At 06:51 AM -0600 11/01/2001, Jim Davidson wrote: ... Hi, and thanks for your kind words!
>plastic (PLASTIC?! yes, plastic) coins, created and spent by the >artist. Wow. I guess anything is money if you have a convincing >patter. My friend Boggs is nothing if not convincing. He has been thinking about this money-thing for quite a while, and it shows in his art. I like them because they are better-executed coins than the US mint did, for a number of reasons. They are more durable, lighter, and slightly larger (easier to distinguish from quarters) than the "golden" Sacagawea dollar, whose yellow color quickly wears off in use. ... >don't show up on the GoldBarter auction site. That must mean >that people aren't aware of or don't see or find confusing our >input form where a link to an image can be added to the auction. Well, the pics on JP's page are a bit large, but if I were you I'd have very lax limits on the size of photos, since storage is cheap these days and people like big photos, but you should also try to keep a text-only version usable IMO. ... >In fact, it seems that this gold coin is the only thing people find worth >bidding upon. > Ok, how about a hard-to-get item? (sorry, free US states only!) http://www.GoldBarter.com/viewauction.jsp?id=38 (Hmmm..."Is it an auction or a rant?" You decide!) .... >>it because it's also information I want & because most companies are >>still clueless about email-for-money). > >See, I think that is one of the very highly powerful things not being tapped >in the Internet economy thus far. ... ... Alternatively, the "price" might be just a request for a tip if you want more or more-frequent art of what-ever kind. I am continually-amazed that e-gold hasn't been discovered by giant recording companies. The RIAA's concentration seems to be "let's buy enough politicians to prevent ANY chance of US laws conforming with world-wide reality." Try to imagine them and Napster putting 1/2 the resources into promoting e-gold tipjars for musicians that they've put into the legal system over the past few years...What a waste! There could be a beautiful, voluntary thing going on in the music industry right now, with online music fulfilling the 'net's promise to artists of more-direct contact with their fans! The problem is that these huge, often-failing companies do not seem able to imagine how good e-gold could be for them! I am sure that once a few of them understand e-gold, the rest will follow, but if anyone knows how to get their attention, I'm all ears. >And, that is one further reason for something like GoldBarter, to help >set prices for things. > One thing you could also do with users is what Flying Rat tried and what Vince Callaway of Freedomhound is doing at: http://www.freedomhound.com:80/servlet/echannel?Request=Render&ID=1901044 and implement for-pay email. It's a good thing the 'savvy' investors were buying "WebVan" stock, or they might have noticed an opportunity. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that e-metal is a wonderful holiday gift? Avoid the hassle this year!
