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(...) While a dedicated eBay newsgroup would seem nausiating to those who despise eBay (myself included), I can certainly see how people might find it useful. Yet I'm not sure what the real gain would be, because: On the one hand, if there were a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here's where things could get a little tricky.What about yahoo.? I find myself using it more & more lately. I would hate to see my items not get the exposure on Lugnet because I am limited to announce them only in a newsgroup designed for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message <38AE2AFB.C536D2FB@c...ve.com>... (...) That is OK by me, although only a "half-full" / "half-empty" way of looking at it! Not much different from what I had suggested. My request was just (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Requiring a join as a condition of sale/purchase is certainly legal in my book, but it's not a tactic I would use. Not sure I'd call it wrong, though. Nor is a note to you offering to purchase "spam", per se, Annoying, perhaps, but it doesn't fit (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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Over the past few days, I have noticed a trend beginning to develop. The sample I base this statement on is small, but nonetheless, something is happening. Twice I have been approached by individuals interested in purchasing items I have listed for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I meant Florida... I seem to make many typos lately... (tired I guess) (...) LOL! Let us know when you have pics! -Shiri (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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snip (...) Floria???.where's that well my first ever bona-fide castles creation is under way.its a dark dingy cave but hey its mine(my creation not my room but it is kinda dark in there.... ravi (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) What about when someone sees an auction with photos of a Lego item we've never seen before, like those Modulex Bricks and that wooden box full of near mint CA bricks? Would posts about those be disallowed? Jeff (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Is it a cold-lamination due to ink concerns? I'll confess that while we have laminators and printers of every ilk practically in every closet(1), I've played very little with combinations of them... James (URL) work, that is. At home I have (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've sold a fair amount as of late there. (...) Ditto. (...) True. (...) Hrmmmm.... I'm not so sure. I waiver between despising eBay and refusing to look at it and using it when I just plain want a) quick and easy and b) the chance to make the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A couple of points here: 1) announcing my bias just in case anyone doesn't know - I sell a lot of parts on eBay. 2) People have several times said to me specifically after winning an auction - "I saw your post on LUGNET and I would have missed (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Plus, I majorly botched your card while cutting it -- otherwise it would've gone out with 149. (I reprinted a new one and sent it later.) A couple other people, there were much less visible problems with the cards, so I sent those right away (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A little over a month for me. :) Of course, I was member 150, and the previous chunk Todd mailed out was through 149. :) That and he told me he had been pretty busy. Jeff (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Todd! Just wondered what an average US membership packet timeframe would be... hadn't seen anything in the mail yet :) Thanks! Dave (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I totally agree. Cancellation as a moderating technique, used consistently, worked extremely well in the IBM environment. It's been 5 years since I was there but I ran some fairly controversial FORUMs and had to use the heavy hand of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes: <snip lots of discussion> (...) could (...) Yea, maybe change lugnet.games to be the place to discuss computer games, and lugnet.fun.gaming the place to discuss non-computer games. We also need to have (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Currently /lugnet/games/ has the banner "Official and unofficial games involving LEGO® products: discussions, ideas, tips, previews, opinions, reviews, etc." There is a sub-level already /lugnet/games/lego/ (LEGO Media), although that isn't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I did a bit of back-reading on this topic, especially: (URL) I get the feeling that: a) Todd expects some form of LUGNET community regulation. b) Todd is *waiting* for us to self-organise, in the spirit that such an endeavour should happen as (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Richard Franks wrote in message ... (...) just (...) that (...) to (...) Hmm, I see part of the problem, we currently have two groups with essentially the same purpose. Perhaps lugnet.games should be restricted to general discussion of LEGO Media (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) explored... (...) non-privately- (...) eBay). (...) the (...) it (...) My thoughts? I think there is a significant who are interested in almost any market posting except eBay. To me, this suggests that an easy (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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