>Dave Hinz wrote: >> One spam post per seller? Sorry, that's one too many. > >You are, of course, correct technically. > >But, I must admit I don't mind seeing a very short announcement, >especially as I never go to the soc.gen.marketplace NG. No way. There are millions of genealogy pages and advertising the commercial pages in this and other not commercial newsgroups is a very bad idea. >However, that's a personal quirk of mine and I can't really argue with >your position. > >What I really detest are the messages beginning "I just came across this >useful site....." when almost always thirty seconds of research >indicates it is the poster's own site. Previous spam was sent in June in alt.genealogy, WHICH IS ALSO NOT COMMERCIAL newsgroup. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.genealogy/browse_thread/thread/89e0e64a8933999e/92fc99771abe68fb Anyway, you may ask to living authors what they think about reselling photocopies of their work when selling the legitimate copies are helping genealogical societies to produce more booka and to continue to deserve their community.