Larry Colen wrote:
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 08:42:16PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
It was mentioned on list on or about the day the auction closed.
Whether this pushed the price up or not, I do not know. What I do know is
that it went for about a dollar less than my maximum bid, and that I was
Coming in late on this - busy the last few days - but like many
issues, context and details make a difference. I totally agree with
the original premise if there is an auction, and a handful of PDMLers
have found it, the gentlemanly thing to do is to let them have at it
without complicating
On 12/3/09, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I can certainly see the validity of both sides of the question and
>will be better about following the rules now that I know them.
To be fair, there is no official repository of PDML etiquette - Greywolf
used to keep a page but it was referred
day, 13 March 2009 12:07 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Feeding the LBA
>
> We long go decided that great ebaby deals should go to those willing to
work for
> them. That policy is the result of many extended debates. It's not worth
revisiting.
> Paul
>
Now might be a good time to mention the FAQ:
http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=47
It mentions the EBay 'policy' among other 'rules'.
(Larry, don't feel bad about not reading the FAQ previously - it's not
exactly easy to find!)
Cheers
Brian
++
Brian Walters
Western
In a message dated 3/12/2009 7:50:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
l...@red4est.com writes:
So, if someone from the list wins something I'm bidding on, I can say
that I was Robbed?
=
Usually people on list use different names on ebay, so sometimes it's hard
to tell. The convention
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 08:42:16PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
> It was mentioned on list on or about the day the auction closed.
> Whether this pushed the price up or not, I do not know. What I do know is
> that it went for about a dollar less than my maximum bid, and that I was
> pilloried on l
- Original Message -
From: "Larry Colen"
Subject: Re: Feeding the LBA
My apologies.
I would have expected that the convention when someone found something
that seemed like a good deal would be to mention it, but if someone
was bidding on it for them to pipe up and say
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 01:07:17AM +, pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
> We long go decided that great ebaby deals should go to those willing to work
> for them. That policy is the result of many extended debates. It's not worth
> revisiting.
I can certainly see the validity of both sides of
We long go decided that great ebaby deals should go to those willing to work
for them. That policy is the result of many extended debates. It's not worth
revisiting.
Paul
- "Larry Colen" wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:24:11PM -, Bob W wrote:
> > > There's also an FA31 on ebay,
> >
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:24:11PM -, Bob W wrote:
> > There's also an FA31 on ebay,
>
> The long-established convention here is that you don't mention Pentax goods
> on auction sites unless you are the seller. The aim of this is not to spoil
> the price for people who've taken the trouble to
Bob W wrote:
[...] if you spot a solid gold brand
new LX on sale for $20,000,000.00 you might draw our attention to the
outrageous price, because there are only 2 or 3 PDMLers who are both stupid
and rich enough to bid for it, and we want to laugh at them.
Or better yet, beg them for a bailo
> There's also an FA31 on ebay,
The long-established convention here is that you don't mention Pentax goods
on auction sites unless you are the seller. The aim of this is not to spoil
the price for people who've taken the trouble to search out and find the
auction and bid on it for themselves.
T
I'm sending some lenses up to Sac with John in case Candace is
interested in them. Nothing super nifty, but they might be interesting
to some. If anybody is interested in any of the ones Candace doesn't
snag, just give me a fair price for them.
If you want to discuss them when you see them, my ce
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