Rodney Long wrote:

... Since I will no longer be "selling" anything, no one
can claim it's spam.

A commercial in a non-commercial Usenet newsgroup is SPAM,
no matter who's doing the actual retail work. There is a
fine line between a commercial and a testimonial but I have
no doubt that you'll push it right up to the line and beyond
until someone calls you on it. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry