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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: What to do when it's sold
Message-ID: <7507@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 7 Feb 91 18:36:53 GMT
References: <8322@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <765@sky.COM>
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>In article <8322@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>>...do NOT post a message saying "item such-and-such is
>>sold, stop bothering me."
>>Instead, simply cancel your original message.

In article <765@sky.COM> brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier) writes:
>How does this solve anything?  [Discussion of propagation delays.]

	It is still better than posting a "sold" message to hundreds of
thousands of people.  IMHO, people who post things for sale should realize
that they are getting essentially "free advertising" for their product.
Without the Net, they might not be able to sell it, or they'd have to pay
for classified ads in a newspaper or magazine.

	With this in mind, if you sell something, but people keep writing
to you (for a few days, until your "cancel" command takes effect everywhere),
just DEAL WITH IT and send personal e-mail to these buyers, telling them
the thing is sold.  Is this more trouble than posting a "sold" message?
Yes, it is.  But remember that you got free advertising; in return, you
have to deal with the e-mail.

	IMHO.  Followups are redirected to comp.sys.amiga.misc.

                                                        Dan

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