Amen.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@...> wrote:
>
> I note that (according to the List's statement of intent on Yahoo) "The
> purpose of the list is for historians, railfans and railroad
> modelers to discuss any topic related to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
> railroad and/or its predecessors."
>
> We discuss new (and old) models and their qualities, we report and review
> books, photos, tapes, discs and magazine articles that
> sometimes have only a tenuous connection to the Burlington. We receive the
> commercial adverts which may or may not be of particular
> interest but rarely is there a complaint or any incivility. That is the
> nature of a communications exchange emanating from hundreds
> of members, that relates to more than a 100 years of history through a dozen
> states, covering everything from turnouts to
> turnbuckles, passes to passengers, diesels to dioramas, and tracks and tracts
> of all kinds.
>
> I would suggest that lemons, fakes, cinderellas, rarities, reproductions,
> copies, collectables, or mis-described items that bear
> CB&Q insignia or labels easily come within the purview of the List's purpose,
> whether the items are on e-Bay or at any other sales
> location.
>
> I'd hate to buy something only to find a warning on an associated List to
> which I am not a subscriber. Would it not be better to
> keep comment on such offerings on this List where the maximum number of
> potential consumers can be advised and educated, at least
> until the volume of postings can be assessed? There was a recent discussion
> about the value of the (separate) BRHS List - I suspect
> that a separate group to cover this fairly narrow subject would wither for
> lack of sufficient input by its subscribers to justify a
> separate existence.
>
> A simple code in the Subject line (as is the case with commercial goods)
> would identify that the message related to such matters, so
> deletion could be activated instantly if the member so wished. Perhaps "Lemon
> aid", "Q is for Queries" or "Gerald's Gems"?
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
>
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