Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #37

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In a message dated 9/30/99 10:23:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tommy@finishlineperformance.com writes:

< a real big snip>

...well, he said a mouthful didn't he?   Ya' gotta' luv a guy who tells it 
like he seeze it!   :)  

Way back when, and there are many who go a lot further back than my few 
years...we didn't "generally" post stuff for sale on the list.   There was a 
place where it could be consolidated...a shopping place...that was easy to 
find, easy to navigate, and had some great deals as well as some others but 
the Miata.net was "the" place for placing for sale items.   Oh, someone would 
post:  "see my latest stuff for sale on the net" here, but only as an 
attention getter for the listed items.

And although this list is not moderated and the Miata.net and its wealth of 
information and postings are "free"...nothing is ever "free" for everyone.   
Listing items for sale on the net includes an "on your honor" agreement to 
pay the list owner a VERY small percentage for offering the listing.   This 
MEAGER amount helps to off-set the hundreds of hours it takes to keep the net 
up to date.   It's not much, but it's something...Ebay charges to list AND to 
sell your item there.   If you list your item on the net it's free.  You are 
asked to contibute only if it sells.   And according to a good source, many 
skip on that.  :(

Should this net become a Home Shopping Network?    I'd vote for this 
particular issue remaining unchanged. 

bob
drive fast and shop at ... Miata.net, Miata.net vendors, and of course, Home 
Depot!