Re: Bad Bookseller Experience: "Texas Bookseller"


"Some Guy" <someguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Q1_0f.387$i%.367@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> michael adams wrote:
>
> Not to be snarky or anything, but didn't you plonk me? Because your
> plonk button seems to be sticking.

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Why don't you report me to the head of Usenet, if you're so worried?

Tell him I changed my mind, and I'm not playing by the rules.

Maybe he'll refund you your subscription.

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> so I'm not sure what criteria you are using as the
> basis for your indictment.

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I only use one criterion myself.

Everything posted on Usenet for purely financial gain, is spam.

The point being, that it's people posting for purely financial gain
who have every incentive to make as most use of a free resource as
is possible. There is no sound economic reason for them to stop,
until the medium is totally overwhelmed. And ruined for everybody.

If other people want to classify crossposted nonsense from loonies
as spam as well, then that's fine by me.

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> > "Some Guy" <someguy@xxxxxxxxxxx> here, happens to be a bookseller
> > who sells stock through numerous listing sites including ABE and
> > Amazon.
>
> I am? And your proof of this is...?

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From: Some Guy <some...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Organization: Moustache
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Subject: Re: Order Canceled!
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:19:35 -0700
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While there are certainly some unscrupulous sellers out there, do
realize that sometimes a listing error isn't the dealer's fault,
it's the service. Alibris, for example, used to puke if you
tried to do more than 1 upload a day, with the result that sometimes
deletions did not get through (or additions for that matter).
They've been better of late, but I still do have the occasional
problem with all three services where we list books (ABE, Alibris,
and Amazon).

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Three services anyway, which is sufficient to distinguish you from
the mere dabblers.


michael adams



And no one important reads usenet anymore, in fact hardly
anyone does AT ALL. Its a dusty and forgotten mausoleum for
trolls and screwballs. A.M.Arsupial 2005




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