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From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee)
Subject: Re: Amiga for sale
Message-ID: <1991May3.162237.9165@cs.cornell.edu>
Summary: Only in comp.sys.amiga.marketplace!
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 16:22:37 GMT
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In article <1007@celia.UUCP> celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond) writes:
>I have noticed from time to time that people advertise Amiga items here. Is
>it proper to do this here? Do you guys mind when people advertise here? Do
>you always look in misc.forsale.computers? What about in comp.sys.amiga.misc?

I'm glad you brought it up.  This is directed to all sellers:  No, it's not
proper.  Yes, I do mind.  Yes, I always read misc.forsale.computers.  Yes,
I do read comp.sys.amiga.misc, and it's not proper to post for-sale messages
there, either.

People, the proper newgroup in the comp.sys.amiga hierarchy for for-sale
messages is comp.sys.amiga.marketplace, NO WHERE ELSE.  This is clearly
spelled out in the charters for each newsgroup.  If you wish to cross-post
a for-sale to misc.forsale.computers and comp.sys.amiga.marketplace, fine,
BUT NOT TO ONE OF THE AMIGA DISCUSSION NEWSGROUPS.  

If you want your merchandise to be seen, post it in the newsgroup with the
nearly lowest traffic that happens to be designed for such things.  I
guarentee that it will be lost or ignored in a sea of messages in a higher
volume newgroup like comp.sys.amiga.misc.  If I'm looking for stuff to buy,
guess where I look first.

This goes similarly if you're thinking about posting computer-related
items to misc.forsale--use misc.forsale.computers.

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