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(...) Simple: * Competition among buyers where bids/offers are used to solicit progressively higher bids/offers: --> .market.auction * Direct sale or trade of items between individuals, where some negotiation between buyer & seller or subjective (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37d96fa0.524958...net.com... (...) to (...) venue? (...) posting (...) Maybe it's just that some of the newer people missed some of the discussion leading up to the various groups, but it's (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) sell- (...) Ok. Then the problem migrates back to community awareness (unless I'm still confused <grin>). I did a quick scan of all the offers to sell a set(or sets) in .bst in September. Out of 20 offers, 12 of them were (either stated or (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, I sure wouldn't call those "shopping." A "one-off" (like some old castle set) that's offered first-come-first-serve to someone is still a BST type of thing. (...) No, they should be in .market.buy-sell-trade unless they like some kind of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snipped stuff> (...) Hmm, ok. I guess I'm just still confused. :) I just don't see a fundamental difference between Bob selling old sets every few weeks, and "Bob's Lego Emporium" selling old sets every (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) But why put put both in the same newsgroup? Having a newsgroup hierarchy allows these two types of messages to be separated from each other. Someone using mindstorms might not care about Duplo, so those two are separated. Someone who cares (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) want. However, I can also ask for it to be changed. :-) BTW, thanks for taking my side in this discussion. I'm never to proud to appreciate help. Much thanks, Naji (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Before this discussion goes off in the wrong direction, I want to clarify a little. I understand that the newsgroup hierarchy can't and shouldn't be chopped into millions of newsgroups, each with 3 messages in it. However, even Mike shows a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not new, and I've never viewed .shopping that way. .shopping was created for buyers to share information they've gotten, and do a little bragging about victories they've achieved. Steve (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Really? I see a difference. Unfortunately, it's not a sharp, well-defined line. Bob might start out with occasional posts of sets he's come across, and over time segue into an permanent setup, where people can expect him to have additional (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I don't know that I totally disagree with you (I'm certainly not taking "another side" against which you would need to defend yourself) but at this point in time I don't see what the big deal is. It seems like one or two people who maybe (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just my 2 bits- I've just reread the charter for lugnet.market.shopping, and I think the charter is broken (ok, maybe the charter can't be broken by definition, but it's still broken). Here's a quote from (URL), where the creation of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, the occasional porno post to rtl isn't a big deal either. I don't have to see them in pine, and I just delete them and they go away. That doesn't mean that don't bother me. (...) I'm terribly sorry that I didn't follow rtl when Lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) venue? (...) I guess I shouldn't post to .buy-sell-trade? FWIW, I'll negotiate price ;-) BAYLIT (Jon) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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