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Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:11:45 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Auction posts of any kind are not welcome in theme groups, and by changing
> > this, even slightly, you'll cause even more grey areas then are now. Your
> > suggested rules and restrictions will be very easy to go around (intentionally
> > or otherwise) and will cause even more confusion and friction than there is
> > now.
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> In what way?
1. It will create more work for the admin council who by your suggestion
have to preapprove these auction posts.
2. It will create confusion and friction because people will say, "Why
can't I put my eBay auctions on then? It's all castle sets!"
3. It will cause friction from the people who don't want to see auction
announcements at all.
> > I don't see any reason for changing the theme groups' charter. In your
> > original post, Scott, you did not give one reason for this. Why would we want
> > this? If you have reasons, please mention them. Right now, I can't figure out
> > any good things coming out of this other than the benefits of private auction
> > sellers.
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> To ensure buyers are fully aware of what is available. If this change was to
> come into action, it would put private auctions on a par with private sales.
> Nothing more.
If the "buyers" want to know what is available, they should be subscribed
to .market.auction. If I'm subscribed to .auction, I'll see it. If I'm
not, then I'm obviously not interested in auctions, am I? So why should I
have to wade through auction announcements in .castle?
I don't think private sales should be posted in theme groups either. I
haven't been following this discussion closely so I don't know if its come
up that these types of posts are allowed...but personally, I think sales
should be subject to exactly the same rules as auctions, and I'd rather
see that mean sale posts restricted to .bst rather than allowing *any*
auction posts in theme groups.
And I think its significant that *nobody* has apparently come forward and
said, "Yes, speaking as a buyer, I want to see auction/sale announcements
in the theme groups." That to me says that buyers would rather have them
in .auction and .bst, whatever the sellers want.
J
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