Ads in Digest postings

[graham.hilder@domain.elided (Graham Hilder)]

In Digest no.728, Biba wrote:
>>>>>>>>
.........there was a recent "ad" for urethane bushings. I personally =
thought the drill was to reply to someone with a suspension
problem (for instance) and say, "Sounds like your groaning sound might be =
coming from worn out bushings. I just happen to have..."
If this is okay then couldn't Centerline and IAP, among others, download =
their entire inventories onto the Digest, ending with a, "Thought you =
might be interested"?
>>>>>>>>

Well, I would have thought that replies of this general nature are doing =
us all a helpful service. If they're a direct answer to help out somebody =
with a specific question, then they're a far cry from just posting a whole =
catalogue willy-nilly on the digest.  Surely the writer was trying to help =
someone out, so let's not give him a hard time just because it so happened =
that he could commercially supply the part to do the job. I expect he =
would have recommended it even if he wasn't in business with it, if he =
knew about the solution; Alfisti generally like to help out other Alfisti =
as a matter of course, rather than for only comnmercial reasons. Let's not =
kill this spirit......

Regards,
Graham H,
New Zaland.

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