Dang, pretty short poll there John-- hope that people were reading and responding while at work! ;-) Personally I like and value the FS postings of equipment appropriate to the list-- troubleshooters, o'scopes, logic analyzers, device programmers, etc. I for one would offer equipment here for sale before eBay simply because I "know" the potential buyers a bit more. Similarly I'd feel better buying used gear from someone here that I've read posts from for years rather than just some random guy on eBay... If it were *my* choice, I'd simply make the rule a little flexible-- "occasional FS/FA posts for equipment appropriate to the subject matter of the list are permissable as long as they don't get to be a problem and are identified by FA or FS in the subject line". You get to define "problem" when it becomes one. ;-) People that don't want to see the FA/FS can just filter based on the subject. Volume on this list is really, really low, so if I have to hit 'delete' twice in the last two months to get rid of all the FS posts, it's worth it to have the opportunity to maybe get a piece of gear I need later down the road... Just my $0.02! -Clay _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist