[time-nuts] glossa7 being whiney on eBay...

[John Miles]

> > If there's a consensus to do that, I'll see what I can do.
>
> I personally think the archives *should* be public and so
> searchable. There's some bright people on
> this list, with valuable information, that would be useful to
> others. Restricting its access by search
> engines would in my personal opinion be a very bad idea.

I agree with the good Dr. Kirkby here.  When someone needs help with their
first high-end standard or counter, they should be able to find the list via
Google.  That is more important than avoiding ruffling someone's feathers.
(Also, I don't get the impression the seller is truly annoyed, just tipping
his hat to the more frugal list members.)

Information is valuable only to the extent that it is accessible.

> Perhaps make it clear when people sign up that the list does get
> archived, and so they should be
> responsible about what they say.

Sounds like a good compromise.

> Despite doing it myself (both here and elsewhere), I think you
> will find it's against eBay rules to
> mention others userids in this way, or comment on autions in a
> public place. I can't be bothered to
> check the exact rule - eBay seem to ignore their own rules anyway.

I believe that's not precisely true; what they don't like is when you use
your feedback rating as a promotional tool outside the eBay sandbox.  They
also consider it verboten to reveal a user's personal information (real
name, email, etc.) in a public forum without the user's consent.  Finally,
they don't want people scraping their site to aggregate auction listings
with those from other auction sites.

> The people making the comments about the seller say they are
> accurate and stand by them. Others have
> stated they had no hassles - nor did I for that matter. Anyone
> reading the archives will form their
> own opinion.

Also, note that this seller has excellent overall feedback (1 negative out
of 768, if I remember right).

-- john, KE5FX