Try contacting Dan direct. Not hard at all.
Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Dan Cottler <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > hey LEM Dan, > > As you’ve read, Beverly, your LEM Swap list nanny, and I are having a > dispute over what can be sold on LEM Swap. I copied to you one of my > responses to her but haven’t heard back from you. In order to continue > with things, I need your “ruling”…. At this point, she has moderated me and > then not bothered to respond to my previous two emails. After nearly a > DECADE in good standing on LEM Swap, I find this treatment to be > unacceptable. > > > Beverly has accused me of being a dealer. > > Beyond the fact that there are quite a few dealers regularly dumping merch > on LEM Swap without being hassled,,, I am NOT a dealer. Because of health > issues, my small consulting & Mac repair biz was closed over a year and a > half ago and I’m now living in a nursing home. I have +/- six months to > liquidate everything before my old landlord feeds it to a dumpster. I > cannot use CraigsList so I am hoping to sell most of the stuff to my > friends on LEM Swap. … software, old Macs, Mac parts, HDs, mounting > hardware & screws, cables, displays, printers, disc burners, laserwriter > fusers & toner carts, inkjet carts, floppies, floppy labels, CD DVD & > Blu-Ray blanks, disc labels, disc sleeves, jewel boxes, etc. > > > Beverly’s next complaint was about me selling disc sleeves because they’re > not "related goods". > > The faq says: > “LEM Swap is Low End Mac’s Google Group for buying and selling Mac OS > computers and related goods.” > > IMO, like blank discs, labels, and jewel boxes, they *are* __Related > Goods__. These items are all must-haves to burn discs ON YOUR MAC. > Additionally, a few years ago, I WAS PERMITTED to sell such on LEM Swap > with no problem. > > Your FAQ goes on to say items like digital cameras are not acceptable > because they are standalone items that are unrelated to Macs. That’s > fine. But the supplies I have are NOT stand-alone items. They’re useless > to anyone that doesn’t have a burner connected to their Mac. They’re PART > of using a disc burner on a Mac. Likewise, am I going to have the same > problem with selling disc blanks? Floppy discs? Labels? ... > > > Beverly then complained that I was obtaining products for resale. > > I bought the first brick from my old wholesaler (a mac-only warehouse; > yes, I still have friend/relationships with several wholesalers) because I > needed some for myself. I offered the remainder on LEM Swap. Within an > hour, all that I had were sold out! Then a strange thing happened - quite > a few people blindly paypal’d money to me, expecting that it would be ok, > and I would simply fill their orders. I emailed them, offering to refund > the money — but they said they’d prefer to wait, while I got more. My > wholesaler said he’d honor the same price, so I got two more bricks. And > now I’m stuck with 2/3 of a brick because Beverly deleted the 2nd ad! > ..The wholesaler actually wants me to buy the rest of the palette heh. > > I expect, just as it happened a few years ago, that if I offer disc blanks > on LEM Swap, the same thing will happen. > > The people on LEM Swap are hungry for these items at the prices I’m able > to provide. Why is this a problem? > > > Thanks, > - Dan (in NJ). > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. 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