Bartertown

> At 17:05 02/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
(URL Snipped) That looked suspiciously like an advert to me. I don't remember
this person's email address before either. Anyone want to speak up in their
defense before I unsub them?

                        TTFN
                                Jon

> Jonathan White wrote:

> That looked suspiciously like an advert to me. I don't remember this

Jon,
     I went and looked at the site briefly.   The best way to describe
it is: an online flea market (jumble sale).   I have bookmarked the
site and may go back at a later date to search for useful things. It is being
run out of the University of Kansas (presumability by a student) and is not a
business as such. A proper introduction to the site may have been more polite
than simply a URL.

Bye for now,

> That looked suspiciously like an advert to me. I don't remember this

Looks like an advert to me as well. Perhaps the poster has something to say in
their defense?

> On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Jonathan White wrote:

i have seen this address used a few times quite recently. i have noticed
slightly non-native looking spelling. probably an american :-) anyway,
it wasn't all that offensive. no hard sell.

Tom

I don't know the poster, but he makes a weekly (approximately) posting of
'Upcoming Events' that lists tons of cons (appears to focus on historical
minis, but does include others). That seems to be a potentiall useful
service, and if not, it is a single 2-page piece of mail every week or
2.
This latest message appears to be an advert, but in reality is more of an
informational link to a miniatures swap-meet page.  It is not a sales
site (or claims not to be) and there appears to be no commission or fees or
anything else. Just a bulliten board for people to talk about
swapping/trading/selling/buying their own minis.  Could be useful,
especially since I often see list members talking about their searches for
specific minis, etc.

Now the fact that he threw the URL out like he did with no explanationor
comments is fairly rude, and a slap on the hand is warranted, but I don't know
if anyone here actually uses this information he provides. Anyone?

This is not a call for 'me too' posts! If you don't have any use or
interest in either the 'Upcoming Events' postings or the minis-trading
website, Please DO NOT respond just to say so - let your silence be
noted as exactly that If you do find these posts useful or informative, One or
two of you might post to let Jon know that. FWIW, I do not mind the upcoming
events posts, even though it will be a cold day in hell before I make it to a
con...even longer till a real con comes to Alaska.

Jared Noble (who doesn't want a single rude action to remove potentially
useful info if people benefit from it)

Jonathan White <Jw4@bolton.ac.uk> on 11/02/98 02:29:16 AM

Please respond to FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk

To:   FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
cc:    (bcc: Jared E Noble/AAI/ARCO)
Subject:  Re: Bartertown

> At 17:05 02/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
(URL Snipped) That looked suspiciously like an advert to me. I don't remember
this person's email address before either. Anyone want to speak up in their
defense before I unsub them?

               TTFN
                    Jon

http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~darkwolf/trading.html

> Thomas Anderson wrote:

> i have seen this address used a few times quite recently. i have

It's Dave, on of the guys I game with. IMHO, he doesn't mean anything by it,
just letting people know a site he's found useful with.

Gentlemen;

My apologies for just sending a URL. I thought that I attached a notice
telling everyone about a great place to buy/sell figures.  I have no
financial gain from posting this site. I will in the future reframe
myself from posting such items.  I enjoy DS2/FT and the information I
recieve has greatly added to my gaming. Sincerely, David (the guilty).

> Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote: