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(...) If, as a bidder/buyer, you can trade for something and end up not having to place bids in the auction, then it may be appropriate for the auctioneer to tactfully post a note (*once*) in the .buy-sell-trade group pointing people over to the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) I've seen a few crossover situations which might be candidates. I've seen auctions which indicate that items may be withdrawn for trade. The implication is that if you offer a trade the auctioneer likes, he'll (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Well, but how many auctioneers -won't- ever withdraw some item for a trade if need be? Disclaimers about reserving the right to withdraw something for a trade are pretty common. (...) I don't think these are any different than any other kind (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I've run auctions and unless I state that I reserve that right for myself, I feel committed to sell said item at or above the minimum bid that I set from the beginning. Is this not how everyone feels? I would be insulted and NEVER buy (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Interesting, I hadn't thought about your original reasons for seperating the two. I would have guessed that the only real reason was to keep updates out of the trade group, which is only a part of your reason. (...) If I'm a person with a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) The best solution IMO is to first post a "Want to Trade" message to buy-sell-trade. Start an auction (appropriately announced only in the auction group) only after giving the trade message a week or two to generate responses. Heck, you can say (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Right. The other part is to keep auction announcements out of the trade group. Announcements are just as much "noise" as updates are (to people who hate auctions). And it's also human nature (when it comes to selling) to bend the rules as much (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) his (...) Yah, I think so too - I have done this. I just thought it seemed uncouthe to copy my auction updates (which I don't post to .auction too frequently either) to .B-S-T. (...) - (...) The man's a genius! (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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John DiRienzo wrote in message ... <snipped my previous post> (...) .auction (...) OOps, I thought we were in that other group then. Oh well, I will make an announcement (or two) to this group momentarily. -- Have fun! John's Lego AUCTION Page - (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Jeez, I need to pay attention to where I am posting. We *were* in that other group, too! No more posting from me today. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Hrmmm.... that's interesting to hear. I have been executing a command each time I read Lugnet discussion groups that changes my sig from my 4 line version that includes a reference to JABA to a 2 line version that does not, mainly because I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Wow, I didn't even notice. Thanks for going through all that trouble. But it's never been against the rules to include anything like that in a sig. What's against the rules is posting auction announcements and/or updates in non-auction groups. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I noticed. I wanted to check out JABA and see what you had, but I couldn't find the url in .general or some other groups. It finally dawned on me that I might try and look in one of the market groups for a post with your url in your sig. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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