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Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:14:21 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, "Naji Norder" <n.norder@computer.org> writes:
> > In lugnet.market.shopping, Matthew J. Chiles writes:
> > > **You are on this mailing list because you have expressed interest in
> > > my direct Lego sales at The Vault. Please let me know if you would
> > > like to be removed from this list to receive notice of new
> > > additions.**
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> > IMO this doesn't belong in lugnet.market.shopping. Please keep ads
> > in buy-sell-trade.
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> > Todd: If I am incorrect, please tell me. If I'm right, please back me up.
>
> I think Matt posted in the right place. Matt has established his
> proprietorship "The Vault" much like an online store (where everything is
> first-come-first-serve and fixed-priced) and very little like a typical
> person-to-person sale. As long as he's comfortable posting to .shopping
> instead of .buy-sell-trade, it's perfectly OK.
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> And note that .shopping group (not the .buy-sell-trade group) is, after all,
> where real stores (online or otherwise) would post about sales or new items
> (possibly also crossposted to a loc group for more focus).
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> Here are the charters... "The Vault" really fits into both:
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> lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade (group):
> Community trading post, items wanted, items for straight sale (no
> auctions), experiences, market analysis, etc.
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> lugnet.market.shopping (group):
> Retail, mail-order, and online shopping: information, discussions,
> experiences, analysis; FOTW's (Find of the Week), sales, promotions,
> coupon offers; LEGO Shop-At-Home Service (phone/flyer specials,
> availability, etc.); liquidation outlets, second-hand stores, garage
> sale tips, etc.
>
> --Todd
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> [Followups to lugnet.admin.general]
I think James Brown has already expressed my opinion precisely. I see
.buy-sell-trade as first-person advertisement, and .shopping for third-person
sales or finds. The charter might not be that way, but it makes much more
sense to me. (If I visited the Vault and saw a greal deal, I would pass it on
to other people via .shopping. However, if someone wants to advertise his or
her own products (which might or might not be a good deal), then they should
stick to .buy-sell-trade.)
Todd, if this is not how you see it, perhaps you could set up a newsgroup
exclusively for AFOLs to pass on "deals" or sales that they have discovered. I
would then subscribe by mail to the new group instead of .shopping, and I
wouldn't get these ads that I don't want. :-)
Thanks,
Naji
ps. Sorry for setting follow-ups to the wrong place. I realized right after I
posted that lugnet.general wasn't right!
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| I see the reasoning behind third party announcements in shopping and advertisements in buy-sell-trade, but I see a better reasoning which follows the charter. The line of reasoning is the availability of the deals. The deals advertised (either by (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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