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General merchandise

biz.marketplace.discussion       No ads, discussion only

General discussion about the Usenet Marketplace:

• Shipping questions
• Discussion about the FAQ
• Questions about the reliability of transactions
• Questions about hard-to-locate items
• Information about misconduct on the Marketplace

biz.marketplace.non-computer

Business-to-business or business-to-consumer

Special general merchandise deals offered domestically:

• Close-outs
• Overstocks
• Seconds
• Special promotions
• Sales of rental equipment
• Salvage
• Housing rentals (if more than once)
• Equipment rentals
• Multi-level-marketers may offer their wares, but not the MLM opportunity

Also see the list of additional, specialized marketplace groups.  Please read their respective FAQs for information on the acceptance of commercial ads.

Computer Hardware & Software

biz.marketplace.computers.discussion       No ads, discussion only

Discussion about new computers, peripherals, and systems:

• Product reliability & customer support questions
• Computer supplier recommendations
• Commercial vendor reputations
• Locating vendors who sell specific items

biz.marketplace.computers.pc-clone

Please tailor your post to the PC market

Retail and wholesale sales of x86 equipment:

• Overstocks, seconds, salvage, promotions, refurbished
• Systems, laptops, motherboards, CPUs, memory
• Hard drives, tape drive, floppy disks
• Video/audio cards, modems, monitors, printers
• Software, student/faculty discounts
• Other PC architecture equipment

biz.marketplace.computers.mac

Please tailor your post to the Macintosh market

Retail and wholesale sales of Macintosh equipment:

• Overstocks, seconds, salvage, promotions, refurbished
• Macintosh systems, laptops, memory
• Monitors, printers, modems
• Software, student/faculty discounts
• Other Macintosh equipment

biz.marketplace.computers.workstation

x86 workstations go elsewhere.

RISC-based workstations and supporting equipment:

• Overstocks, seconds, salvage, promotions
• Refurbished, bulk discounts
• Systems, high-powered peripherals, large monitors
• Network equipment
• UNIX software
• Other hardware/software used for workstations

biz.marketplace.computers.other

Please exclude Macintosh and PC/x86 items from your post.

Retail and wholesale sales of other types of systems:

• Overstocks, seconds, salvage, promotions, refurbished
• Amiga, C64, TI99, Apple II, Lisa, Atari
• Microcomputers (Gould, Sequent,...)
• Supercomputers (Cray, Intel,...)
• Software and accessories for these systems

Services Offered

biz.marketplace.services.discussion       No ads, discussion only

Discussion about service offerings over the Internet:

• Service quality reputations
• Questions about obscure services
• Other service-related issues

biz.marketplace.services.non-computer

Non-computer services of general interest to the readers:

• Freelance writers
• Inexpensive long-distance telephone service
• Repair services
• Legal services
• Escrow services
• Consulting services
• Corporate distributors
• Merchant card services
• Non-computer newsletters and reports
• Other services
• Multi-level-marketers may offer their services, but not the MLM opportunity

biz.marketplace.services.computers

Computer-related services:

• Web marketing services (geared towards corporate)
• Not-for-profit orgs soliciting computers
• Freelance programmers,
• Software support services
• Internet access providers
• Graphic scanning and imaging services
• Computer upgrade and repair services
• Computer-related newsletters and reports
• Other computer services

International Commerce

biz.marketplace.international.discussion       No ads, discussion only

Discussion of international marketing and shipping issues:

• Info about international shipping and payments
• Reputability of advertisers in b.m.international

biz.marketplace.international

International commerce opportunities available or wanted:

• Requests for international trading partners
• Offers of surplus goods for export
• International shipping services
• International investment capital offerings

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