Posted by kim on 11/13/06 16:03

"Irena's Bazaar" <irenasbazaar@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1163429528.259512.89800@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > No, the replies are usually a lot more objectionable, especially when
the
> > post is from someone who has expressed no previous interest in the
subject
> > and could not be bothered following the basic rules which relate to
> > commercial ads on Usenet.
>
> Well, it's clear now: your ng does not like commercial ads. Is this
> concept that difficult to communicate ?
>
> I am afraid, there is no official universal rule about commercial ads
> and usenet: each ng has its own manifesto who states how to deal with
> commercial ads. On the contrary, there is a universal set of rules
> whose name is *netiquette* which some members of this ng has apparently
> fogotten.
>
> BTW, I have tried looking for your manifesto without any luck.I dont
> want to say that it is nowhere, but at least, it's not easy to find
> it....

Ot took me all of five seconds to Google "charter uk.media.dvd".

http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.media.dvd.html

"Advertisements or auctions for Codefree modifications, Software, Hardware
and other Digital Versatile Disc related items, whether commercial or
personal, will be permitted provided the advertising text is no longer than
5 lines in length. Any subsequent info should be available by email or from
a web-site. Multiple postings of similar messages will not be tolerated. A
limit of one advertisement every three days shall be imposed.
All commercial or personal 'for-sale' advertisements MUST be prefixed with
'FS:' in the subject line. Similarly people looking for products must prefix
the subject line of their message with 'WTB:'. "

> Anyhow, sorry having bothered with a commercial ad. it was not my
> intention breaking the rules of this ng.
> On the other hand, it would have been more appreciated whether your
> manifesto was easy to find and available for reading and members of
> this ng would have respected the basic netiquette, before posting.

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. In the circumstances, I'm surprised the replies have been as restrained
as they are. 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.

(kim)

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