Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / June 2004

Just for the record, your post has made it to Usenet, so `here' may
not be what you think it is.  Usenet is NOT the web -- it's actually a
good deal older than the web -- but you may access it via the web.

People do sell stuff here directly.  People just like Ebay because
they often get more money there -- lots of suckers on Ebay :)

Which rule?  Stuff for sale, ebay or not, is allowed here.

Binary posts are not permitted outside of alt.binaries.* -- pretty
much a general Usenet rule.  But you can post a link to somewhere
else.

Most ISPs provide Usenet access for free for their customers, and
Google does too (but it's somewhat limited.)

There are things for sale here.

The political stuff is just off-topic drivel and should be ignored.
The posters should be flogged, but with so many of them your cat o'
nine tails would wear out very quickly.

Got me.  Don't use RCU.

How much more interesting do you want them to be?  Ancient chinese
curse -- `may you live in interesting times'.

My personal reason for not buying (or selling for that matter) here in
usenet is fraud.
With Ebay, you get "some" protection with their rating system and even with
their rather wimpy reimbursement insurance up to a point, but here in
usenet, ANYONE can pick a phony username and pull off any kind of fraud they
want and probably get away with it.
Tell you what, I've got a crate of NIB OS.61FSR engines for sale, NEVER
OPENED. There's 24 in the crate and you can have them all for $200 plus $30
shipping. Now send me a money order and I'll send them to you.
How's that?

MJC

The trouble with loading up a group such as this with sale items is that
people way overseas (like me) get a little bored looking at stuff we have no
hope of getting our hands on. Commercial ads such as in magazines are not so
bad as many of those companies ship overseas. It would be a shame to lose
the input of so many 'non-Americans' who post to this group. It is great as
it is thanks (apart from the porn which seems to be getting worse)

I looked in the 'help' area of RCU and there is a topic called:
WebTV won't work on the site

Here's the link:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/contact/contact_form.cfm?contact_id=97

Here's the text in case the link doesn't work:

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YOUR ANSWER
We spent a great deal of time working with the folks at WebTV, our code
engineers, and other development companies to try to get our site working
fully with WebTV. All parties have concluded that WebTV simply isn't capable
of properly displaying Web sites that are beyond simple design and function.

The editor of PCWorld Magazine called WebTV, "the browsing equivalent of a
tricycle." In other words, if you have WebTV, we strongly suggest you visit
our site with a real browser on a PC. Otherwise, it will result in a
frustrating experience for you. We have invested a great deal in making our
site incredibly rich in content and function. We cannot justify a similar
expenditure to "dumb it down" for WebTV, hobbling it in the process for 98%
of the non-WebTV users.

We recommend that all WebTV users drop an email to WebTV asking them how
they could charge for a product which delivers such a poor Web experience

I've bought and sold numerous items at these sites.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=100

Never had a problem.  I always get a phone number and call if I'm
buying to be sure I can contact him if any problems arise.

I spend more time here
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php?topic=ezone
than on the usenet.  I never go to RCU anymore.

Regards,

Art