Posted By:
Hal LewisJeff:
You said: "I don't think anyone has a problem with it if you just bothered to be upfront and honest about your interests."
Unfortunately, that is NOT the case. If someone posts anything on this board about a card they are selling, it is immediately removed.
Obviously this is necessary in order to keep the board from being flooded with "Please buy my Cuban cards" threads.
BUT...
I think there is a BIG difference between hawking particular cards...
and calling attention to an entire auction (being run by a respectable board member) in which my cards make up a very small percentage of the inventory.
Remember...
these are vintage card auctions and this is a vintage card discussion board.
Thus, the odds of certain posters have items for sale in every auction is very high...
as are the odds of certain posters trying to BUY items in every auction.
The "buyers" have an interest in keeping auctions "in the dark" so that they might find some bargains.
Is this any less "beneficial to their financial interests?" I don't think so.
**[For Ryan: The Edit was to change "Not to me" in the final line of text to "I don't think so." I would underline the changes for you in red if so allowed.]