Date: 1 Mar 2004 13:25:19 GMT From: Dave Hinz <davehinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: New Saab Parts
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:15:53 GMT, Malcolm William Mason <mwm1nospamedu> wrote: > If someone had posted a message looking for a specific item and that > was a suppliers specialty, my own feeling is that a reply, very > simply, that"Ihave it for sale" is not spam. > > If the post is commercial, unsolicited, not as an adjunct to a > previous post, it is SPAM and does not belong here. However if someone > posts looking for a reputable parts supplier and I have a related > experience and "plug" a supplier that I , personally have used to my > benefit, I see that as good ADVICE and nothing else. Right. There's a guy on the aircooled-VW group who turns out to be one of the top vendors of classic VW stuff, but I didn't know it for months. People kept saying "I bought it from John", and also there was a very active guy named John giving out consistantly reliable good advice. After a bit, I put the two together and realized he's the John people keep buying stuff from. > Is you post your own wheels for sale, mayybe that is a bit close to > the dividing line but if it is person to person, I can live with that. "Hey, I've got a rear shelf for a classic-900, in good shape, in the Milwaukee area. Anyone interested?" <---- good "Hi, I sell whatzits for 12 brands, and I'm going to use an enthusiasts forum for free advertising space." <---- bad > But if you post your own COMMERCIAL addess: an URL, A phone number or > a mailing address....IT DOES NOT BELONG HERE. Yup. Most ISPs will whack a usenet spammer's account as well; fair warning and all that... Dave Hinz
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