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I would like to once again ask for two Auction groups, one for Ebay auction announcements (totally annoying IMO) and private Auctions. I look in auctions for private auction announcements but too many are for Ebay auctions and I find that I miss the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm. I guess there are two alternatives, if this path were to be explored... First, let's say that there were a special group just for privately-run auctions (auctions run by private individuals, that is, without the help of an external (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I only read .auction message with a header that suggests something I'm interested in. I only search on Ebay (currently) for "Lego space." If the message header indicates a part/set that I am interested in, I *will* follow the link to Ebay (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) explored... (...) non-privately- (...) eBay). (...) the (...) it (...) My thoughts? I think there is a significant who are interested in almost any market posting except eBay. To me, this suggests that an easy (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A couple of points here: 1) announcing my bias just in case anyone doesn't know - I sell a lot of parts on eBay. 2) People have several times said to me specifically after winning an auction - "I saw your post on LUGNET and I would have missed (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've sold a fair amount as of late there. (...) Ditto. (...) True. (...) Hrmmmm.... I'm not so sure. I waiver between despising eBay and refusing to look at it and using it when I just plain want a) quick and easy and b) the chance to make the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What about when someone sees an auction with photos of a Lego item we've never seen before, like those Modulex Bricks and that wooden box full of near mint CA bricks? Would posts about those be disallowed? Jeff (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message <38AE2AFB.C536D2FB@c...ve.com>... (...) That is OK by me, although only a "half-full" / "half-empty" way of looking at it! Not much different from what I had suggested. My request was just (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here's where things could get a little tricky.What about yahoo.? I find myself using it more & more lately. I would hate to see my items not get the exposure on Lugnet because I am limited to announce them only in a newsgroup designed for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) While a dedicated eBay newsgroup would seem nausiating to those who despise eBay (myself included), I can certainly see how people might find it useful. Yet I'm not sure what the real gain would be, because: On the one hand, if there were a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) This may be the best solution, short of a new newsgroup! Eric (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I like this idea. Most regular ebay sellers already do this. It shouldn't be too hard to get the rest of the regular ebay sellers to comply to this rule.Getting the occasional ebay posters to do it will be more of a challenge to enforce and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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The reason I'd like to see a separate eBay group is that I am potentially interested in seeing eBay posts, so I don't want a filter which automatically chucks them, but I want to have them sort of all in one place so I can ignore them, except when (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Unless this new group were designed to host third-part for-profit auction listings. For-profit meaning the site itself took a cut of the auction proceeds through listing fees, percentages, or both. In that case Yahoo! wouldn't be there, but (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Speaking of the other hand, I don't see those two as necessarily equal. In the first example, you make a group where eBay auction listings, updates, etc, go. In that example Joe eBay-despiser (or simply Joe "I don't want to deal with a system (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Julie Krenz wrote in message ... (...) But on the other hand, creating a new .ebay group and requiring that eBay (...) and (...) think (...) way (...) forget (...) be (...) challenge (...) I do believe that this may be a hassle to enforce. If we (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, that sounds like a client newsreader bug. It shouldn't be any slower with a well-written newsreader, whether there are 100 messages or 100,000 messages. (...) Well, at some point, I'll have to start archiving the old messages out of the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (smile) I'm in that crowd -- but I guess I don't hate eBay per se -- what I despise is fixed-ending-time auctions. --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I wish eBay would change the format to something like... "Auction will end at this time *or* at X minutes beyond the last bid (whichever is later)", where X could be anything from 5-30 minutes. This would take most of the steam out of the snipers. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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tossing an idea up in the air... How about: lugnet.market-place....nding-time lugnet.market-place....nding-time This feels a little goofy, but it might address some of the concerns. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Whether its a bug or not, it is happening. I am having the same problem with Communicator 4.5. I think someone said that it was unchanged in 4.7. The group with the most posts (.general) is the one where I have been most affected. (...) They (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) is (...) Well, part of the problem may be the way I have it configured. OE caches headers, which in general is REAL NICE, but does mean that it takes some time to get into a newsgroup, even if there are just a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, what do you do for RTL? Most ISPs don't save more than 2-4 weeks back (typically) for most groups, but if someone was reading it for a long time and had cached headers on, they'd have to set some kind of expiry so that they didn't wind up (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) posts (...) turns (...) certain (...) downloading"). (...) It actually keeps useless RTL headers around. I don't do that much reading of RTL from home though. I think there's something I do every once in a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There's no *need* to x-post to admin.general or market.theory. If a follow-up were to belong in either of those groups (or any other group, for that matter), the poster should delete the original group from the Newsgroups header, and put the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good point. (...) Alternatively, collecting all eBay announcements in one place may *raise* effective exposure. It puts all the eBay announcements in one place, where they are easy to retrieve. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh, come on. There's more to despise about the eBay than just the fixed-ending-time format. You're just not trying hard enough. Steve Bliss (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, I try to keep in mind the fact that other people don't get unlimited local calls and inet access like we do... (...) True, true (sorry, got the Bud commercial on the brain). (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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