Re: LF: RSGB Museum surplus sale ... thanks Andy

[M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi Andy

 

Late on the scene again? Looks like the RSGB Web-Meister reads these columns and has sorted it. The offending item numbers removed and as you quite rightly say the hyper links appear to work now.

 

Oh and BTW the OS here is M$ Vista and your are right again .... WEIRD!

 

73 Petefmt

ww.NotSpotTelecom.Com your community Telco / ISP.

--- On Mon, 25/10/10, Andy Talbot <andy.g4jnt@googlemail.com> wrote:

From: Andy Talbot <andy.g4jnt@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: LF: RSGB Museum surplus sale ... thanks David
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Date: Monday, 25 October, 2010, 16:32

Not sure what wierd OS you are running that translates text on a website into scientific notation, but all the applicable  hyperlinks work here and take me straight to the item.

 

So rather than automatically knocking the organisation, ask yourself the question why you get scientific notation when you quite clearly and obviosuly shouldn't.

Andy
www.g4jnt.com

On 25 October 2010 15:13, M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi David

 

Many thanks for the reply and your kind advice.

 

On paper that is how I see it also. However the reality is that the hyper links only take you to e-bay front door not to the item. The eBay item numbers they show are in scientific notation (which eBay doesn't recognise VIZ. 2.20686E+11). I actually do understand what that means. Translating the item number to sensible (normal) notation it still doesn't work, you get a Jean Harlow 1989 Calendar. However with dilegent searching I have found a couple of RSGB items.

 

I despair of the RSGB ........  thanks for responding David, I think I had better leave it there for fear of an RSGB "Black Ball". 

 

73 es GL pete m0fmt

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--- On Sun, 24/10/10, David Towers <david.towers@ntlworld.com> wrote:

From: David Towers <david.towers@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: LF: RSGB Museum surplus sale
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Date: Sunday, 24 October, 2010, 21:10

Hi petefmt
RSGB will announce when items are put onto EBAY so that interested
parties can bid.
In the meantime you have the opportunity to research and save for the
items you want to bid for.
That is how I read the information
73
dave G8SZX

On 24/10/2010 20:16, M0FMT wrote:
> Does anyone know how this is thing is supposed to work? All the supposed
> E-Bay item numbers written on the RSGB web site don't exist on e-bay. Is
> this another RSGB survey to find who's the brightest Radio Amateur in UK
> or the world even by figuring it out. In which case I have failed big time!
>
> 73 es GL petefmt
>
> I support www.NotSpotTelecom.Com your community Telco / ISP.
>
>