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This guy spams the Yahoo! groups too. The subject matter is American.

At least the subject matter is reasonably interesting and connected with model Railways /Railroading. It was reasonably obvious from the header that it was a commercial and from the other side of the Atlantic to me. So spam yes but not worst example of its kind like fake shoes or handbags. Imho a small hobby business isn't doing any harm if they announce themselves openly and very occasionally and the product is related to the hobby and is something that might be a niche item not covered by the big boys. Advertising regularly every week would be a nuisance.

There is a chap on UK railway forever announcing the photos he is selling on Ebay . Probably a nice bloke but his constant promotion is getting annoying. He does make normal posts occasionally so I don't want to block him.

G.Harman

You mean the one who has just started spamming this group, with a pathetic attempt at posting under a different identity?

MBQ

It says this in the uk.rec.models.rail charter :-

"Advertising: Adverts should be clearly marked in the subject line (the words "AD", "For Sale", "Exhibition" or "Commercial" at the start of the subject line are recommended). Short (less than 20 line) commercial announcements relevant to UK rail model making are permitted (either manufacturers or traders), though extensive advertising lists are not permitted (these should be available by mail, ftp or http to interested readers). Commercial advertisers should not post adverts more frequently than once per month."

It was written before ebay really got going, I know I was one of the authors.

Paul

"Relevant to UK rail model making" is a key phrase. The OP does the same with UK rail modelling groups on Yahoo!

Now you mention it I don't think I've seen him on UKMR before and all of a sudden he pops up. Maybe in the past he cross posted I must have some setting that removes them when read in one group. Anyway he appears to reading this thread. His product though is repetitive and not what I would class a niche product produced by a small craft worker. More a reseller of old tat. So more of a spammer than say somebody who has produced something rare like an etching for 4mm scale GWR Loo seats and wants to let fellow hobbyists know.

G.Harman

And unless there is a moderator that vets all posts before they are served up, people can and do ignore the charter as they wish.

Not worth getting excited about.

Wolf K.

Which neither you in your post, nor the OP in this thread observed. "For Auction" is not included. It is against Ebay's terms to spam Usenet with Ebay listings.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Certainly more than 20 with line wrapping.

Yours was a fairly extensive list.

We'll wait and see on that one.

Then you really ought to know better!

MBQ

It says this in the uk.rec.models.rail charter :-

"Advertising: Adverts should be clearly marked in the subject line (the words "AD", "For Sale", "Exhibition" or "Commercial" at the start of the subject line are recommended). Short (less than 20 line) commercial announcements relevant to UK rail model making are permitted (either manufacturers or traders), though extensive advertising lists are not permitted (these should be available by mail, ftp or http to interested readers). Commercial advertisers should not post adverts more frequently than once per month."

It was written before ebay really got going, I know I was one of the authors.

Paul

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IIRC, eBay prohibits just such postings. But, as with any other prohibited behaviour, they do nothing to stop it.