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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 17:18:59 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jeff Johnston writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
Filter them out
>
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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?
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> 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,
I agree 100%.
> and I'd rather
> see that mean sale posts restricted to .bst rather than allowing *any*
> auction posts in theme groups.
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> 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.
But that does not mean that that opinion does not exist?
>
> J
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