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Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 01:05:02 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com>
> writes:
> > 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?
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> .market.shopping
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 <http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?
n=145>, where the creation of lugnet.market.shopping was announced:
> A special new newsgroup lugnet.market.shopping has just been created for
> sharing LEGO shopping information -- sales, experiences, tips, etc. It is
> intended mainly for information dispersal, but discussions of retail chains
> and their practices are fine too. In-depth product discussions arising from
> informational postings should typically be moved to more appropriate places.
(I don't remember any discussion or announcements about .shopping changing
focus)
I don't see where seller-authored announcements fit with this description. I
don't *feel* like they fit in that newsgroup.
Also, .market.buy-sell-trade is described as a "community trading post".
There is a big difference between Joe Schmoe posting his list of parts he
wants to trade, and a regular posting from a business with a formalized
presence on the web. (Which is not to obliquely pick on The Vault. I was
thinking more of picking on a commercial operation, such as TRU. Not that I'm
worried about TRU spamming Lugnet.)
So maybe there should be a new group. I dunno. If we start getting a lot of
posts from DYA's and Vaults, then I think a new group is probably in order.
The posts are valuable, and I think it is a good thing for Lugnet to support
these sellers by allowing these commercial posts. But I don't want them mixed
in with BST or .shopping traffic.
Steve
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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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