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- From: mweller@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Margie Weller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: The adds bore me!
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 16:14:34 -0700
- Organization: University of Denver, Math/CS Dept.
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- To: Bacchus@FairLight.COM
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- BB> Jean P Nance wrote:
- BB> >
- BB> > At times I have been able to find an item that I, or a friend,
- BB> > badly needed through the ads here. And so far, everything has
- BB> > gone well. Possibly if everybody used "FS" in their title, one
- BB> > could just quietly avoid any "For Sale" offers. Where else can
- BB> > one find Commodore hardware, software, and peripherals for sale
- BB> > at modest prices? I think it serves a real purpose.
-
- Jean's idea is reasonable and sounds good to me.
-
- BB> Don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to
- BB> take away the right to post and
- BB> read adds, but a separate area is perhaps
- BB> better for all parties as some
- BB> of us already have the gear we need!
-
- There are not enough Commodore For Sale ads to support a separate area,
- so they would probably go into the area with all the PC (and Amiga?)
- ads and never be seen by anyone wanting Commodore equipment.
- Certainly, I would not want to wade through all the N/A ads in the hope
- of running across something for my C128 or C64.
-
- BB> I read marketplace areas as well, but the
- BB> difference is that I can mark
- BB> them all unread if they get to be too
- BB> many to read, which is something
- BB> I'd rather not do in f.ex this area. This
- BB> is why the adds annoy me! Give
- BB> them a special area where one can use them with another approach!
-
- This group seems to be shrinking fast anyway, and there is not a great
- deal in it that is of interest to me now. One thing that draws me back
- is the occasional For Sale post. Many of the posts here do not
- interest me; i.e., the endless talk about games, and the discussions of
- connecting PC's and Commodore 8-bit machines. If all posts that
- someone doesn't care to read were removed there would be nothing left
- here! But let's take what we can get in the comp.sys.cbm message base,
- if it concerns C128/64's in any way, and be glad we have it. :-)
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