Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!erast1 From: erast1@cisunx.UUCP (Evan Ron Aussenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Clarification on used games offer Keywords: used games non-commercial Message-ID: <17026@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 24 Mar 89 06:47:34 GMT References: <11042@well.UUCP> <9903@smoke.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: erast1@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Evan Ron Aussenberg) Organization: The Zets Lines: 21 In article <9903@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: >In article <11042@well.UUCP> hrh@well.UUCP (Harry Henderson) writes: >>A recent reply to my posting on used Apple games castigated me for >>commercial abuse of the net. ... I am an individual who >>happens to have games that he no longer needs, not a regular >>commercial business. > >It's still an abuse to use a technical newsgroup as an advertising >bulletin board. There are BBs specifically for that sort of posting; >don't do it here. As long as it's not a habit not only don't I mind, I welcome Apple specific bargains being posted here and there. And no, if I'm in the market for something such as that, I'm not going over to the for.sell net and search through zillions of adds. So go ahead and post if you're non-commercial I say. This newsgroup caters to the technical and nontechies alike. Hey, how about comp.apple2.wizards? (Hee hee) Evan Ron Aussenberg /erast1@unix.pittsburgh.edu Keep your flames.