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Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
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Date: 
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:43:37 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
> Hmm.  Ok, I can see this, excepting that some of the offerings in .shopping
> lately have been limited in quantity, and some of the offerings in .buy-sell-
> trade are very broad in scope.  Where does the line get drawn?  What about
> (for example) DYA?  He's got multiple copies of a single set, but posts to
> .buy-sell-trade.  Should he be told that .shopping is a more appropriate venue?
> How about BAYLIT?
> 
> And what of the (hypothetical) situation where a major retailer sees an
> opportunity to catch a specialized group - if eToys or TRU starts posting
> messages, where would they go?

It seems to me that all of these are probably best off in shopping. Of
course if eToys or TRU start posting, I would expect them to keep the
posts to a reasonable quantity (1 per week or less, except when
announcing specials).

The posts in shopping about this or that store having a sale etc. are
appropriate, even if the quantities may be a little limited (the overall
quantities should be fairly large as most of the stores are chains). A
store which is not a chain, and which doesn't do mail order, should
probably only be posted in local groups, or in buy-sell-trade with a
note that the person making the announcement is willing to buy sets for
people.

--
Frank Filz

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  Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
 
(...) Ok. What you are saying is that two types of posts belong in .shopping: 1) posts by individuals about sales they have discovered 2) advertisements by companies that sell Lego Ultimately, I don't care at all about #2. However, #1 is so (...) (27 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
 
(...) Hmm. Ok, I can see this, excepting that some of the offerings in .shopping lately have been limited in quantity, and some of the offerings in .buy-sell- trade are very broad in scope. Where does the line get drawn? What about (for example) (...) (27 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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