Odeen wrote:
> This is a perfect opportunity to announce my hair-brained idear that
> I've been discussing with fellow Mom-Bubba, Ken. I've been on another
> list that allows, nay, encourages FS notices at any time, provided
> they aren't just repeated spams. My experience as a
> lurker/bottom-rung particpant on this other list (where they play
> their axes, not chop with them) is that the FS/WTB notices don't break
> up nor upset conversation, but are often the starting points of good
> discussion.

As a sometime seller and sometime buyer on FMM, I feel that
relaxing the rules would indeed be nice when I'm in "buy mode" or "sell
mode".  But the counterpoint ("Jane, you ignorant sl*t!") is that the
volume of WTB and FS postings could easily swamp the list.  The crux of
the matter is when Paddy says:
  > ... list that allows, nay, encourages FS notices at any time, provided
  > they aren't just repeated spams. ...
I feel there would need to be a rule which limits repeated offers of the
SAME merchandise to, say, once a month.  Otherwise, you've got a loophole
which lets a seller spam the list.  To be fair, the same rule should be
applied to WTBs.  (Though Karl and Pete T. and others already demonstrate
one way around that rule -- by putting your standing FS or WTB in your .sig
file, then posting often and with useful info so people will read your posts.)

dave