It wasn't his auction. Just letting us know that there was one on there because someone was had been looking for one. Shannon <davehinz@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:3c729d4f$0$15925$1dc6e903@news.corecomm.net... > Genee <sorourke@monmouth.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > > SPAM? Wasn't someone looking for one of these a while back? > > I'll bet you don't even do genealogy, you just read the posts hoping > > to find spammers so you can tattle! > > If the guy is advertising his own ebay auction here, he's spamming and > is inviolation of eBay's TOS, to boot. > > Oh - and anyone who thinks Bob doesn't do genealogy isn't paying > attention, he's one of the most knowledgeable folks around. > > It just boggles my mind that people would spam their own eBay auctions; > after all, anyone looking for that item, is already checking there, and > the only potential they have by doing it, is to offend their possible > bidders who don't appreciate spam. > > Your crankiness seems to be directed at the wrong party. >