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Och! Ug! Okay, so it's after midnight here, and having only tonight (last night?) learned of this particular group, I have spent much of the last hour reading everything posted here thus far. It was one of my first (perhaps only) experiences around (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.admin.finance
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Hi Suzanne, I am eager to see, and to brainstorm with you, ways to make a site like this profitable. If anyone deserves to make a profit and employ at LEAST one person, it is LUGNET. I have been trying for a few months to get Brickfilms.com to the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Making money AND improving Lugnet!
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I've read a lot of the ideas in this group, and welcome more. I personally think that anything that tries to get the community at large to pay much more than it already does won't work for two reasons: first, it will end up driving away the very (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Scott: This kind of thing belongs offline. To all: Please don't clutter up newsgroups with bickering. It wastes my, and many other people's, time. -Suz Suzanne Rich LUGNET Admin (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.admin.finance
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(...) If I understand things correctly, LUGNET can be a small C corporation and all business expenses come out of all income and the difference only is taxed. If a cost to the business is paying for the vehicles and computers of the CEO and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | LUGNET monetization ideas (was new newsgroup)
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Here are a few ways to monetize the site. This may start a flame war but here are some ideas nonetheless. 1. Accept advertising on the site. This may make some people cringe, but there's probably no better place to reach LEGO(R) enthusiasts on the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Ideas ready to be shot down
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Make that 4 attacks in three days... and I've probably read only a tiny proportion of your posts. Have you really nothing better to do? I’m certainly not going to waste time correcting the erroneous statements you make below. Scott A =+= Have you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Membership Math
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(...) I assume you meant to ask me why it should matter for me to know: (...) As for why it should matter? It shouldn't. But I find it easier to know who I'm talking to. It may help me to decide whether or not I should reply, how I should reply, or (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Membership Math
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David, I can understand most of this, but why should it matter if a person chooses to be a member or not? Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Membership Math
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Well said Kevin, it is just a pity nobody highlighted your message. ;) Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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