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Posted by Roberto Pirezzi on 11/16/06 20:38
"Adrian A" <anca@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:2dKdnRodn8L5BcHYRVnyjw@brightview.com...
> Irena's Bazaar wrote:
>>> Ot took me all of five seconds to Google "charter uk.media.dvd".
>>
>> Well, I used the keyword *manifesto* and nothing came out....charter
>> ... I did not know it under this name.
>>
>>> "Advertisements [...] whether commercial or
>>> personal, will be permitted provided the advertising text is no
>>> longer than 5 lines in length.
>>
>> I cannot believe it, commercial advertisements are even permitted! I
>> made my message too long, according to your charter, ok; but I
>> understand all the sarcasm less and less, now.
>>
>>> Regardless of any "rules", you are offering a derisory sum for items
>>> which originally cost significantly more and expect people here to
>>> be happy about it.
>>
>> That sum is the current market buying price for traders. That's the
>> market for DVDs
>> nowadays. I have not done the *market* myself , therefore, please,
>> don't lay the blame on me. And, If I may suggest, please visit a few
>> boot sales or garage sales next weekend, if you want to see it with
>> your own eyes....
>>
>> In addition, I did not expect people to be happy at all. I expected
>> people to reply to my mail if interested (believe it or not 11 people
>> from usenet replied) and to ignore it if not. As the netiquette
>> states...;-)
>>
>>> It is clear to people here you have no interest in the subject
>>> being discussed other than how much money you can make from a format
>>> which is in rapid economic decline.
>>
>> Well, is your *charter* stating than before posting a commercial ad, a
>> user must ingage conversations with the other members of the ng [I
>> wish
>> I had the time] in order to demonstrate his/her genuine intererst in
>> DVDs [because by default, you assume I am not. Are DVD traders not
>> interested in DVDs, in your opinion?] ?
>> I believe not! Then I do not understand all the hassle.
>>
>> On the other hand, if you think this should be the case; I you wish
>> ads
>> to be banned by the ng or accepted only if the sender is a known &
>> certified passionate about DVDs, then, please change your charter
>> accordingly or moderate the list or use a closed mailing list instead
>> of usenet: there are so many solutions but please, do not get angry
>> with who is just following the charter and the netiquette.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Irene
>
> If you're too stupid to find the charter in the first place then you
> shouldn't post at all. Your post was simply SPAM.
>
>
Or the very least, use common sense when making a post. Charter or no
charter, acceptability is generally common knowledge.
Agreed on the SPAM issue, but the fact they will pay up to 1GBP made me
laugh, so it wasn't a major issue for me.
l2oberto
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