[ASLML] ASL Ebay UK ASLRB Auction

[Brian Pickering (ASL)]

Three months ago, when I found and offered two ASLRBv2, I had four offers within 48 hours.

There is demand, and it's appropriate to announce it.

Brian Pickering

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth W Fancher <swfancher at mindspring.com>
To: "JK" <keet at joimail.com>,Mattias Rönnblom <hofors at lysator.liu.se>, <pete at vftt.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 21:28:05 -0500
Subject: RE: [ASLML] ASL Ebay UK ASLRB Auction

This is just my opinion, and I am as capable as anyone of hitting the 
delete key....

For me, I have no problems generally, but I don't want to be inundated with 
information on stuff that is currently readily available.  If it is OOP, or 
hard to get, well that's  a little different.  I think one of the key 
points about the ASLRB that cropped up was that is was priced in English 
pounds, so I am guessing that the seller was in the UK and that postage to 
someone there would be considerably less.  So I think that the geographic 
location of the seller was part of what made that unique.

As for scarcity of the ASLRB, maybe it is more now than it was 6 months and 
a year ago.  Twice I have found extra RBs in gamestores and twice I have 
purchased them and offered them "first-come, first-served" on this list for 
my cost plus whatever the postage was.  Twice I have been met with stifling 
silence, and twice I have wound up selling them in more roundabout ways....

Maybe I am just in too many "kill-filters" to get the message out 
effectively.  Maybe I can Tate to send it out for me....  :-)

Be well.

Seth


At 05:44 PM 1/25/2004, JK wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've just got a question about this issue.  I recently posted about an
>auction I have listed on ebay as well and actually have received a couple of
>questions from ASLML readers, so I assume I've helped somebody find
>something they want.  This was actually the first post I've had to the list
>so I didn't really intend on torquing anybody off.   (although from what
>I've seen on here I'd fit in better if that had been my intent).
>
>So I just want to know from the people that run the list if this is
>acceptable.  I don't want to overrun the list with solicitations or
>anything, but a quick note saying "hey this is available" doesn't seem too
>intrusive.  I actually have been clued in myself to somethings I wanted from
>other listers.  I search ebay, but a post from someone on here starts off
>with more credibility somehow.
>
>BTW Mattias, as far as what you would"..personally prefer...", well there is
>a lot of stuff that I get from this list on my email account that doesn't
>interest me...just like the tv or the newspaper...when it happens I delete
>it, you should try that too so your experience is more pleasant :)
>
>If the policy of the list is to specifically not allow this type of post I
>won't do it again.  Otherwise I hope someone here sees my stuff, buys it,
>then eventually enjoys it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Keyt
>Columbus, Oh
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Pete,
>
>are these kind of announcements really helpful? Don't most people
>on this list know about Ebay, and how to use their search tools
>to find whatever ASL products they're currently interested in?
>
>An auction of some rare ASL item would is a different matter, but
>there's always a couple of 2nd ed rules books, core modules and other
>ASL stuff up for auction at Ebay. I would personally prefer not to
>have them all announced here. Ebay already has perfectly good "new
>auction watching/notification" functionality.
>
>Thanks,
>         Mattias





Brian Pickering
20 years of SL, and still losing badly.