Re: My Astromart Story

Unfortunately many feel they are looking at the other end of that animal.
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Herb
AstroMart


On 4/5/05 3:23 PM, in article
1112739790.076051.243770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike"
<mharveyww1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> What commission? Yes, Astromart is a free service, but it offers
> itself to the
>> public and encourages people to use it.
>>
>> -Florian
>
>
> That's why I put " " marks around the word "commission".
> Of course I know that's not exactly what it is. Would you prefer to
> call it a "donation"?
> The point remains...not everyone contributes.
> And the fact that they don't HAVE to makes the service a gift.
> If a mandatory commission (like e-Bay) or subscription fee were
> charged, THEN someone would be perfectly within their rights to raise
> hell about service problems (real or perceived)on this or any other
> public forum.
> It just seems to me that, in many cases, some Astromart users are not
> only "looking a gift horse in the mouth"...they're complaining about
> its'color!
>
> Mike
>

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