[Techtoolslist] Poll closed! No to FA: or FS:eed.

[Martin White]

Totally agreed.

(Sorry, away working and have only had time to catch this one email)

On Wed, September 20, 2006 9:23 pm, Clay Cowgill wrote:

> Dang, pretty short poll there John-- hope that people were reading and

> responding while at work! ;-)

>

> Personally I like and value the FS postings of equipment appropriate to

> the

> list-- troubleshooters, o'scopes, logic analyzers, device programmers,

> etc.

>

> I for one would offer equipment here for sale before eBay simply because I

> "know" the potential buyers a bit more.  Similarly I'd feel better buying

> used gear from someone here that I've read posts from for years rather

> than

> just some random guy on eBay...

>

> If it were *my* choice, I'd simply make the rule a little flexible--

> "occasional FS/FA posts for equipment appropriate to the subject matter of

> the list are permissable as long as they don't get to be a problem and are

> identified by FA or FS in the subject line".  You get to define "problem"

> when it becomes one. ;-)  People that don't want to see the FA/FS can just

> filter based on the subject.

>

> Volume on this list is really, really low, so if I have to hit 'delete'

> twice in the last two months to get rid of all the FS posts, it's worth it

> to have the opportunity to maybe get a piece of gear I need later down the

> road...

>

> Just my $0.02!

>

> -Clay

>

>

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