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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
>
> I'm a person who uses his international contacts/connections and credit line
> to buy in large quantity items that would otherwise languish and then
> resells them at market prices to those individuals who are not similarly
> positioned or who do not choose to spend the time and effort (and risk) to
> do so.
>
> That includes selling things at auction, and includes using venues like eBay
> to seek market prices. I see my role as providing a valuable service rather
> than as being a criminal, thank you very much.
>
> I have *re* set the FUT to .debate... this is not a .general topic.
WARNING! Compartmentalized Dork-dom ahead! ;]
Larry, I'm not sure why you're so convinced this isn't a .general
topic. The discussion was about general "market goings-on" for
LEGO. By its "charter", lugnet.off-topic.debate is for non-LEGO
discussions, so this doesn't belong there (well, now "here", since
I've been FUT'ed). The charter for lugnet.general seems to be
bang-on for the topic at hand, particularly the part that says:
"...also, community-wide discussion of experiences and
ideas (set collection,..."
That was exactly the topic at hand---both with the anecdote about
the LEGO flea market experience, and then the LEGO buy/sell trends.
Maybe you picked up on some sub-thread forming that you felt was
part of a larger picture and not exclusively LEGO-related. But
for the most part I felt it was discussion that was perfectly
valid in lugnet.general.
Failing that, it could have been redirected to lugnet.market.theory
I suppose, or a lugnet.debate (as in on-topic), if we actually had
one.
I just get annoyed when perfectly on-topic discussions get sent
into lugnet.off-topic.debate instead of to a more appropriate group.
People almost seem to be against (on-topic) discussions around here,
despite the obviousness of the "don't read it if you're not
interested" option. Exercising that option is what keeps me out of
lugnet.off-topic.debate..., as long as the perfectly good on-topic
threads don't get sent there!
In an act of desperation I have X-posted and FUT'ed this post
to lugnet.admin.general ;] This is mostly in case anyone has
any other thoughts about on-topic discussions getting booted
into off-topic land.
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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