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  Why don't we have seperate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat?
 
Why don't we have separate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat? We could have: Town Space Duplo Technic Parts etc I say this as some buyers only want 1 type of Lego, and have to trawl through loads of post to find the sets they need. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Why don't we have seperate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat?
 
(...) FEAR. Ok, let's discuss. Heck no. So to save the rare people who are truly only interested in one type of Lego product we force everyone else to wade through a half dozen or more groups? No way. I can imagine TONS of cross-posting "Will trade (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Why don't we have seperate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat?
 
Of course, this is a fair point. My suggestion was meant to be in addition to the existing system... not a replacement. I suppose I was not thinking as a "trader", but more as a buyer/seller. I suppose this is because trading is an expensive (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Why don't we have seperate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat?
 
(...) I can see why some people would want this, but my initial, gut reaction is "dear god, the sheer volume of groups I'd have to track!" Having the commerce in a central location is the easiest way until there is say, more frequent postings than (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Why don't we have seperate Trade/Sale & Auction Groups for each Lego Sub-Cat?
 
(...) I don't like it either, but how about standardizing some catagories for this in the headers. I know that in newsgroups there is a keywords setting. That would be appropriate. And check boxes could be used for posting via the web interface. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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