Just keep it out of any realm of sales that would affect our supporting vendors. 
Mod Clarification Requested - ebay linking
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Le Mans Master
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this is the "rule" that I have found that seems to relate to this topic of ebay listing linking, note that it is found under "Commercial Posting" in the forum Guidelines & Rules:
"No links or reference to eBay sales, please. If the sale is appropriate for the Forum, post it on the Forum, rather than linking to it elsewhere.
"
Now, I read and interpret rules and regulations all day long, and that rule can be read rather broadly ("no links or reference to ebay sales") or it can be read in the context of its title and the additional langauge, and interpreted to mean no links or references to ebay sales in an effort to aid the sale of the item.
"No links or reference to eBay sales, please. If the sale is appropriate for the Forum, post it on the Forum, rather than linking to it elsewhere.
"
Now, I read and interpret rules and regulations all day long, and that rule can be read rather broadly ("no links or reference to ebay sales") or it can be read in the context of its title and the additional langauge, and interpreted to mean no links or references to ebay sales in an effort to aid the sale of the item.
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I actually enjoy some of the wild things posted for sale on eBay. The rules however simply state "no eBay ref's". You folks should know that this is for the protection of our paying vendors here on this forum. It is very true that we cannot read every posting and I personally get help from some members via IM's and emails that assists me to do this job. It's very helpful. Sometimes the eBay postings are so wild/silly that no one would consider buying and I've let these stay for entertainment purposes only. Kinda hard to stay on the slippery slope sometimes though and you can see what happens when one stays and one goes. Hope this helps....
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Le Mans Master
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thanks Super Dave, your weighing-in much appreciated, irrespective of whether one agrees with the rule or not.
Many of us would wish to be allowed to link an ebay ad for discussion purposes (like the classic "is this a restamp?" topic, or "$8,000 for this part?!!") and doing so would not seem to run afoul of the reason for rule, i.e. not to promote the business of an org that is not a supporting member of the forum. But that sort of enforcement would require post - by post analysis of the intent of the poster, etc. which I can see would be incredibly time-consuming and impossible.
Many of us would wish to be allowed to link an ebay ad for discussion purposes (like the classic "is this a restamp?" topic, or "$8,000 for this part?!!") and doing so would not seem to run afoul of the reason for rule, i.e. not to promote the business of an org that is not a supporting member of the forum. But that sort of enforcement would require post - by post analysis of the intent of the poster, etc. which I can see would be incredibly time-consuming and impossible.
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Hey Master Dave, could you guys consider adding a forum section for general automotive interest that may not be specific to a particular year of corvette or to corvettes at all. This area would be usefull for discussions of tools or equipment for example and would save us from having to muddle through Hillary Clintons latest mistep or Lindsey Lohans latest folly to find infornmation which may not be specific to our cars but helpfull in maintaining them. Thanks for your consideration of this request.
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Hey Master Dave, could you guys consider adding a forum section for general automotive interest that may not be specific to a particular year of corvette or to corvettes at all. This area would be usefull for discussions of tools or equipment for example and would save us from having to muddle through Hillary Clintons latest mistep or Lindsey Lohans latest folly to find infornmation which may not be specific to our cars but helpfull in maintaining them. Thanks for your consideration of this request.
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I actually enjoy some of the wild things posted for sale on eBay. The rules however simply state "no eBay ref's". You folks should know that this is for the protection of our paying vendors here on this forum. It is very true that we cannot read every posting and I personally get help from some members via IM's and emails that assists me to do this job. It's very helpful. Sometimes the eBay postings are so wild/silly that no one would consider buying and I've let these stay for entertainment purposes only. Kinda hard to stay on the slippery slope sometimes though and you can see what happens when one stays and one goes. Hope this helps....
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Le Mans Master
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), I guess we'll not be having a dialoge here on this topic, at least not with the mods.I see. So you set free the mother rapers...father stabbers ..father rapers..... ? Much better.
