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I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
Oh, you must mean Don Lancaster’s posts. Ed
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As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group, I will try and keep this brief: My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
On behalf of the person who did report you, (it wasn’t me,) but ‘you are welcome.’ as for being more offended by your ad than porn, it isn’t likely! equally, yes, but not more. In your case, you made yourself an easy target to stop. While some of the porn ads can’t be stopped, those who spam their ebay auctions and other programs can and will be stopped when possible. The only thing I can think of (though after reading I am pretty sure I know who is responsible for this) is that this person couldn’t afford the auction and got upset.
Maybe it just wasn’t something he wanted to buy regardless of price. (OOPS, there are women here who could have complained also.) That’s the only possibility because otherwise it would just be a really spiteful and sad person who wanted to sabotage another’s success. So thanks again, spineless one, for not having the bal*s to confront me on this one. You have a happy new year. As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group…
You think it was one person here, but you had to apologize to the laptop group, too? What does that tell you? Maybe that spamming isn’t appreciated anywhere it doesn’t belong? You just learned a lesson. Maybe it was the hard way, but a lesson, none the less. I’m not saying you need to beg forgiveness or anything, but you should at least consider that you suffered the consequences of your own actions and not the actions of someone reporting the offense. After all, are you to blame if someone robs your neighbors house and you report him? Or is it the criminal’s fault for robbing the house in the first place? Buck — But that’s just my opinion.
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As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group, I will try and keep this brief: My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day. The only thing I can think of (though after reading I am pretty sure I know who is responsible for this) is that this person couldn’t afford the auction and got upset. That’s the only possibility because otherwise it would just be a really spiteful and sad person who wanted to sabotage another’s success. So thanks again, spineless one, for not having the bal*s to confront me on this one. You have a happy new year.
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… My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
I’m not offended by porn ads. And who’s blocking those 100 per day from getting to my inbox? Ty, are you the chairperson this month? I want my porn, dammit! Lumpy — Eeek! http://www.digitalcartography.com/tarantula.htm
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As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group, I will try and keep this brief: My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
If anyone reported you, it wasn’t me. I can’t say I’ve ever reported anyone for posting to this group unless it’s for something else – i.e. fee avoidance or another policy violation. The only thing I can think of (though after reading I am pretty sure I know who is responsible for this) is that this person couldn’t afford the auction and got upset.
You’re right, I can’t ‘afford’ the auction, however I would NEVER buy a laptop on eBay, so quit trying to make lame excuses. You’ve now tried to sell the laptop at least TWICE, it didn’t meet your reserve. Might I give you a free suggestion: Try an auction longer than 24 hours. Try lowering your reserve. Try better pictures. That’s the only possibility because otherwise it would just be a really spiteful and sad person who wanted to sabotage another’s success.
How were either of the two auctions you had for your laptop sabotaged? They both ended on their own, not meeting their reserve? So thanks again, spineless one, for not having the bal*s to confront me on this one. You have a happy new year.
Once again, get a clue. — To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.
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Dammit where are MY porn ads?
All your porn ads are belong to whom. They’re being collected and will be sold on eBay as a rare collection in mint, unlicked condition. Loren
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Dammit where are MY porn ads? All your porn ads are belong to whom. They’re being collected and will be sold on eBay as a rare collection in mint, unlicked condition. Loren
<http://www.foxsearchlight.com/lab/shorts/farmsluts/quicktime.html This was an "off topic" link in SiliconValley.com – Good Morning Silicon Valley email today! jc
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As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group, I will try and keep this brief: My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group.
Thus illustrating that: You don’t know the difference between marketing and marketPLACE You didn’t read the FAQ or even a sampling of the posts of the group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
I don’t think I’ve seen 100 porn posts to AMOE in an entire year, and I watch pretty closely. Then again, I don’t use AOL, so maybe they add them for AOLusers. The only thing I can think of (though after reading I am pretty sure I know who is responsible for this) is that this person couldn’t afford the auction and got upset. That’s the only possibility because otherwise it would just be a really spiteful and sad person who wanted to sabotage another’s success.
Let me expand your consciousness. There were probably a dozen people on this newsgroup who reported you. So thanks again, spineless one, for not having the bal*s to confront me on this one.
Why should anyone have to confront you so you can harass them, put them on porn lists, etc? If I see you robbing a bank, I don’t confront you and see if I can get shot, I pick up the phone and let the nice police officer who gets paid for stuff like that take care of it. — Outgoing mail is certified bollocks
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – As I posted something similar to this in a laptop users group, I will try and keep this brief: My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group. Thus illustrating that: You don’t know the difference between marketing and marketPLACE You didn’t read the FAQ or even a sampling of the posts of the group. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day. I don’t think I’ve seen 100 porn posts to AMOE in an entire year, and I watch pretty closely. Then again, I don’t use AOL, so maybe they add them for AOLusers.
I haven’t seen a dozen, over several years. In fact, this has to be about the best newsgroup I’ve ever seen, with respect to minimal spam – well, except for professional spammer Stephan Ducharme.
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something like: I haven’t seen a dozen, over several years. In fact, this has to be about the best newsgroup I’ve ever seen, with respect to minimal spam – well, except for professional spammer Stephan Ducharme.
Spammers complain about "netcops," but the groups that don’t report spammers do tend to get flooded more heavily. If the people who use the group don’t care enough about it to take action to keep it useful, it will quickly become deluged. -Bertha — Math problems? Call 1-800-10x(24+13)-(64-16)/2 36×2
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I’m not getting my porn and I’m mad as hell. Never mind "hundreds of porn ads", I’m not getting even *one*. I wrote to eBay about this and demanded they get this fixed. Either they get the porn ads to me or I will quit using eBay.
Ditto. Can’t recall seeing … 10 porn spams here in the past 3 months. — To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m sorry you were more offended by <spam than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day. I’m not getting my porn and I’m mad as hell. Never mind "hundreds of porn ads", I’m not getting even *one*. I wrote to eBay about this and demanded they get this fixed. Either they get the porn ads to me or I will quit using eBay. Not that I want to get in the middle of this… but I’m betting that people would also report porn spam in the newsgroup as well. I haven’t ever reported anybody for anything… but I’ve seen enough to know that there are lots of people who do report people for violations, and for the most part it seems to do the trick. The difference here is probably just that the people posting the porn spam don’t come back to see if they got reported or post about it when they find out they have been. -Stewart http://www.indenter.com/comics
Rules are rules!
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I’m sorry you were more offended by <spam than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
I’m not getting my porn and I’m mad as hell. Never mind "hundreds of porn ads", I’m not getting even *one*. I wrote to eBay about this and demanded they get this fixed. Either they get the porn ads to me or I will quit using eBay. Loren
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My sincere thanks goes out to whomever it was that reported me to eBay for having the audacity to post an auction in a *gasp* eBay MARKETING group.
a. People here routinely report spam. Nothing personal. And not just to eBay. Some will even check and see if the spammer also violated their ISP agreement. b. Had you done the least bit of homework, you’d have discovered alt.marketPLACE.online.ebay, where ads are welcome (if ignored) and you’d have noticed … c. Ads on marketPLACE rarely get responses. Ads on marketING frequently get responses, and anyone considering spamming here needs to read few first. I’m sorry you were more offended by that than the hundreds of porn ads that circulate through this newsgroup every day.
Actually, my newserver is apparently filtering those. I rarely see more than a couple a week. I wasn’t the one who reported you (likely several people did). But it’s up to the users here to keep the place from turning into marketPLACE. <http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/usenet-policy.html — http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.
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