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From: "Jamie" <>
Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] We are not amused
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:34:39 -0600
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My last posting on the matter. Thank you Ray and Shela!
I NEVER have unsubscribed from a group and never will, although, I may be
unsubbed, that is their choice, but will honor what all list owners say and
not post the auctions.
This is the record for last years ebay postings on the Dauphin Co., Pa.
list......that used the word "ebay" in them.
According to the lists search for 2002 for the word ebay there were only 39
postings for the whole year out of 1,550 messages posted.....unless rootsweb
is wrong. Not bad for a whole year, considering how many people stay on ebay
as buyers and sellers.

Query: EBAY
Searched for the word ebay on this page:
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PADAUPHI

Matching Record Count: 39
Total Retrieved: 25
Interpreted Query: ebay
Total Database Records: 1550
Query Time: 1 seconds

I also saw several of those messages state that they bought their book or
document on "ebay" and are
doing lookups.

Ever notice that on almost all of ebay genealogy book sellers pages there
are at least one birth death date to help you determine if that is your
family? Or if you email them most will give you the date to that person,
just so you can decide if that is your family or not, that is very helpful
alone, even if you don't want the book or item.
Or one listing all of those in photos, full names, you may can get a middle
name to that initial you have from it.
I could list hundreds of those pages right now.

Many list adm. are buyers and would never want to have to bid against people
on the list, because
this runs the items up higher, so they don't allow postings on their
boards..
Thanks,
Jamie S. Riggs-Frisco, Tx.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard, Ray" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] We are not amused
Dear Nadine,
I don't find it amusing that we hurt the feelings of a very gentle person.
Please reread the post that amuses you.
I think our member/listers have spoken kindly to Jamie.
Thank you Jamie for your kindness.
Shela in Clayton, California


> I know where this is headed, as an admin myself, I don't like to see the
> list get off topic but the list is the topic at the moment so I think all
> this is relative. at least for awhile.
> Having said that, thanks Jamie for what you try to do. It didn't go
> un-noticed, at least by me, that you have not been selling YOUR wares.
> Please feel free to post on the Reichert list any time you like.
>
> Ray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:00 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] E BAY POSTINGS
>
>
> My oppinion also :-)
> I am on 238 message boards, only to email when and if there are "rare" or
> unusual items that I find on ebay, epier or booksbybid auctions. This is
one
> of them. I search and post "only" if I feel it cannot be found anywhere
> else, but do advise to search other places to make sure it cannot be found
> cheaper.
> I love ebay and stay on it constantly. I have no family on any of the
boards
> I am on, I just got on them at various times when I found items for that
> surname or county and remain on them, just in case something else comes
up.
> I have only in the last year had one complaint that I am spamming out of
all
> of them. Only 3 complaints out of all of them from the list adm. in which
I
> do not post there anymore because I was asked not to do it again.
> I do not post frequently, nor do I post for all items that I see only the
> ones I feel that cannot be found anywhere else.
> I have however found many items of my own family on ebay that are
priceless
> to me.
> I am not a seller of any items, nor do I advertise for sellers, ever!
> I just love "old" family items and feel they should be with family that
will
> share them, on message boards such as this, if any of you bought them, I
am
> sure you would love to share it, if a collector gets them, you can forget
> ever seeing or having "your" family information that is in or on it.
> Everyone sends thank you notes, and yes, I have hundreds of emails coming
at
> me per day and enjoy learning about all of the things in all states,
> counties and families, who knows, I may even see someone post a family
> member of mine on some of them :-)
> If it is this list adm. choice that I don't post ebay items on here ever
> again, please let me know, as I do not do it often.
> Never bid and bid and bid, wait till near the end to do your bidding,
> because if you don't you are only "raising" the bid which could be put off
> until near the end of auction ;-)
> Thanks!
> Jamie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard, Ray" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:25 AM
> Subject: RE: [PADAUPHI] E BAY POSTINGS
>
>
> > My two cents:
> > I don't always have time to puruse all the various net venues to see
what
> is
> > out there that pertains to genealogy. I welcome "tips" regardless of
> > whether it actually "advertises" for someone or some company. If this
is
> a
> > big problem for the rootsweb, perhaps they could set up a list just for
> that
> > purpose and let us all know it exists.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Ray
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [mailto:]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:51 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [PADAUPHI] E BAY POSTINGS
> >
> >
> > List.
> > I consider e-bay advertisement to be
> > commercial.
> > So don't post them to them to the list
> > I have in the past let one go by but now we
> > are having them posted pretty often
> > as internet users we all are able to search
> > e-bay for things of interest.
> > Nadine
> > List Admin
> >
> >
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> > Post only genealogy related topics
> >
> >
> > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ====
> > List admin can be reached at
> >
>
>
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> http://www.maley.net/dauphin/
>
>
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