I don't care that much, but some times I find it irritating to see obviously false claims on the board. They are not for sale under face. They are for sale at an auction with a starting price under face. This is an internet board. The posts stay a long time unless deleted. For many people, when they click on the auctions, the prices are not below face.

And, is it really so hard to type * e b * ???? What's the big deal? Greg added the ebay icon for a reason.

I like to see ebay posts, but I also like to be able to chose what I look at. Someone on occasion takes people to task for not including what chip they want an id for in the subject, rather than something vague like "Chip ID wanted." Same thing here. It's easy to do.

Frankly, if the sales were important to me, I would do whatever it took to make people happy with my posts so they would want to buy from me. I think the criticism here is constructive and should not be taken as an attack. It sounds like good advice to me.

Michael Siskin