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From: umapd51@cc.ic.ac.uk (W.A.C. Mier-Jedrzejowicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: hp-28s for sale
Summary: Sale/purchase of handhelds only could be acceptable here
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Date: 19 Dec 90 04:24:54 GMT
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John Dutka writes PLEASE DO NOT POST OFFERS IN THIS NEWS GROUP!

We have had the same discussion here a few months ago! Some readers feel
that posting any offers for sale in this group is wrong - but the
majority of those who expressed an opinion seemed to think that such
messages are acceptable here so long as they do not take up too much of
the traffic/bandwidth. The argument is that the alternative would be to
post such messages in the general for sale areas - and handhelds are
still sufficiently different from laptops/desktops that many users of
handhelds do not read other areas. So, the occasional for sale/wanted
message of an HP-28, a Portfolio, an AgendA (or a Jaguar? ;-) ) in this
area is acceptable, and even provides readers with an approximate guide
to the going prices for secondhand handhelds.

Or has the majority opinion changed since the last time this topic was
aired? For myself, I would prefer to see the occasional for sale/ wanted
message here.

Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz, Space & Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College,
London.