Re: [ADMIN] ads and such (was cute ferret picture frames on eBay)

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:44:09 -0700 (PDT), in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Edmonds
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jo) writes:
>> just type in first set of numbers into search window to find
>
>Normally my first inclination is to reject forsale postings,
>particularly eBay, plague that they can be.  I let this one through to
>use it as a launching point for asking a question: what do users of the
>group think of this sort of posting?  Should eBay ads be rejected?

Yes!  Please reject all eBay ads and all commercial ads - on the
principle of not letting the camel's nose into the tent - and
then keep a close eye on the "personal home enterprise" types.

>Should any forsale posting be rejected?

I think ads for personally owned ferret-related items should be
allowed, but they should be infrequent and clearly not part of
some sort of home enterprise.

>Or should anything be acceptable so long as it's at least
>vaguely ferret related?

"Vaguely ferret related" seems to me to be pretty big territory.
When it comes to ads, how about going with "directly ferret
related" and see how that works out first?

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