[TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve

[robert k stephens]

Hi
Well , I check this list 3 times per day; once before going to work, once
after coming home and one more time before going to bed.. Very often I read
the  sold notice at the same time that I read the for sale notice. One only
has to read the paper once in the morning whereas you would have to have
constant  access to the web and  be able to read your e-mail throughout the
day in order to read these notices as soon as they are "published"  Not a
major problem perhaps, but it's not quite the same as responding to a
newspaper ad once in the  morning.
73
Bob KB1CIW


At 05:22 PM 8/9/02 -0500, John wrote:
>Hi Carter,
>
>I don't see much of a difference between e-mailed ads and the for-sale s in
>newspapers or on physical bulletin boards.
>
>He or she who checks most frequently and shows up with the money first makes
>the purchase!
>
>A delayed drawing does not reward people willing to put in the effort to
>search out good deals - sounds more like socialism than capitalism to me.
>Nothing wrong with socialism if a person wants to live where it's practiced.
>; )
>
>73,
>
>John  W0DC
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
>To: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 5:04 PM
>Subject: [TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve
>
>
>>
>> Well group,
>>
>> I'm probably just getting grumpy in my old age and /or have too much
>> time on my hands. Anyway, here is my pet peeve:
>>
>> When someone is selling something on this reflector, many times it is
>> offered to the first one that replies. This is the problem; i.e., it
>> becomes an e-mail race. Whose ISP is faster or goes through fewer links?
>> Who is available to continually hover over the computer all day? (Heaven
>> forbid if you have some kind of appointment or (gasp) actually had to be
>> at work).
>>
>> I'm sure there are many ways to handle these types of sales, but one
>> obvious suggestion comes to mind. Just post your "for sale" message, and
>> give a cutoff date/time (2 days, 1 day, whatever). At that time, the
>> seller just writes down the name or call of everyone interested and
>> draws it out of a hat. Not eBay, not an auction, it just goes for the
>> originally advertised price. Maybe not the greatest way but certainly
>> more fair than the e-mail horse race.
>>
>> Flame thrower OFF
>>
>> 73/Carter/K8VT
>> _______________________________________________
>> TenTec mailing list
>> TenTec@contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
>_______________________________________________
>TenTec mailing list
>TenTec@contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>