FA: Suzuki GSX750F

If he wants to push his stuff, eBay is a good place for him. He can
advertise all he wants in uk.adverts.other, obviously - as long as he
stays there. As an aside, I believe it is against eBay's T&Cs to
place ads like this.

So it _appears_. I dip into eBay from time to time, and it is
surprising how many times the same names come up in connection with
similar items, or how many people sell "their own bike" ... three
times in five weeks.

GAF. Want any mobile phone spares?

 

lol, checkmate.

 

That maybe true - but has this seller done that?

I'll let you have that one.

 

It's not. Did you notice the question mark ?
I was wondering why you sent an abuse report.

I thought it was in the Charter that commercial postings were not allowed,
but it says nothing about private ads selling off a bit of surplus and as
just pointed out by Steve "..... as when we last had this discussion it
was agreed that Joe Public could push his tat here as much as he liked but
of course traders would be spoken firmly at".

I made the earlier point about 'regulars', because there have been a
number of postings with ebay auctions and you haven't sent any abuse
reports about them (or maybe you did, but didn't say so).

 

I don't know - this could be the first of several. Why don't we ask
him?

 

Right. That was in answer to your question, see - the one about
"disallowing".

Yes, see above.

Then why didn't you ask that instead of being obtuse and twisting? I
wonder why you wonder when I've already made that clear.

Ok, when I had a look at the OP's auction I noticed his username to be
"uktrader" which seemed rather commercial to me - as I mentioned in my
response to the OP.

You are skipping about like a mad thing here. Now you want to have a
go at me for _not_ sending abuse reports regarding regulars who I know
not to be traders (or at least, not trading in the commodity they are
auctioning) posting urls for eBay auctions here?

 

Pip wrote

One reason is as good as any other from my pov.

 

4ax.com:

I don't know, why not wait for him to commit the *crime*.

 

Hell no, that only keeps lawyers in a job. Pre-emptive punishment,
that's what we need. Err ... I think.

 

Yeah, but you look *well* dodgy.

 

I did, look up there ^. I wasn't aware that I was being obtuse.

I can see how that would make you suspicious, but it doesn't mean he's a
commercial trader.

I'm trying to do other stuff, I'm not giving this my full attention.

No Pip, I'm not having a go at you, I thought we were discussing this in a
reasonable manner ?
I mean it's not possible to see who or who isn't a trader/business and all
postings about ebay auctions should be either allowed or banned. Why treat
anybody differently?
Blindingly obvious misuse is a no-no, of course.

 

<wiggles eyebrows>

 

You don't need reasons, old man. Raisins will keep you regular
though.

 

^^^^^^^

See that Kiran.... plural

 

Ah, well. I'm just too simple for my own good, see. Anything more
than a monosyllable and I'm struggling. Keep it painfully straight
and unsubtle and i'll be much happier.

There's another kind?

Me neither, oddly enough.

We are, I think. I was trying to illustrate how easy it is to
misconstrue a post. I may have omitted the smiley.

You are correct, it isn't possible. Banning is effectively impossible
unless you want to get into cancelbot territory or find a moderator.

If you're referring to "regulars" again - as you brought that up in
the first place - I would suggest that a lot of the regulars here know
each other and what line they are in - and I don't think for one
moment that any regular pushing their business here would be
tolerated. Notwithstanding a line in the .sig, of course.

On that, we agree. As on several other points.

 

<grits teeth>

I was trying to be subtle, FontBoy.

 

What's up with my font Gimli?

 

<sigh>

When underlining things, it is considered to be the done thing to
employ a fixed-pitch font. This will ensure that you underline the
correct portion of the text you are aiming for.

Should you use a proportional font then you will end up with your
little ^^arrowheads^^ starting under the "s" and continuing to the
right where there is nothing to point at - when read using a
fixed-pitch font, of course.

Which begs a question - how many people habitually read usenet in one
of those horrible fixed-pitch things, anyway?

 

Where?

 

It looks fine from here. What do I need to change?