago advertising four 1 Mb SIMMs for sale. > I've received many offers, and I just want to let people know what the > current high is, to prevent people from being disappointed when they > come in with a low bid. I have an outstanding offer for $1200 for all four. > > To reiterate: four 1 Mb 120 ns SIMMs for sale. High bid after June 6 gets > them. I am willing to package them in groups of 2 Mb if I find this to > be the best solution. > > Ken Cooper > > ARPA: cooper%cs@ucsd.edu > UUCP: ...!ucsd!sdcsvax!cooper > COMPUSERVE: 71571,407 Mr. Cooper has posted several messages regarding his SIMMs. Wheras I have no problem with someone posting a "for-sale", I think that it is abuse of the net to conduct a "bidding-war" as Mr. Cooper is doing here. He should not *ABUSE* Email for such things, nor should he post updates as to the latest price offered. I suggest that if a person wants to post an article for sale, he either announce a fixed price, or conduct bidding and other negotiations by phone. I suggest we adopt such a rule, so we can "stomp" on the next abuser; as it stands, Mr. Cooper may just have a "confused" understanding of "fair use" of news-groups .... on the other hand, until the net decides to adopt my suggestions (or similar) I may be the one that is confused ... ---Werner