If this were Allyson announcing a charity auction specifically for fandom, I would expect to see it in Press. This smells to me like a different sort of animal.

To be honest, I'm less interested in where it winds up than I am in not having commercials for unknown people's EBay auctions appear in Beep Me. I am not wedded to this position -- if other people like it, I will suck it up and scroll past.

eta: Truly spooooooky cross-post with Allyson. Hi, Allyson! Please don't think I meant to single you out; you were the person who came to mind when i thought of auctions for good causes.

It pinged me, too, Karl. Not so much as "Hey, I'm coming here to hang out!" so much as, "Come buy my shit."

I think it belongs in Press, too. And while I agree with Cashmere's assessment, I don't consider him a soulless spammer.

I think that such posts are OK so long as they are polite and infrequent. If we start getting a lot of them, then we can discuss a formal rule.

I, for one, am all about ruling in formal wear.

It pinged me too, but I was going to wait until somebody else said something.

I don't think this person is as lame as Christian Dollar Store, but if this is all they want to do, it seems out of place somehow.

Has this person delurked or contributed anywhere else on the board? Are they really here to join the community? I can't tell, I don't get on much myself these days.

I'm not saying we should get medieval on him/her/it.

I don't what I'm saying. Other than, "it pinged me too."

I get pinged if your very first post here is about selling your stuff. To me, that's one step away from spam.

IOW, I agree with Sean.

I agree, but I think in this case a quick "hey, that's not so cool here, but feel free to hang around and chat" note is the most I'd think would be required. And maybe removing the Beep Me post but leaving the in-thread?

I don't like it, but don't think it rises to the level of addressing, and as P-C points out, the person was polite.

The person pinged me, too, because I hadn't seen them on the board before. I'm not sure it's so much specifically unBuffista as poor general Netiquette. OTOH, after one post in Natter and one in Beep Me, they've gone quiet (unless there are others in threads I haven't subscribed to).

I'm less picky than some about Beep Me vs. Press, so I'll only say that it seems a lesser issue than introducing oneself by inviting people to a private auction.

Put me toward bullshit consensus on a note in Beep Me that such things really shouldn't be done. Nothing in Natter because the conversation has moved a long way on. And nothing to be done to the poster at this time.