Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/13
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1) This is consistently the most gentlemanly, informative list I read.
2) Flames and politics are (alas) an integral part of the world. If you don't
like them, hit delete or page down. Realistically, I fear, they cannot
be banished. Ignoring them is the best solution IMHO.
3) While I am unlikely to participate in a Leica on-line swap meet,
I do have some suggestions (which may be redundant to earlier ones):
a) Make it a daily digest only, with a separate subscriber list.
b) Limit all posts to a pre-arranged format:
Item offered/wanted.
Age
Condition
Brief comment
Price
Name and e-mail address
c) All negotiation by direct e-mail only.
d) Have all subject headers read either FOR SALE: xxxxxx
or WANTED: xxxxxxxxxxx.
e) Have the majordome read and list the subject headers
at the top of each daily digest. (Nikon's list does this.)
This should save a lot of time for all readers.
4) It's been observed that the comments here sometimes encompass other
camera systems than Leica. Remember, this is a Leica USERS list. Us
USERS also use other systems, regardless of how fond we are of our
Leicas. There is value-added in talking about what say, MF cameras
can do, and how Leica optics compare, with say, Nikkor.
I find the tangents into other systems useful and informative. They can
even make us think about new ways to use our favorite equipment.
George R. Zachar