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: Please Check Rules, Shown Above Posted By:
: jeff stein Date: 11/7/07 02:42:06 GMT

: In Response To: FS: Tudor Oysterdate *NM*
: *LINK* (Marc.)

: Please Check Rules, Shown Above "
: Links to online auctions, dealer sites or
: other listings of items are permitted, but
: you should be careful to ensure that such
: listings will comply with our other
: ChronoTrader Policies. In addition, we
: request that sellers linking to online
: auctions or listings offer some benefit or
: accomodation to ChronoTrader readers
: (for example, some discount or an
: undertaking to end an auction early, to keep
: a watch "in the family"). "

: Will you be offering any benefit or
: accomodation to ChronoTrader readers?

: Thanks,

: Jeff

: Re: Please Check Rules, Shown Above Posted
: By: Marc. Date: 11/7/07 10:43:44 GMT

: In Response To: Please Check Rules, Shown
: Above (jeff stein)

: Hi Jeff,

: I feel that there is a benefit to
: Chronotrader readers as, while there is no
: direct discount to users of this excellent
: site, I intend using the proceeds from this
: sale to grow and improve my chrongraph
: collection. So... Basically there is no “
: benefit or accomodation to ChronoTrader
: readers ” as you readily admit. Only
: benefit to you...

: The sale of this watch will hopefully fund a
: Gay Freres bracelet and endpieces for my
: Autavia 2446c which (of course) I shall be
: looking for on this site (this watch is
: visible in the pictures on my other ebay
: auction - a Heuer Divers watch - to reassure
: you that I am not being mendacious here). I
: hope this is acceptable to you and other
: site users. That you seek to use the
: funds from your sale for other watches is
: nice, but it's not terribly relevent in the
: context of the forum guidelines.

: The reason why that phrase is in there is to
: prevent the ChronoTrader forum from being
: deluged with nothing but pointers to eBay
: auctions. Which is something that neither
: Jeff nor I want and perhaps more importantly
: we don't want our viewers to be subjected to
: [endless shilling for eBay auctions].

: Now if you were to offer a BuyItNow price here
: with the idea if someone was interested
: you'd end the auction... Then you would be
: in compliance with forum guidelines.

: As it is, I personally would be hard pressed to
: leave the listing up and on the board. My
: inclination would be to delete it as it sets
: a precident and allows a slippery slope
: towards a situation we don't want. It's your
: call [Jeff] but I'd be inclined to afford
: Marc the opportunity to modify/revise his
: listing to bring it into compliance with
: posted guidelines, but if he stands firm...
: I'd personally pull it. But it's your call
: Jeff.

: Regards,

: Marc. -- Chuck

: Chuck Maddox

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Hi Chuck,

May I refer you to my response to Jeff's post above. Thanks,

Marc