Re: [CR]Suggestions for EBAY Postings ...

(Example: Racing)

From: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
To: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>, "Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <200309110034.RAA14820@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <009b01c37803$b69f15e0$6401a8c0@D5FSLZ21>
Subject: Re: [CR]Suggestions for EBAY Postings ...
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:39:34 -0400


Duh...

make that seat tube length that is requested!

thanks
Ken Sanford
Kensington, MD


----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Sanford
To: Donald Gillies
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Suggestions for EBAY Postings ...



> Don
>
> Good suggestions! ALSO I might suggest when outing an EBay bike/frame;
> please include very basic size info; i.e. seat post length at a minimum
> cause there are some of us that restrict our interest to items that we can
> ride!
>
> thanks
> Ken Sanford
> Kensington, MD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:34 PM
> Subject: [CR]Suggestions for EBAY Postings ...
>
>
> > Hi, after talking to Dale I have decided to post this suggestion
> > to the CR mailing list.
> >
> > =====================================================================
> >
> > Dear CR members,
> >
> > please remember that this is an "archived" mailing list. What you
> > write is recorded for posterity. As a result, here are some
> > suggestions to improve archive quality :
> >
> > ==============
> > From: somebody@somewhere.com
> > Subject: CR Members, Hey Look at this ?!?!
> >
> > Can you believe this ??
> >
> > http://www.tinyurl.com/xxx1
> > ==============
> >
> > In the big cosmic email scheme of things, this is not useful to
> > posterity. Both the subject and the body of the message contain no
> > permanent information. First, the TinyURL service may not be around
> > forever. So there is no guarantee that the link will work for even
> > one day. Second, to stay tiny, they _must_ eventually recycle tiny
> > urls (which are HTTP referral responses). I calculate there are less
> > than 1.5M tiny url's available, and if the site takes off they could
> > be wrapping every 30 days or less. So a better message would be this:
> >
> > ==============
> > From: somebody@somewhere.com
> > Subject: CR Members, Hey Look at this ?!?!
> >
> > Can you believe this ??
> >
> > http://www.tinyurl.com/xxx1 item #35258892
> > =============
> >
> > Now, there are times when i don't have a browser sitting open and in
> > fact URL's wrap and get munged are often painful to follow. So I will
> > not follow an URL with no incentive to do so. If I follow the URL and
> > its not impressive then I will have very bad impression of you forever
> > more. Many people will not follow the URL or will follow it and be
> > disappointed. So this posting is really irritating the CR list.
> >
> > What's worse, four months from now nobody will ever know what you were
> > talking about since EBAY items last only 3 months. So a better
> > message might be :
> >
> > ==============
> > From: somebody@somewhere.com
> > Subject: Look at the price on this Red Super Mondia !!!
> >
> > It has "Buy It Now" for only $12.95, seller pays shipping !!!
> >
> > http://www.tinyurl.com/xxx1 item #35258892
> > =============
> >
> > This is an excellent CR ebay referral message. People have enough
> > info to get the precisely right viewership. Uninterested people can
> > skip this URL. Twenty years from now everyone will know what you were
> > talking about.
> >
> > Thanx for listening,
> >
> > - Don Gillies
> > San Diego, CA