[bksvol-discuss] Re: What to do with Validation Vultures
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
What you do is fair, Tracy. Usually when people see
Hold-fors that have been released and sitting around
for a while people post here to see if they still want
it or if it's o.k. to take it. That way if people have
forgotten and do want it, they'll take it, or they'll
explain why they let it go and that it's o.k. for
someone else to take it. I assume, although you don't
say so, that that's what you do, too. I seem to
remember seeing such notes from you. smile
Cindy
--- Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lisa.
> Sorry to hear of your woes. I've had that happen
> too, and it's very
> annoying. Or I've validated one copy very
> carefully, and someone else has
> validated a duplicate copy very casually, and put it
> up before my copy.
> But anyway.
>
> I do look at the history, and give the "time
> expired" people a fair
> chance, though usually not more than a week.
> But I do sometimes take a "hold for" if it's been
> sitting on Step1 for a
> while. I've seen some of those guys sit around for
> ages, and I start to
> wonder if perhaps the "hold for" person hasn't got
> tied up in something
> else, like, say, school, family, etc., and isn't
> getting back any time
> soon.
> So, while I do try to respect the "hold for", I'm
> not going to respect it
> forever. Sorry if that bugs people.
> Tracy
>
> > Good Friday all.
> >
> > I hate to start off the day on a negative note,
> but I just discovered that
> > two books which I had committed to validating have
> been validated and are
> > awaiting administrator approval.
> >
> > The frustrating thing is that I only missed
> renewing them by a few hours.
> > That's right... They expired yesterday and someone
> has already snapped
> > them
> > up and validated them.. It's not like they
> languished on step 1 for
> > months.
> >
> > The books were
> > The Taken by Sarah Pinborough
> > Borderlands Thomas F. Monteleone.
> >
> > Both books were clearly designated with "Hold for
> Lisa Belville" in their
> > title.
> >
> > I'd like to point out that downloading a book that
> has the "Hold For"
> > designation in the title is a tad dishonest, not
> to mention being in very
> > poor taste. Many of us are trying to earn credits
> toward our membership,
> > so
> > while it may seem tempting to download a book with
> the "Hold For"
> > Designation, it's not exactly fair to those of us
> who are counting on
> > earning those credits.
> >
> > If I am looking for something to download from
> step 1, I always look at
> > the
> > validation history. If the book was returned
> because the edit time
> > expired,
> > and the expiration date has occurred within the
> past week or two, I will
> > look for something else to download. This gives
> the original person the
> > chance to renew the book and earn their credit.
> This is just common
> > courtesy, in my opinion.
> >
> > I'm probably preaching to the choir as most of us
> who care enough to be on
> > these lists most likely wouldn't do this type of
> thing, but I feel like
> > something needs to be said since it's not the
> first time this has happened
> > to myself and others.
> >
> > Sorry for the snarkiness, I've been up all night
> validating and I was
> > counting on uploading these books.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> > Paper clip: The larval stage of coat hangers.
> >
> > Lisa Belville
> > lisab12@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > y2kkong@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
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