[Jan vd Heuvel]

Gentlemen,

what I don't like on some boards and I am seeing it on this board too are personal attacks on other members.

Where is the old fassioned courtisy ?

When you disagree with another member you can bluntly call him a liar but you can also have the courtisy to state that you disagree with his comments.

John Vasco is a well respected reasearcher and author and I agree with John that hiding behind an alias and bluntly stating that he is part of some conspiricy and by that he is able to access material that is unaccessible to others is such a (to me) unacceptable statement on an open board without presenting any proof of that.

I am one of the moderators on the AWF board and I will not allow such personal attacks on that board !

Everyone is entitled to express his own opinion as long as he expresses it in a civilised manner.

Now back to the basics of what started this discussion.

I am one of the active buyers of photo's on Ebay and in many times one of the high-bidders.

Do the postings of Ed West in any way influance the outcomes of the auctions ! To my opinion the postings of Ed make no difference at all !!!

I stated before I am retired and have the time to look through every auction on Ebay and be sure that big buyers such as Sudek13 with all his helpers will also have the same opportunity.

What makes a diference with Ed's postings is that many of you don't have the time to search for every photo on Ebay every day and that's where his postings are of help to many of you.

As an active buyer of photo's on Ebay I don't like it either that people with unlimited funds are in the arena today, but lot's of interesting photo's will still be obtainable, because Sudek13 doesn't buy all the photo's that are up for sale and in the end it all comes up to be able to recognise what is special and what is not.

Regards,
Jan