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Re: Proper place to post US S@H Phone Specials
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Date: 
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 14:27:31 GMT
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On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:34:40 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:

Advantages of a .lsahs group:  (1) covers all of LSAHS -- not just phone
specials; (2) good in terms of FAQ.

Minor point: you're thinking of a .lsah group, not .lsahs.  .lsah would
cover all of S@H, .lsahs would be just the specials.

Disadvantages of a .lsahs group:  (1) obscure ng name; (2) covers more than
specials -- less cool by mail.

Advantages of a .specials group:  (1) wider coverage than only LEGO SAHS.

Disadvantages of a .specials group:  (1) loss of opportunity to bring
together S@H discussions under one roof; (2) covers more than S@H specials,
which may or may not be cool by mail.

How about .lsah.specials?  Then at some time a 'real' .lsah group could
be created, if there was sufficient need.

Related question:  Is there a word in the same vein as "specials" that
encompasses all of the following:  (a) S@H phone specials, (b) %-off sales
at retail chains, (c) repeatable [not one-of-kind] FOTW's, and (d) coupon
awareness?

Specials, discounts, sales, reductions.

I can't get my brain un-stuck from dearly favoring the idea of a separate ng
for "all things S@H" -- even if traffic is low

I agree, even if it's only to give S@H a special place in the FAQ-tree.

-- but I'm not sure that it
really truly belongs in the .market subtree.  The .market tree was designed
as a high-traffic, high-noise, person-to-person marketplace area rather than
a shopping discussion area.

Most shopping discussion is highly time-sensitive (retail sales are
typically only good for a week), location-sensitive (geography,
phone-in, online), low-size threads, high-noise.  That sounds like a
sub-group of .market.

Let's revisit the idea of the .shopping tree which was brought up in
September -- I forget why it got canned anyway.

.shopping sounds like a reasonable approach as well.  But I guess I keep
thinking that .market could end up a good distance away from .shopping,
in terms of the list of groups.

Steve



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(...) I've always equated LSAHS = LEGO Shop At Home Service because of the official name being "Shop At Home Service" as shown on the catalogs that come in themail. (...) Mmm, interesting. What goes in front of .lsah.specials? A (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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[Crossposted to lugnet.admin.general & lugnet.general, with followups set to lugnet.admin.general] (...) Mike, Suzanne just cautioned me that I might be taking a too-hasty approach here. So for tomorrow morning, just post wherever you think is (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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