Bruce?

[JotterAddict62]

I hope he was not blacklisted....

[Jerome Tarshis]

unfortunately the mods don't miss said picks.

 

As for why the mods just might not miss those picks, I hesitate to put words in FarmBoy's mouth, but let us consider: People who buy from FPN Classifieds are Patronizing Our Advertisers, the true underlying message of all periodicals that carry advertising. People who buy from FPN's display advertisers are also Patronizing Our Advertisers. Good folks. People who buy from sellers Bruce has called to their attention are Not Patronizing Our Advertisers.

 

Here I am not in any way disagreeing with anybody's position. We are all God's children. As one whose first job after college was with one of America's largest advertising agencies, I am trying to explain The Way of the World, though not complaining about this particular aspect of The Way.

[Ron Z]

I think you're putting way too much thought into this. It may be that discussion boards in general discourage the habit of pointing people to eBay listings because they don't want the discussions in general to spiral down to a bunch of "hey, look at what I'm selling on eBay," even if it is in the guise of "look what it listed on eBay!" Not that Bruce was doing this, but you get my point.

[crescentfiller]

Hmmmm. Makes sense.

 

Sort of....

 

However, some Mods don't seem to mind a slight variation on the theme:

 

Such as "hey, look at what I'm selling on'" my own website and look what repairs I can do for you.

 

So much for "they don't want the discussions in general to spiral down to a bunch" of self-promotion outside the

classified ads.