Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cadence!atul
From: atul@cadence.com (Atul Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Selling games on USENet - don't!
Message-ID: <1990Jun28.153511.27252@cadence.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 15:35:11 GMT
References: <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <8432@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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In article <8432@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> jimmy@uhccux.UUCP (Jimmy Chan) writes:
>>In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) writes:
>>>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>>>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your
>>->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about!

>Kent, I gotta agree with David since I like to pick up software (albeit used) 
>at cheap prices.  Instead of wasting $40+ dollars on something I might not
>used after a couple of months, I feel better spending only $15-25.  There are
>also lots and lots of garbage sometimes being posted so, I don't really 
>see how posting games forsale is anymore worse, also I think they have 
>a forsale newsgroup someplace so the net overall don't seem to mind the 
>forsale postings, IMHO.
>
>Keep those forsale postings coming...anyone wants to sell me their copy
>of Their Finest Hour?...8-)...
>
>
OK, now we know you'd rather own a $15-20 game than have a
otherwise useful and worthwhile newsgroup around. Games are
games, sure they are nice, and I PLAY A LOT OF THEM. But I just
don't believe posting is efficient. Just because there are dipshits
out there who post garbage (me included) is no reason to justify
being one.
Score Kent 1: others 0

BTW, I am not saying (at least I don't want to be saying) don't do it
because <insert reason>. I just felt like kanking on a lame argument.
							Atul
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