Like I've always said, I'm forever grateful to whoever created lawyers since lawyers take all the pressure off a used car salesman such as myself in the competition for #1 lowest form of human life. 
Hey Moderator Dave, Since most all of the folks in this section like to socialize with and know each other have you given any thought to my previously mentioned idea of a bar thread in here ?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...9&postcount=31
Originally Posted by Duntov-097
Hey Master Dave, can we have a bar thread in here like in the NE,SE, and OT ?
That way the folks that wanted to socialize and have a little fun will have a place to do it, and the Corvette content only folk can just not open it.
Sounds like a win win to me. It will probably take months to reach the 1000 post threshold so there won't be much maintenance on your part.
That way the folks that wanted to socialize and have a little fun will have a place to do it, and the Corvette content only folk can just not open it.
Sounds like a win win to me. It will probably take months to reach the 1000 post threshold so there won't be much maintenance on your part.
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I don't want to get into a big hassle here but how can the forum in all honesty prohibit links to Ebay when you look at the bottom of this page and there it is, advertizing for Ebay on the forum site. Links included. Are they not a participating vendor in that instance???? I am really confused now!!!!
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Now that e-bay ads are appearing at the end of every thread, would they be considered a "paying vendor"? If so, how does the above stated forum rule apply?
Thanks,
Dave
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This thread seems very timely and interesting. Just saw an add at the bottom of the last thread, an ad for eBay with the following links:
$945.00 American 17x9.5 & 17x11 TORQ THRUST II CAMARO & MUSTANG
$199.99 Crossfire 52mm bored/rebuilt throttle body 1982-84
$49.99 CORVETTE 84-96 Passenger DOOR NR!
$2.99 Oil&Lube Chart Chevrolet Chrysler 49 50 58 59 1958 1959
$79.98 LS1 Chevy Camaro Corvette Suburban New Starter 98- 02
So it's okay for the forum to place eBay adds with links but not the users?
: 
$945.00 American 17x9.5 & 17x11 TORQ THRUST II CAMARO & MUSTANG
$199.99 Crossfire 52mm bored/rebuilt throttle body 1982-84
$49.99 CORVETTE 84-96 Passenger DOOR NR!
$2.99 Oil&Lube Chart Chevrolet Chrysler 49 50 58 59 1958 1959
$79.98 LS1 Chevy Camaro Corvette Suburban New Starter 98- 02
So it's okay for the forum to place eBay adds with links but not the users?
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Not really the same thing.
Le Mans Master
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What is happening is those ads are cued by the topics in the thread. Since we were talking about eBay, eBay became the ad. So we have created the eBay ad below and supporting one of the supporting vendors by making the customized ads pull up eBay.Almost like Catch-22.
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This thread seems very timely and interesting. Just saw an add at the bottom of the last thread, an ad for eBay with the following links:
$945.00 American 17x9.5 & 17x11 TORQ THRUST II CAMARO & MUSTANG
$199.99 Crossfire 52mm bored/rebuilt throttle body 1982-84
$49.99 CORVETTE 84-96 Passenger DOOR NR!
$2.99 Oil&Lube Chart Chevrolet Chrysler 49 50 58 59 1958 1959
$79.98 LS1 Chevy Camaro Corvette Suburban New Starter 98- 02
So it's okay for the forum to place eBay adds with links but not the users?:
$945.00 American 17x9.5 & 17x11 TORQ THRUST II CAMARO & MUSTANG
$199.99 Crossfire 52mm bored/rebuilt throttle body 1982-84
$49.99 CORVETTE 84-96 Passenger DOOR NR!
$2.99 Oil&Lube Chart Chevrolet Chrysler 49 50 58 59 1958 1959
$79.98 LS1 Chevy Camaro Corvette Suburban New Starter 98- 02
So it's okay for the forum to place eBay adds with links but not the users?
: Supporting members get no ads.
Membership has it's privileges...................... for now.