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RE: New newsgroup request - lugnet.loc.au.marketplace
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 8 May 2000 22:24:21 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry@dstc.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:21 PM
> To: lugnet.admin.general@lugnet.com
> Subject: New newsgroup request - lugnet.loc.au.marketplace
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> There has been some discussion lately on lugnet.loc.au about
> the need for an
> Australian-only sales/auction/etc newsgroup for the following reasons:
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> * to provide a forum for Australians to
> buy/sell/auction/trade with other
> Australians, avoiding the hassles of foreign exchange,
> overseas postage etc
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> * to stop any such postings getting lost in the vast volume
> of messages sent
> to lugnet.market.*
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> A number of people have complained that the current
> lugnet.market.* are a
> waste of time for most Australians as many posters are not willing to
> buy/sell internationally and don't make this explicit.
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> What do we have to do to get such a newsgroup established?
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> Kerry
I'd like to second this. I'd also like to call for a US only market, so
those who only wish to sell in the US can, without anoying people overseas
who see an item is for sale/trade, but when they wish to buy/trade for this
item, are told 'Oops, I should have mentioned that I only sell/trade in the
US'. This would hopefully lead to the marketplace being used solely for
international sales/trades/auctions.
Alternatively, could you make it a requirement that any item in the
marketplace have a prefix like (xxx)FT/FS/FA, with (xxx) representing the
country/regionthat the sale/trade/auction applies to [eg AUS=Australia,
USA=USA, NA=North America(Canada/US/Mexico?), INT=International, etc], and
that anyone not adhereing to this lose posting privaleges to this area.
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
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