P3D Need for a Separate Sell-3D?

[Tom Martin <tlmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone on the list see a need for a separate Sell-3D List? As
background for the newcomers, there were a few complaints a year ago
that there was too much traffic on the List of people selling items, and
that those who paid a per email charge to their ISP and were not
interested in buying any 3D photography items, were being unduly
penalized.

I think that (1.) the volume of Sell-3D, as compared to Photo-3D lately,
is so low that no-one would notice any significant difference in the
number of posts if Sell-3D were to be abolished and the for-sale posts
to be made legal on Photo-3D again, and (2.) that there are so many
posts with items or services advertised on Photo-3D right now, that the
intent of having a separate List is no longer valid (besides the
numourous outright for-sale announcements, I have had several people
tell me that if the posting person is not making a profit for their
announcement, that is not really an advertisement! Where is the logic
there?).

Why make for-sale posts legal on Photo-3D again? Because many people who
are not interested in being a seller, or a collector, still would like
to know what is available and what the going price is of various 3D
photo items. And, many people have seen some item or service for sale
that they would like to share with fellow 3D photographers while the
item/service is available. We have seen that there are not endless lists
of items for sale being posted on the Sell-3D List (many days with no
activity). I think that we are providing a disservice to the Photo-3D
List by discluding for-sale announcements.

Does anyone disagree?

Tom Martin
mailto:tlmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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